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Year 6 - Physical education

Dynamics: speed

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 effectively control the speed of your actions.

Key Notes

  • Move: performing actions at different speeds, including changes in speed, requires high levels of control.
  • Think: making decisions regarding the speed in which we are going to perform our actions requires careful planning.
  • Feel: ensuring sufficient space when moving quickly demonstrates responsibility.
  • Connect: offering suggestions, ideas and feedback is a form of collaboration.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • dynamics: the speed and force of an action
  • speed: the rate or pace of an action
  • control: being able to move your body carefully and smoothly, without wobbling or rushing

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • There are only two speeds, fast and slow.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: performing actions at different speeds, including changes in speed, requires high levels of control. Think: making decisions regarding the speed in which we are going to perform our actions requires careful planning.

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

the speed and force of an action.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: There are only two speeds, fast and slow. Correction: There are many speeds. Think of a race, everyone will be travelling as fast as they can but the winner will have been moving faster than the rest. Fast and slow guide us towards the rate at which we should move and may need more clarification.

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