With the run up to the Olympics this was a a really fun session. It is for a double period and the resources I have added are based specificaly around Australia. This could easily be adapted to also suit KS2. I have provided the task briefs that I used but again these could be adapted to suit your students. Have fun, we did and we also created some excellent work for display!

This is the introduction lesson to my Capoeira scheme of work. In this lesson students will learn the basic actions (images and video linked in resource). Please note it is best that you learn these actions yourself prior to delivering the class so you can demonstrate them. Students then create their own short sequence as a soloist and then develop this in pairs. At the end of the lesson students watch an excerpt from A Linha Curva to reflect on how Itziki Galili incorporated this in his work (Links to GCSE). The full scheme of work and resources are available in my shop should you like this lesson.

This free resource is the first of three lesson workshops exploring how Jerome Robbins builds tension and tells stories through dance. In this lesson students can learn some stylised actions (videos provided) and develop a short group sequence as “The Jets”. This lesson was written for year 8 but can be adapted for older and younger dancers. The final task can also be extended into a second lesson of refining their work ready to perform it. Look out for the next two lessons if you enjoyed this one!

In this lesson students will: Describe the lighting in Infra Understand why the lighting has been used by Wayne McGregor Be able to answer exam questions based on lighting. This free lesson guides you through the criteria for writing a 12 mark essay question on: Explaining how lighting enhances our understanding of Infra. If you like this lesson you can buy the bundle of 6 lessons including this one plus two on costume, one on aural setting and one on set design

Subject: Dance Curriculum: Suitable for A Level Dance and BTEC level 2 and 3 Performing Arts Two resources to help your students studying West Side Story Overview of “The Sharks” describing who is who Overview of all characters in West Side Story I found this helped my students understand the story better and later make connections between the dance elements and how they communicate character and relationships.

Subject: Dance A Level Area: Writing essays One area that students struggle with in A Level dance is essay writing. In this pack you will find a few hand outs that have helped my students understand the structure of their essays. It includes a resource on: The “isms” meaning romanticism, classicism , modernism, post modernism. This will allow your students to connect context to content when writing about key works. Structuring your dance analysis: focus on the literary skills required for good essay writing Analysis reminder sheet (simple version) Peer marking assessment sheet: this is great for students as it allows them to mark each others essays by breaking them down into component parts.

I have created a reusable resource that requires only you to choose a dance work to watch. It asks GCSE style questions aimed at KS3. All your students need are a link to watch any work you choose and this resource.

This is the first lesson of 8 looking at dance through the decades. In this lesson we explore the “Roaring 20s” The lesson can be followed online by students using a range of videos or if you are in person you can also teach this fun 1920’s steps!

This is a single ppt introducing shadows and encouraging initial thoughts and interpretations from the students. It could be extended to cover 2 one hour lessons simply by encouraging longer discussion and sharing of ideas It also provides an overview of the unit and a long term homework task. This would also be usable for your online learners. I do not have permission to share the videos from the AQA website but you will need two of them for this lesson: the whole work video and the interview with Christopher Bruce

Subject: A Level Dance Area: Essay style questions In this bundle you will find 12 essay style questions mark sheets for your students. I asked my students to always attach the sheet to the front of their work. It allows you to mark essays consistently and provided feedback linked to the criteria.

This is single lesson on improving your jumping in dance. It can be used for both BTEC Performing arts dance and GCSE Dance I created this because my students were struggling to really “get off the floor” so we spent one lesson really focused on it.

Subject: A Level Dance AQA Area of Study: Jazz Dance The resource provides an overview of 4 of his works (videos available on youtube) and resouce for students to complete as you deliver the information provided and watch excerpts of each piece. The works discussed are: Fancy Free Call Me Madam Shall We Dance The Cage

Subject: A level Dance (AQA) Also suitable for: BTEC level 2 and 3 with adaptations This lesson can be used to teach either in person or online. It is double lesson and can be extended to 3 lessons if you need more time. Students are guided to explore the style and create their own Robbins motif and then evaluate another persons. This is an easy to follow lesson and can be included in your A Level SOW on the optional area of study - Jazz I have also included a resource on major jazz contributors in for reference.

Subject: Dance Topic: Booklet for non- participant/ SEN student to access the class I designed this PPT booklet for a SEN student that struggled to access the class and would sometimes remove himself from practical learning. This resource was a great way for him to show his understanding and still participate. We used it to allow him the opiton of practical or theory each lesson and it worked really well. I hope you can also use it.

I have pulled together a range of my resources to create a 69page work booklet for your GCSE dance students. Also suitable in some parts for PE: healthy diet, warm up and cool down This could be used during your online learning, as a homework booklet or as a booklet of activities you pull out for cover lessons! However you use it , there are bank of activities along with a tracking page at the start and the level descriptors 1-9 at the end

Attached is an end of year written test for KS3 dance in the style of the GCSE Dance paper. Feel free to use what is useful to you from it. I have done this with year 7-9 as an end of year test. But you could easily use this for Online lessons.

This resource will provides links to watch the “So You Think You Can Dance Season 8 Final Show performance of dancers Matt Flint ( UK season 2 winner ) with Jess and Nick. Your students will also watch “Stomp” and answers questions independently. I have used this online by uploading to google classroom so I can see them work live on their document.

Students will watch the whole 30min Production (available on youtube and linked in the document). An additional resource is also linked in the document for students to access that provides further information. Questions are then provided to guide students to provide their initial impressions of this work.

Attached is two full lessons for online learning KS3 Dance. Lesson 1: using a stimulus to describe a dance idea and 3 motif ideas Lesson 2: Creating these motifs and developing Actions, Space and Dynamics At the end of the ppt are suggestions to take this into a full 6 week lesson SOW

SUBJECT: Dance KS2 or 3 Suitable for PE lessons on Dance This single lesson is a great way to explore the concept of “kinesphere” in dance Suitable for year 6 and 7 students will explore space to create their own motifs. Teacher must create for themself an 8 count phrases to teach as part of the lesson making use of a range of small and large actions for students to develop. It should be simple enough to pick up quickly