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Year 4 - Physical education

Maypole 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 travel in different directions in time with the music.

Key Notes

Move: responding to the rhythm, tempo and mood demonstrates musicality.
Move: skipping in time to the music and in different directions requires control.
Think: moving in time to the music requires concentration.
Feel: practising a skill requires resilience.
Connect: working with a partner or in a group involves cooperation.

Vocabulary To Learn

skip: a light, bouncy stepping action moving from foot to foot
direction: the way a performer is facing or the course they are travelling along
musicality: interpreting or expressing the music, responding to the rhythm, tempo or mood

Common Mistakes To Avoid

When you skip, you always travel forwards.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: responding to the rhythm, tempo and mood demonstrates musicality. Move: skipping in time to the music and in different directions requires control.

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

a light, bouncy stepping action moving from foot to foot.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: When you skip, you always travel forwards. Correction: Skipping often involves travelling forwards, but it can also be performed on the spot or even travelling backwards.

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