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Year 6 - Physical education

Space: formations

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 perform actions using different formations with accuracy and control.

Key Notes

  • Move: controlling our actions and placement enables our formations to be clear and effective.
  • Think: applying direction, level, size and action to a formation involves problem solving.
  • Feel: performing actions in order whilst in the correction formation requires responsibility to the other group members.
  • Connect: working together to create and perform in specific formations requires collaboration.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • formation: how performers are arranged
  • chaos: a state of disorder, without pattern
  • random: unpredictable, not as expected

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Being in a linear formation means make a line one behind the other.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: controlling our actions and placement enables our formations to be clear and effective. Think: applying direction, level, size and action to a formation involves problem solving.

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

how performers are arranged.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Being in a linear formation means make a line one behind the other. Correction: Whilst this is an example of a linear formation, it could also involve the pupils being side by side or in a diagonal line. Linear formations can also meet or intercept to make patterns such as a 'V' or 'X' formation.

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