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International centres will only be assessed by recording.\u003Cbr>We have therefore updated the‘Qualification at a glance’ and‘Component 2 Assessment Information’ sections to reflect this choice.\u003Cbr>We require centres to sign a declaration that all key extracts studied by students meet the requirements to be from a scene or a moment that is significant to the text as a whole and at least 10 minutes in length when performed. Centres must submit the parts of these key extracts that have been used for performance, but not the entire key extract itself. | 5, 38 |\n| Appendix 1: Non-examination assessment authentication sheet (Component 1)\u003Cbr>We now required the authentication form to be scanned and attached to the front of the portfolio when submitted to us via the Learner Work Transfer (LWT) portal. The wording in the appendix has been updated to reflect this new requirement. | 61 |\n\nIf you need further information on these changes or what they mean, contact us via our website .  \nContents  \n1 Introduction 2  \nWhy choose Edexcel GCSE Drama? 2  \nSupporting you in planning and implementing this qualification 3  \nQualification at a glance 4  \nPrescribed texts at a glance 6  \n2 Subject content and assessment information 9  \nComponent 1: Devising 10  \nComponent 2: Performance from Text 30  \nComponent 3: Theatre Makers in Practice 47  \nAssessment Objectives 52  \n3 Administration and general information 53  \nEntries 53  \nAccess arrangements, reasonable adjustments, special consideration and malpractice 53  \nStudent recruitment and progression 57  \nAppendix 1: Non-examination assessment authentication sheet (Component 1) 61  \nAppendix 2: Live theatre evaluation notes form (Component 3) 62  \nAppendix 3: Design roles minimum resource guidance for centres 63  \nAppendix 4: Best practice when recording performance 64  \nAppendix 5: Guidance on selecting suitable material for students 66  \nAppendix 6: Mark penalty tables for performances/design realisationsnot meeting the minimum assessment time – Component 2 67  \nAppendix 7: Diversity and Inclusion statement 69  \nAppendix 8: The context for the development of this qualification 71  \nAppendix9: Transferable skills 73  \nAppendix 10: Codes 74  \n1 Introduction  \nWhy choose Edexcel GCSE Drama?   \nWe have listened to feedback from all parts of the drama community, including higher education, teachers and subject groups.  \nWe have used this opportunity of curriculum change to redesign a qualification that will engage students through encouraging creativity, focusing on practical work which reflects twenty-first century theatre practice and developing skills that will support progression to further study of drama and a wide range of other subjects.  \nClear and coherent structure – our qualification has a straightforward structure with three components, one that focuses on devising, one that focuses on performing in or designing fora performance from a text and one that focuses on practical understanding of a performance text.  \nPractical focus – this new qualification focuses on the practical exploration of performance texts. 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