Commerce

NESA Stage 5 Syllabus

Commerce provides the knowledge, understanding, skills, and values that form the foundation to make sound decisions about consumer, financial, economic, business, legal, political, and employment issues. It develops an understanding of commercial and legal processes and competencies for personal consumer and financial management Through the study of Commerce, students develop consumer and financial literacy which enables them to participate in the financial system in an informed way

Throughout the course, there is an underlying theme of technological change and how it affects consumers and businesses After studying Commerce, students will have developed a range of valuable skills and knowledge to pursue study in Legal Studies, Business Studies, Economics and Society and Culture in Year 11 and 12

Drama

NESA Stage 5 Syllabus

Drama enables students to develop knowledge, understanding, and skills to perform, make and appreciate dramatic and theatrical works Students take on roles as a means of exploring both familiar and unfamiliar aspects of their world while exploring the ways people react and respond to different situations, issues, and ideas

Drama leads students to learn about themselves and others by creating characters and situations through enactment. Students increase their self-confidence in the effective communication of their ideas through both verbal and non-verbal language. The course provides performance opportunities and experience of live theatre

Students undertake a unit of play-building Play-building refers to a group of students collaborating to make their own piece of drama from a variety of stimuli. At least one other dramatic form or performance style must also be studied Examples of these include improvisation, mime, script, puppetry, small-screen drama, physical theatre, street theatre, mask, comedy, and Shakespeare. Students will also learn about the elements of drama, various roles in the theatre, the visual impact of design, production elements and the importance of the audience in any performance

Students learn to make, perform, and appreciate dramatic and theatrical works They devise and enact dramas using scripted and unscripted material and use acting and performance techniques to convey meaning to an audience They learn to respond to, reflect on and analyse their own work and the work of others.