MUSIC & DRAMA
Emerging from the pandemic , we were delighted to be free from masks in most of our curriculum work . Disruption due to absence remained a challenge , and is particularly difficult to manage when rehearsing practical work in groups , as we have had to do at GCSE and A level .
This meant that all the practical components on both courses were postponed , some as many as three times (!), but the students and teachers persevered , and we ended up in the unprecedented position of assessing all four practical components at both GCSE and A level in a single term during Lent .
Sandwiched between two sets of written mock exams , these GCSE and A level pupils showed remarkable patience and resilience to culminate in what was some spectacularly smart , incisive , dynamic and pertinent curriculum drama .
The images below are from an A level devised piece called High Hopes – exploring the supply chain of recreational drugs and asking big questions about where the responsibility lies from producer to consumer , charting a chain of misery and destruction through the victims , addicts , violence and politics along the way .
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