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Year 1 - Physical education

Speeds: transport

Dance: my moves, my journeys

Unit Summary

A narrative approach consolidates core learning of Action-Space-Dynamics-Relationships and introduces elements to expand dance knowledge. Pupils combine making artistic decisions by responding to creative tasks. When performing, pupils reflect, analyse and share ideas using simple terminology.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to vary the speed of your travelling actions.

Key Notes

  • Move: performing travelling actions at different speeds requires control.
  • Move: performing actions with different body parts requires balance and coordination.
  • Think: imagination helps us to create actions representing other things such as transportation.
  • Feel: self-belief helps us to create actions without a partner.
  • Connect: working together with a partner and coordinating actions requires empathy.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • dawdle: to travel slowly
  • rotate: to turn or move in a circle
  • steady: a regular, even speed

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • To pretend to be an object such as a car, we have to use mime.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: performing travelling actions at different speeds requires control. Move: performing actions with different body parts requires balance and coordination.

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

to travel slowly.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: To pretend to be an object such as a car, we have to use mime. Correction: Miming is one way of describing an object, theme or story to an audience without using words. You will need to use your imagination to think of other ways that the audience will also understand.

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