4 dance lessons The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark

Four creative dance lessons suitable for upper ks1 or lower ks2 based on Jill Tomlinson’s story ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark’ .

The lessons focus on Fireworks, Campfires, Stars and The Black Cat

These lessons have been written with covid 19 restrictions in mind & whilst still allowing the children to work together they do not require physical contact, limit travelling around the space and the activity level is moderate & sustained rather than high impact.

Each lesson follows a simple step by step format where the teacher is simply required to ask questions to stimulate movement ideas in the children; there are hints & tips along the way to guide the teacher how long each task might last & what they can do to further support learning. Further to this the skills that each section of the lesson focus upon are noted in a column on the right.

Each lesson has a suggestion of a piece of music that would suit - there is also a link to iTunes - but the music should be easily accessible on other platforms such as YouTube or Spotify.

The lessons can be performed in any order & you do not need to cover all of them.