Year 10 Arts Week 2011 (Term 4, Week 4)

All Year 10 students are fortunate enough this week to be participating in an Arts week.  Students have full immersion in a different arts related subject each day over four days and today I had 10RS with me at Otago University's Allen Hall for the Drama programme.

Martyn Roberts, the Allen Hall Theatre Manager and Designer, put together a Lighting and technology programme to give students an insight into the world of theatre technology. Today 10RS examined lighting design (learning how to rig lights & use a smoke machine), health & safety issues in relation to theatre technology, and sound design - where the students spent time in a University Mac Lab learning how to create a atmospheric theatre soundtracks using "GarageBand". 

In the afternoon, students honed the skills they had used in the morning sessions, to work in groups to devise small scenes using a range of props and lights. The four groups came up with some very creative scenes and it was great to see them being imaginative and thinking "outside the box". A rewarding day was had by all.

Below are some photos from the afternoon session, when the students were devising scenes and rigging lights.

Year 8 Drama - Greek Theatre model making

Today the Year 8 Drama class started making models of a Greek Theatre - here is a wee look at what some of the groups got up to....

What's going on in Junior Drama?

There is loads going on in the Junior Drama classes at the moment....

• Year 7 classes are in full on rehearsal mode for their performances of their Hero pieces for this Thursday. The boys have put a lot of time and effort into devising their pieces and am really looking forward to it all coming together with props and costumes!
• Year 8 are working towards their group Lip Sync performances - using the Bee Gees song "Staying Alive". Should be entertaining! Then they are moving on to their Greek Theatre unit...
• Year 9 are working hard learning lines for their scripted Duologue - using a scene from the musical 'West Side Story'. I have been really impressed by some groups - who have already learned their lines and are working hard on their blocking of movements on stage.
• Year 10 are in the middle of their ritual unit - working towards a group ritual performance... lots of research and devising to be done in the next couple of weeks.

Phew! Great work everyone, keep it up! 

Year 8 Drama - Greek Theatre & mask making

The end of the Year 8 Greek Theatre unit saw these students making exciting and creative masks for their character. Here is a sneak-peak of what we got up too....


The Year 8 students performed their Greek Theatre devised pieces (based on a Greek Myth or Legend) for assessment last week and some groups "wowed" us. Fantastic work everybody! Creative, entertaining and a job well done.


Much thanks to 8ADU and look forward to seeing you in the Drama module again next year for Year 9 :)

Ms Fridd.

Year 10 Ritual Performances from Term #1

Here is a look at some of the student ritual performances from Term #1 with 10JI. There were some awesome performances and students went to great lengths to create effective ritual costumes, props, and setting elements. The performances were creative and entertaining and a good time was had by all.

Welcome!!

Welcome to this John McGlashan College Junior Drama blog. This is your online first-point-of-call for all things junior drama at JMC. Any details on rehearsals, auditions, class content, assignments & performance assessments etc will be listed on here. Check out the rest of the blog - there is also a video bar with links to an amazing Shakespeare Festival held in Nth America, polls, and photos from past class performance assessments.
Look forward to seeing you on here! Go forth & be creative in the Arts at JMC.