Catalyst • Junior Secondary Curriculum • Handbook 2021
Discovery
Course Year 8
Drama
In Year 8, drama students will be given
opportunities to plan, refine and present drama
to peers by safely using processes, techniques
and conventions of drama. Drama will be based
on extended improvisations, or taken from
appropriate, published script excerpts, using
selected drama forms and styles. Student work
in devised and scripted drama is the focus of
informal reflective processes using more detailed
drama terminology. Students will explore
knowledge and skills in drama through forms and
styles that may include readers theatre, children’s
theatre, naturalism or realism.
The focus of this Discovery course is:
• Creating and performing dramas based on a
given stimulus
• Improvisation techniques
• Skills in structuring drama for performance
• Performance from a scripted scene
• Drama terminology, reflective writing and
introduction to extended answer form
• Exploration of selected theoretical forms
For additional details about the Discovery Arts
courses, please contact:
Mr Brad Minchin
Head of Arts
[email protected]
(08) 9377 9285
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Discovery
Course Year 8
Small Business Project
Are you an enterprising, innovative and creative
individual? Ever imagined that you could plan and
run your own business? In this course students will
investigate the structure and functions of small to
medium enterprises, interact with current industry
professionals and learn the process of creating
a business plan. Students will develop ethical
business practices, financial literacy and be given the
opportunity to create their own small business.
The focus of this Discovery course is:
• Understanding of fundamental business principles
• Developing concepts and ideas
• Undertaking marketing research, testing and
product development
• Marketing and promotion
• Financial literacy
• Business planning
For additional details about this HaSS Discovery
course, please contact:
Mrs Leah Truscott
Head of Humanities and Social Sciences
(08) 9377 8513
[email protected]
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