Peter Pan Scheme of Work
(ages 11-12)
Overview
This six-week practical drama unit uses J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan as a vehicle to teach characterisation, atmosphere and basic stagecraft. Lessons focus on active, teacher-led workshops and ensemble devising: students explore Wendy, Peter, the Lost Boys and Captain Hook through improvisation, hot seating, frozen pictures, mime and simple stage fighting, supported by music and a crocodile sound effect. The unit concludes with a storytelling assessment that asks pupils to condense the narrative using dramatic devices taught during the course.
What Students Will Learn
Students will develop characterisation and ensemble skills while exploring the fantasy world of Neverland. Through improvisation, hot seating, frozen pictures, mime and slow motion they will create relationships and atmosphere. Practical sessions include basic unarmed combat and choreographed movement to music. The unit finishes with a storytelling performance assessment that requires pupils to combine narration, flashback and split-scene techniques to retell the story.
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Week 1: The Boy Who Could Fly
Introduces the central characters Wendy and Peter and develops their relationships. Students use improvisation and role-play to create and explore these characters and their interactions with the Darling children.
Resources IncludePowerpoint SlidesAbout Peter PanWeek 2: The Lost Boys
Focuses on the Lost Boys and their background within Neverland. After a warm-up, the lesson uses hot seating to reveal character history and motivations.
Week 3: Life on Captain Hook's Ship
Explores what it is like to be a pirate aboard Captain Hook’s ship. Students discover pirate life through games and frozen picture (tableaux) exercises.
Week 4: The Crocodile and the Clock
Uses a crocodile-with-a-clock sound effect to build tension and atmosphere. Students apply the sound effect in scenes to demonstrate Hook’s fear and create suspense.
Resources IncludeResourcesClock TickingWeek 5: The Climax - Peter v Hook
Teaches basic unarmed combat moves and turns the fight into a comic movement piece. The scene is choreographed to music to develop timing and physical comedy.
Resources IncludeResourcesUnarmed Stage Combat MovesMusicMerry GoWeek 6: The Assessment - Storytelling
Students devise a condensed retelling of the story as an aged Wendy narrating to grandchildren. The assessment uses narration, flashbacks, split scenes, thought aloud and dramatic pause as dramatic devices.
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