GCSE Drama
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
Every learner sits Unit 3 as a digital only, 2-hour on-screen examination, and learners who choose sound or lighting design in Units 1 and 2 work with recorded sound, cues and projection. Learners also use recorded and live-streamed theatre as influences and keep a Reflective Log in any format. The single biggest thing KS3 should build is fluent on-screen analytical writing about performances, with sound and lighting cueing as the main practical digital strand.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Level 1 and Level 2
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2025
- Faint o waith digidol
- Canolig
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Devising Theatre: Practical non-examination assessment and Reflective Log, marked by centre and moderated by WJEC, 40%, 96 marks
- Unit 2: Performance from a Text: Practical non-examination assessment, marked by visiting examiner, 30%, 72 marks
- Unit 3: Interpreting Theatre: On-screen examination, 2 hours, 30%, 72 marks
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Ymddygiad ar-lein a bwlio ar-lein
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Keeping a multimedia Reflective Log of the devising process
Unit 1 requires a Reflective Log in a non-prescribed format, in which learners reflect on, analyse and evaluate their creative choices and respond to feedback. Photos, video and audio are allowed but not required.
DCF: Creu cynnwys digidol, Gwerthuso a gwella cynnwys digidol, Hunaniaeth, delwedd ac enw da, Ymddygiad ar-lein a bwlio ar-lein
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils keep a short rehearsal diary in OneNote with a photo of a freeze-frame and one sentence on what to improve.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils film a rehearsal on an iPad, watch it back and add comments on vocal and physical skills at set timings.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils build a multimedia log for a devised piece with clips, photos and written evaluation, sharing footage of classmates only with their permission.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r FCD
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Summary of assessment, page 5; Unit 1, 1.1.3, page 12; Section 3.2, page 21
“Learners will also produce a Reflective Log of the process in a non-prescribed format.”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ystod o feddalwedd i ddewis, cynhyrchu a golygu ystod o gydrannau aml-gyfrwng at ddiben penodol, megis:
- testun a delweddau, e.e. fformatio testun (print trwm, tanlinellu, italig, uwcholeuo); gosod a golygu blychau testun; colofnau; defnyddio offer mireinio (gwirydd sillafu, chwilio a disodli); lapio geiriau; tocio; newid maint a siâp; newid delweddau; ychwanegu effeithiau; byrhau a hollti clipiau sain a fideo; rhoi effeithiau ar ddiwedd sleidiau; defnyddio techneg ‘croen winwnsyn’
- cyflwyniad, e.e. cyfeiriad y dudalen; animeiddio; rhoi effeithiau ar ddiwedd sleidiau; dileu ac addasu delweddau; defnyddio cefndir; defnyddio botymau gweithredu i greu hyperddolen; ymgorffori gwrthrychau.
Rwy'n gallu gofyn am adborth/ymatebion gan bobl eraill, e.e. defnyddio 'sylwadau' mewn llwyfannau ar-lein, gofyn cwestiynau neu ychwanegu awgrymiadau.
Rwy'n gallu meddwl yn feirniadol am wybodaeth a gaiff ei rhoi ar-lein, e.e. effaith rhannu delweddau a fideos, metadata o ddelweddau a fideos.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu dewis a defnyddio amrywiaeth o feddalwedd, offer a dulliau priodol i greu, addasu a chyfuno cydrannau aml-gyfrwng ar gyfer amrywiaeth o gynulleidfaoedd a dibenion, megis:
- testun a delweddau, e.e. archwilio a defnyddio dulliau addasu delweddau yn effeithiol; archwilio a defnyddio’r agweddau niferus ar gynllun dogfen yn briodol; defnyddio animeiddiad, effeithiau fideo a sain fel adlais, tempo, amlen, haenu, cyfradd fframiau, fframiau allweddol
- cyflwyniad, e.e. defnyddio offer dylunio; addasu themâu a lliwiau at y diben; creu templedi meistr.
Rwy'n gallu awgrymu a gwneud gwelliannau sy’n berthnasol i’r gynulleidfa a’r diben, ar sail adborth a hunanwerthusiad o’m gwaith digidol.
Rwy’n gallu deall bod ffotograffau, lleoliadau a thagiau yn gallu cael eu tracio ar-lein ac yn gallu gwneud dewisiadau deallus yn unol â hynny.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio amrywiaeth o feddalwedd, offer a dulliau i greu canlyniad prosiect proffesiynol unigol neu gydweithredol, yn cynnwys ystod o gydrannau aml-gyfrwng.
Rwy'n gallu gwneud newidiadau manwl a phenodol i’m gwaith digidol, ar sail adborth a hunanwerthusiad, fel y bo’n berthnasol.
Rwy'n gallu roi strategaethau priodol ar waith i ddiogelu fy hawliau, fy hunaniaeth, fy mhreifatrwydd a’m diogelwch emosiynol fy hun ac eraill mewn cymunedau ar-lein.
Da gwybod
- Unit 3 must be taken on screen: "Digital only examination, marked by WJEC" (page 15) and "On-screen examination: 2 hours" (page 5).
- Assessed performance and design are live, not recorded: Units 1 and 2 are assessed "within a live performance" and Unit 2 "within a live performance of a published performance text" (pages 12 and 14). Digital theatre is a source of influence only (pages 11 and 13).
- The Reflective Log is "in a non-prescribed format" (page 5), so digital recording is optional.
- The design viva "is non-assessed" (page 22), so any slides used are not marked.
- Group work is required but learners "are not assessed on their collaborative skills" (page 19), so online collaboration tools are optional.
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
Sound editing and cue sequencing overlap with Music and Digital Technology, and set, costume and projection design overlap with Art and Design.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC GCSE Drama specification, teaching from 2025, for award from 2027, Version 2, September 2026.