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Year 6 - Physical education

Dynamics: force

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 apply different amounts of tension to your body to communicate dynamics effectively.

Key Notes

  • Move: applying different amounts of tension to communicate force requires control and strong bodily tension.
  • Think: deciding when to change roles in a performance involves creative, aesthetic and reflective skills.
  • Feel: manipulating another person involves care and responsibility for their safety.
  • Connect: contact work and reacting to another person's actions clearly demonstrates collaborative skills.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • dynamics:: the speed and force of an action
  • force: the degree of effort that is applied to an action
  • tension: stretched, taut, tight

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Trying to move another person means you do so as forcefully as you can.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: applying different amounts of tension to communicate force requires control and strong bodily tension. Think: deciding when to change roles in a performance involves creative, aesthetic and reflective skills.

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

the speed and force of an action.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Trying to move another person means you do so as forcefully as you can. Correction: By starting gently, a person is able to judge the amount of effort that is likely be be required to attempt to move a solid object such as a sculpture made of stone.

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