Preparatory School Annual Report | 2019
Dance and Drama
The Preparatory School provides opportunity for students to develop literacies in Dance and Drama. Students have one class a week for two terms.
Dance The focus of Dance education is for students to use this genre as a creative form of expression. Student-led choreography is the primary focus of the programme at St Andrew’s College. Students in Years 1–6 continued to develop their skill in Dance with a focus on the elements of movement. They shared their class work informally with each other. There were no opportunities for sharing Dance formally during the year for these groups, except for Year 3, who created Dance to share as part of their inquiries. Students in Years 7–8 focused on musical theatre; using Dance to communicate a message within the context of a wider 44
story. Some of the choreography was student-led and some used learnt choreography. The work created was shared formally in the setting of the production.
Drama All students from Years 1–8 experienced Drama during the year. Junior students created imagined worlds and worked in role to become experts based on picture book contexts. Placing students in a role as an expert allows them to apply thinking skills to solve problems rather than rely on an adult for the answers. Students in Years 4–6 developed work using picture books and common human themes in a range of contexts, and focused on ways to develop a role. The students used space and facial
