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Year 4 - Physical education

Barn dancing: England

Dance: traditional dances of the British Isles

Unit Summary

A stylistic approach develops Action-Space-Dynamics-Relationships to study dances from other times and places reviewing how and why motifs are repeated and developed. Pupils develop an understanding of the impact of accompaniment, landscape and other design features on action content.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to choreograph dance actions using a traditional style of dance.

Key Notes

Move: performing actions to match the rhythm and tempo demonstrates musicality.
Think: finding ways to change partners when dancing requires problem solving skills.
Feel: practising to improve accuracy requires resilience.
Connect: cooperation enables us to work successfully with different people.

Vocabulary To Learn

advance: to travel forward
skip: a light, bouncy travelling action moving from foot to foot
circling: travelling in a circular pathway

Common Mistakes To Avoid

When dancing a duet, you should always stay with the same partner.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: performing actions to match the rhythm and tempo demonstrates musicality. Think: finding ways to change partners when dancing requires problem solving skills.

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

to travel forward.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: When dancing a duet, you should always stay with the same partner. Correction: Quite often, if dancing a duet, we stay with the same partner, but in some social dances we change who we dance with as part of the dance. This helps a community get to meet new people.

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