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Year 1 - Physical education

Actions

Dance: my moves, my brilliant body

Unit Summary

A pure approach introduces Action-Space-Dynamics-Relationships and some constituent elements in each as a basis for future units. Pupils combine content making personal choices based on problem-solving, aesthetics and safety, providing opportunities to reflect and share opinions.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to interpret and perform action words.

Key Notes

  • Move: interpreting and performing a range of action words requires using our whole body or isolated parts of our body.
  • Move: actions are movements we can perform in a variety of ways with control.
  • Think: imagination enables us to interpret action words such as melt or pop.
  • Feel: self-belief enables us to perform a range of actions confidently.
  • Connect: fairness requires us to maintain our personal working space.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • actions: the movements we perform
  • travel: moving from one location to another
  • stillness: the absence of movement, stopping, pausing

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Travelling is only a whole-body movement and involves moving around the space available.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: interpreting and performing a range of action words requires using our whole body or isolated parts of our body. Move: actions are movements we can perform in a variety of ways with control.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'actions'

the movements we perform.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Travelling is only a whole-body movement and involves moving around the space available. Correction: Travelling can be either a whole body action or be performed by isolated body parts. As well as moving around the space it can also involve going up and down as well as turning on the spot.

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