Key Stage 4
BTEC Dance - Exam Board Edexcel
Assessment Structure
- 1 Mandatory Unit
- 2 Optional Units
Topics Studied
Mandatory unit
Unit 38: Dance Performance
Optional units
- Unit 7: Performance to an audience
- Unit 40: Choreographing Dances
- Unit 42: The Healthy Performer
- Unit 45: Developing Contemporary Dance Technique
- Unit 47: Jazz Dance
Why take this course?
If you are a creative, innovative and inquisitive person who enjoys creating and responding to new challenges, briefs and projects, then this course offers you a diverse and exciting range of opportunities and experiences in Dance.
If you have completed Dance GCSE or through teacher recommendation.
It is all coursework based so no external exam.
To challenge yourself to complete a level 3 course.
Because you get good results in this subject. If you work hard and do the work to the best of your ability, you’ll do well.
Where could it lead?
Post 16
Dance A-Level at Kennicott.
BTEC National – Extended Certificate/Foundation Diploma/Diploma.
Post 18
There are a wide variety of Higher Education Courses in Dance.
Career
Dance is suitable for anyone wanting to pursue the arts or dance in Higher Education, or as support for any course requiring good communication and group work skills.
Dance students from KEVICC have gone on to train at a range of professional dance schools and universities including The Place, The Laban Centre, London Studio Centre, Italia Conti, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, London Contemporary Dance School, Roehampton, Bath Spa, Richard Alston Dance Company and The Verve.
Contact
Mrs. S McInally - Raising Standards Leader
GCSE Drama - Exam Board OCR
Assessment Structure
- 60% Components 1 and 2
- 40% Component 3
Topics Studied
Component 1: Devising Drama
Non-exam assessment: internally assessed, externally moderated learners will research and explore a stimulus, work collaboratively and create their own devised drama.
Component 2: Presenting and Performing Texts Non-Examination assessment
Externally assessed by a visiting examiner. Learners develop and apply theatrical skills in acting or design by presenting a showcase of two extracts from a performance text.
Component 3: Performance and Response
Written examination: 1 hour 30 minutes.
Learners will explore practically a performance text to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of drama.
Why take this course?
Drama is an excellent addition to all manner of subjects. The skills that you develop are not explicitly linked to ‘acting and performance’. Whilst you will develop your understanding and approaches to creating original theatre, you will also benefit from working creatively, planning and creating work collaboratively. This requires you to develop your personal skills in negotiation, teamwork and problem solving, as well as building personal confidence to present your ideas to an audience. The course is exciting and allows you to work in a different way to most other lessons.
Where could it lead?
Post 16
A Level Theatre Studies at Kennicott.
Post 18
Degree courses in Acting / Theatre Studies / Direction / Theatre History / Creative Writing / Technical Theatre / Drama School.
Career
From performance roles to all aspects of technical theatre there are all sorts of jobs in the creative arts industry which is one of Britain's largest economical exports. Production management, lighting, acting, direction, set design, educational theatre, drama therapy, arts administration, theatre management, festival performance are a few examples of possible career pathways.
Contact
Mrs. J Crook - Raising Standards Leader
BTEC Music - Exam Board Edexcel
Assessment Structure
- 25% Examination
- 75% Controlled Assessment
Topics Studied
The BTEC First Award course is an opportunity for students to engage in a wide variety of industry based topics.
The course is divided into two parts, core units and optional units; students need to complete four units in total.
Core Units (mandatory):
- The Music Industry
- Managing a Music Product
Optional Units:
- Introducing Live Sound
- Introducing Music Composition
- Introducing Music Performance
- Introducing Music Recording
- Introducing Music Sequencing
Why take this course?
This is an ideal course for students who are motivated by the promotion, performance and production of music and who may also be inspired by the music business. Student performance is brought to life in a series of live shows and some aspects of recording. If you have a clear intention to enter the music industry as a performer, producer or manager the BTEC course will pave the way to showing you how the industry operates. As there is no specified requirement for instrumental skills this is an ideal course for those who enjoy working on the periphery of the arts or, equally, musicians who are keen to promote their own music.
Where could it lead?
Post 16
BTEC Level 3 Music at Kennicott.
Post 18
There are a wide variety of Higher Education Courses in Music and Music Performance.
Career
Many students who study BTEC Level 2 Music progress to Level 3 BTEC Music, College or University degree courses in order to begin a career as a professional musician. A strong grade in BTEC Music provides the basis for a range of Higher Education courses and areas of employment such as performance, music production, TV, theatre and film, computer games music, composition and arts management. Universities and employers often consider a music qualification as an asset to potential undergraduates or employees.
Contact
Mr. N Hansford - Raising Standards Leader