LEARNING @ JAS

CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS

Curriculum

Examination Results

WELLBEING

INCLUSION

Curriculum

Examination Results

CREATIVE &
PERFORMING ARTS

WELLBEING

INCLUSION

STIMULATING TOPICS

Learning is not restricted to our classrooms, and we have worked hard to develop a culture in which freedom of expression and exploration percolate through the curriculum at all levels.

We’re immensely proud of how Creative Arts and Performing Arts are valued by both parents and students and actively encourage students to visit theatres, museums, and galleries, and represent the school at regional and national competitions.

Creative Arts includes Art, Photography, and Design Technology. Performing Arts includes Drama, Dance, and Music.

Students experience a wide range of stimulating and engaging topics at all levels, delivered by a highly motivated and passionate team who understand that this important area of the curriculum develops creativity and social skills such as teamwork and confidence.

CREATIVE

As well as being popular with students, the Creative Arts and Performing Arts subjects also provide rigorous and challenging content through to GCSE and A-level.

Our curriculum is facilitated by a wide range of specialised facilities including a drama room, two music rooms, five individual music practice rooms, an Apple Mac suite, three art rooms, a photography dark room, design technology workshops and an additional computer suite. Our large auditorium plays host to many performances and productions throughout the academic year, both in school and in the wider community.

Alongside the curriculum, our professional and passionate staff facilitate many extra-curricular projects in a wide variety of disciplines, catering for every interest of our varied student body. This helps them embed Performing Arts and Creative Arts into the everyday life of the school.

We are equally proud of the range of opportunities that students have to further develop their passion. Many have showcased their hard work and talents in:

Drama Productions – Foundation and Primary (Years 1, 2 & 6) Showcase Event
JAS Productions: High School Musical (2020), Bugsy Malone (2022), OLIVER! (2023), Grease (2024)
Termly Music Concerts – Primary Showcase Event
GCSE and A-Level Performance Evenings
Primary Music Soiree – Primary Showcase Event
JAS Create – Secondary Creative and Performing Arts Festival
JAS Has Got Talent! – Year 6 & Secondary Talent show
JAS Portrait Artist of the Year – Years 7 & 8 project
F1 in Schools UAE National Finals – Secondary project hosted at Yas Marina Circuit
Composition Corner – Showcase KS3 work to a professional
Battle of the Bands – Year 9 project on rehearsing & performing
KS3 Performance Evening
Winter and Summer Concerts – Secondary Showcase Event
Tunes of Tuesday
Desert Dance – Primary & Secondary
EXPO Young Stars – Al Wasl Dome Performance

The opportunities to take part have included:

Dubai Opera Theatre Trips
Drama Workshops – The Paper Birds, Lawrence Carmichael, Stage Ed: Blood Brothers
LAMDA Examinations
Tech Crew
JAS Dancers
GCSE Composition; Apple Store – Music
Choirfest – Music
Louvre, Abu Dhabi – Art (Year 7)
Dubai’s Seaside/Coastline – Art (Year 10)
Dubai Art Week – Art (Years 10 & 11)
Architecture Photography – Photography (Year 10)
F1 in Schools National Finals – Design Tech (Years 7 to 9)
Dubai Design Week – Design Tech (Years 10 & 11)

YEARS 7 – 9

The Performing Arts and Creative Arts curricular are dynamic and exciting for all students in Year 7 through to Year 9.

Throughout these years, students receive a dedicated 1-hour lesson each week with a specialist teacher to enhance their knowledge, develop an understanding and increase their engagement in each of the Arts subjects of Drama, Music, Art, and Design Technology.

YEARS 10 – 11

Our Key Stage 4 curriculum is created and delivered to support students who intend to go on to study GCSE Art & Design, GCSE Design Technology, GCSE Drama and/or GCSE Music.

The GCSE specifications in Creative Arts and Performing Arts subjects have both practical and theoretical elements to them. Throughout Years 10 and 11, students have 3 hours of dedicated lesson time with a subject specialist, and at the end of the two-year GCSE programme they are assessed.  Students are exposed to a wide range of techniques to develop their own style and appreciation of Creative Arts and Performing Arts. All students are encouraged to have creative freedom and ownership of their ideas and work.

Our extra-curricular programme continues to offer numerous Creative Arts and Performing Arts opportunities for all students. Our Key Stage 4 students also participate in the various showcase evenings and productions, not just as performers but also as lighting, sound, set and stage assistants.

YEARS 12 – 13

A GCSE qualification is a prerequisite for students wishing to study Creative Arts and/or Performing Arts at A-level.

A-level Creative Arts and Performing Arts subjects also have both practical and theoretical elements to them, and like the GCSE, students are assessed on their ability to produce and perform skills that they have previously studied and refined across Year 12 and Year 13.

A-level students are exposed to a wider range of techniques and develop greater breadth and depth of knowledge. To help them achieve this, students have an extra six hours of dedicated subject time per week. Whilst students are expected to work on projects and assignments outside designated lesson time, ongoing support from specialist teachers within the Creative Arts and Performing Arts departments is available.

Key Stage 5 students will begin to support extra-curricular clubs and societies, taking on additional responsibility to support performances and productions; hosting showcase evenings, and contributing to choreography, set design, lighting and sound.

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