Taking music, text and images as their stimuli, pupils work solo, with partners and in groups to explore the Africa theme. And, in so doing, they try their hand at simple choreography…
Your ‘Africa!’ Teaching Pack for Key Stage 2 Dance
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- 6-week lesson plan
- integrated music tracks
- pupil assessment charts
- curriculum objectives
- learning outcomes
- comprehensive teaching notes
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Outline
Taking music, text and images as their stimuli, pupils work solo, with partners and in groups to explore the Africa theme. And, in so doing, they try their hand at simple choreography.
Curriculum Objectives:
- Apply & develop a broad range of movement skills
- Learn how to use these in different ways
- Link them to make actions & sequences of movement
- Enjoy communicating and collaborating with each other
- Develop an understanding of how to improve
- Learn how to evaluate and recognise own success
Learning Outcomes:
- Use a variety of movements in isolation and combination
- Develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance
- Perform dances using a range of movement patterns
- Compare and evaluate performances against previous ones
- Demonstrate improvement to achieve personal targets
Unit Contents:
Week 3: Travelling within a group
Week 4: Re-Capping dance Material
Week 1: Solo Using Text
Starter
Discuss the type of movements found in African dance. E.g. strong, graceful, energetic, sharp, etc.
Select words to be used for warm-up e.g. spear (still), rain (slow), sticks (low) tree (jump).
Warm up
Hey Ho
Begin in a space. Walk around hall, avoiding contact and waiting for movement-words (as above).
Walk can become a jog or gallops.
Encourage development of movements and changes in direction and Level.
Main
African Greetings
- Whole class to decide on movements for the text:
“After the storm the sun rose, a rainbow was made and the trees grew”.
All begin crouching down to the floor and then start the dance at different times. Once everyone is tall and still, whole class begin to sway. Choose one pupil to lead half the class (group 1), swaying or creating a storm in and around others who are still (group 2).
When Group 1 has been all around the room, Group 2 can begin travelling using a different move e.g. rainbow, sun or tree.
- When group 2 have finished, everyone can repeat the beginning of the dance but this time all together.
Cool Down
Repeat warm-up (without music this time) but in slow motion, stretching through each movement
Key Vocabulary:
strong, graceful, energetic, sharp
Week 2: Using Pictures
To continue using this plan…