Drama Life Skills Stage 6 (2009)
About the course
The Drama Life Skills Stage 6 course provides opportunities for students to make and perform drama to develop social skills and self-expression, as well as explore personal and community issues. Students gain an understanding of drama and theatre through making, performing and appreciating drama in a variety of contexts.
Study of the Drama Life Skills Stage 6 course should contribute to students’ appreciation of Drama, their quality and enjoyment of life, and assist them to prepare for various post-school opportunities.
The structure of the Drama Life Skills course allows teachers to provide a broad and balanced program that reflects the needs of individual students within the context of the collaborative curriculum planning process. Students may study selected outcomes and content within the course.
Study of the Drama Life Skills course involves:
- making drama in a collaborative drama and theatre environment
- using a variety of performance techniques, dramatic forms and theatrical conventions
- appreciating the meaning and function of drama and theatre in reflecting aspects of the human experience
Board Developed Course
Course number(s):
- 16654 Drama Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16654 Drama Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
Prerequisites: A student studying any Stage 6 Life Skills course will usually have completed one or more courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content in Years 7–10, except under special circumstances.
Eligibility: Life Skills Eligibility
Study via self-tuition: No
Exclusions:
- 11090 Drama (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15090 Drama (2 units – HSC)
- 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary) (where Drama is undertaken within the course)
- 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC) (where Drama is undertaken within the course)
On entering students for the Drama Life Skills Stage 6 course, the principal is certifying that the student is eligible and the decision is the result of the collaborative curriculum planning process.
Students are expected to address or achieve one or more of the Drama Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes. They need not address or complete all of the content to demonstrate achievement of an outcome.
The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.
Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:
What are Life Skills courses
All students are entitled to participate in and progress through the curriculum. Life Skills courses provide course options for students with intellectual disability or imputed intellectual disability in Years 11–12 who cannot access related general education courses.
Students with disability can access syllabus outcomes and content in a range of ways, including through a range of adjustments to teaching, learning and assessment activities. Decisions regarding curriculum options should be made in the context of collaborative curriculum planning.
Assessment support and advice
Teaching and learning support
The Life Skills outcomes worksheet can be used to collect information on the outcomes that a student has achieved before recording them in Schools Online.
Drama Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes worksheet (DOCX 18.87KB)
Read more about supporting students with special education needs.