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Year 6 - Physical education

Contact work: counter balances

Dance: the power of unity

Unit Summary

A narrative approach develops a wider range of creative responses to issue based work employing Action-Space-Dynamics-Relationships in a cohesive manner. Pupils express individuality through character-based work, reflecting on social issues. Pupils create dances using binary and ternary forms.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to collaborate with a partner/group to counter their weight safely.

Key Notes

  • Move: controlling the force applied to an action will lead to successful counter balances and counter tension balances.
  • Think: exploring alternative ways of creating counter balances and counter tension balances involves decision making.
  • Feel: careful planning of counter balances and counter tension balances demonstrates responsibility.
  • Connect: all types of counter balances and counter tension balances require careful collaboration.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • contact work: a choreographic relationship that involves touch
  • counter balance: equalling the weight of others by using a pushing force
  • counter tension balance: equalling the weight of others by using a pulling force

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Counter balances should always involve pushing against our partner's hands.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: controlling the force applied to an action will lead to successful counter balances and counter tension balances. Think: exploring alternative ways of creating counter balances and counter tension balances involves decision making.

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

a choreographic relationship that involves touch.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Counter balances should always involve pushing against our partner's hands. Correction: We often start by connecting using our hands. Once skilled at countering our partner, we can find different points of connection or use different levels or directions to make our combined shapes more interesting and creative.

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