Documentary drama

By research environmental issues and learning about aspects of documentaries, pupils will work in groups in order to gather information for the final documentary, which will be a whole class project and be delivered to peers, parents and video recorded for e-twining project and to be put onto school web page to encourage awareness of issues.

Outcomes of learning

• Subject knowledge gained and enhanced e.g. experimenting with the media and processes of drama, using and adapting language suitable to the context, cooperating and communicating with others in a variety of drama activities
• Enterprising skills improved by developing creativity, confidence and consideration of others through group work and discussion
• Developed employability skills: communication, planning, researching, co-operating, presenting
• Confidence of working independently from teacher-led sessions demonstrated by the pupils ability to work in groups in order to create the drama and the pupils evaluation of the work and the process
• Pupils take responsibility for their learning through making decisions about their research and the content of the final performance
• Pupils have developed the four capacities of a Curriculum for Excellence

Relevance to curriculum

• Supports 5-14 Drama
• Supports 5-14 Environmental Studies