This resource is for teachers of GCSE dance who want to forecast what levels their dancers will get in their GCSEs based on the 2018 grade boundaries. Either use it to keep an up to date track of pupils scores from their assessments or use it to enter predicted scores, guide conversations with pupils or to answer questions such as ‘how many more marks would I need to get a level…” Cells coloured in a peach colour are cells that contain formulas. I have coloured them to remind me to not touch them. I recommend keeping a copy of the original file just in case something vital to making the spreadsheet run smoothly is accidently deleted.

This PowerPoint was delivered as a 45 min training session for teachers, to promote the importance of teaching transferable skills as well as curriculum content within lessons. This is an interactive training session with games and activities to get teachers actively taking part as well as listening. The PowerPoint comes with notes (under each slide) to help with the delivery and gives instructions for the games/tasks involved. Anything in speech marks is what I said during that particular slide and I also give examples from my teaching experience. Fee free to change and adapt the PowerPoint to suit you. There is space at the top and bottom of each slide to add your own school logo/banner.

This resource is for teachers of AQA GCSE dance. This is my years worth of Year 10 planning/PowerPoints/resources. Each half term focuses on one of the professional works from the GCSE Dance anthology; exploring the professional work through choreography, performance and appreciation tasks (following the advice from AQA). This resource is tried and tested and I am proud to say that my pupils have enjoyed the variety of tasks included and have felt confident completing year 10 in preparation for Year 11. The Year’s worth of resources should be followed in the following order: 1st Half term – Emancipation of Expressionism 2nd Half term – Artificial Things 3rd Half Term – Shadows 4th Half Term – A Linha Curva 5th Half term – Infra 6th Half Term – Within Her Eyes Note: I am not currently teaching GCSE dance (currently teaching BTEC Performing Arts instead) and therefore not currently using this resource. The last time I checked, all links and QR codes worked. Links to the anthology performances are from EAQA. If any links stop working, please find the updated ones on EAQA. I hope you enjoy this resource and it saves you time planning :)

This resource is for EYFS teachers teaching dance through the Physical Education part of the national curriculum. This Noah’s Ark scheme of work has been designed to inspire creativity in young children in a fun and energetic way. Throughout the 6 lessons, pupils will be developing their listening and communication skills as well as their dance skills; linking actions to the lyrics of a popular nursery rhyme. Within this resource there are 6 detailed 30 min lesson plans including: Aims and objectives, descriptions of activities (starter, warm up, main activity, plenary etc), Organisation information and ‘coaching’ points. Music: ‘The Animals Went in 2 by 2’ on YouTube (The one with rain sound effects at the beginning)

UPDATED AND IMPROVED ON 11/10/2021 This resource is for KS1 teachers teaching dance through the Physical Education part of the national curriculum during the topic of the Caribbean (or any topic connected to the Caribbean, holidays or Zumba). Calypso dance was formed in the islands of Trinidad and Tobago by African people enslaved in the Caribbean in the 1800s. They were treated very badly and had to work in horrific conditions. However, during their free time, they celebrated through singing and dancing and this is how the style began. Although then, the dance style was about telling stories through dance; today, Calypso dance moves are used in Zumba fitness routines as they are fun and energetic. This SOL comes with: 6 lesson plans, detailing the activities in each lesson along with coaching points to aid teaching. A 6 lesson PowerPoint including notes under each slide to help with the delivery of the lesson. A CPD document that should help with aspects of teaching dance that a none dance specialist might find helpful. Notes: The timings of the lesson and the activities within the lesson plans can of course be adapted. Activities can be changed, lengthened, shortened, taken out, differentiated etc. Feel free to adapt this resource to suit your own needs as well as the needs of the children. Feel free to use your own music. I used Luis Fonsi, Stefflon Don – Calypso on YouTube. I loved teaching this SOL and I hope you do too. If you find it helpful, I would massively appreciate it if you could leave me a review

UPDATED AND IMPROVED ON 03/10/2021 This resource is for KS1 teachers teaching dance through the Physical Education part of the national curriculum during the topic of rainforests (or any topic connected to rainforests, Brazil, carnival or celebration). This ‘Rainforest Animals/Carnival’ SOL allows pupils to discover Brazil in a fun, exciting and an imaginative way. During the first 3 lessons of this scheme of learning, pupils will learn about the animals that live in the Amazon Rainforest, which they will use as a stimulus for choreography. The following 3 lessons focuses on carnival, where pupils will be able to take part in their own carnival parade. At the end of this scheme of learning, pupils will have a performance piece that they can perform in an assembly or for parents. This SOL comes with: 6 lesson plans, detailing the activities in each lesson along with coaching points to aid teaching. A 6 lesson PowerPoint including notes under each slide to help with the delivery of the lesson. A document with the pictures of each of the rainforest animals to be explored. These can be printed and laminated to hand out to groups so that they know which animal they have been assigned to. A CPD document that should help with aspects of teaching dance that a none dance specialist might find helpful. Notes: The timings of the lesson and the activities within the lesson plans can of course be adapted. Activities can be changed, lengthened, shortened, taken out, differentiated etc. Feel free to adapt this resource to suit your own needs as well as the needs of the children. Feel free to use your own music. I used Rainforest sounds and ‘Beautiful Creatures’ from the Rio 2 soundtrack on YouTube. I loved teaching this SOL and I hope you do too. If you find it helpful, I would massively appreciate it if you could leave me a review :)

This is a resource for teachers of Pearson BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award in Performing Arts Unit 1: Exploring the Performing Arts and are up to the presentation/promotional material task. This resource in intended to be used at a point where pupils have a good knowledge of the practitioners and repertoire that they are studying (preferably after the research journal task). This resource is a very general guide though what is needed in their presentations/ promotional material which is broken up into 6 lessons to chunk it down in easy to manage tasks. This resource references 3 performing arts practitioners: Kenrick Sandy (Dance), Mark Wheeller (Drama) and Frantic Assembly (Physical Theatre). However, this can be very easily adapted for your chosen practitioners.

This ‘A Linha Curva’ 6 lesson SOW and delivery PowerPoint is for teachers teaching dance at KS3. Using the professional work taught at GCSE level, it will allow pupils to explore the professional work through performance, choreography and appreciation activities suitable for their age range. The delivery PowerPoint includes starters in the form of ‘bell activities’/‘talking points’ for each lesson, homework and assessment activities at week 3 and week 6 to record progress. ‘A Linha Curva’ is an upbeat fun SOW that my year 7 pupils have loved. It really beings out their creativity and love for dance.

This 'Artificial Things’ 6 lesson SOW and delivery PowerPoint is for teachers teaching dance at KS3. Using the professional work taught at GCSE level, it will allow pupils to explore the professional work through performance, choreography and appreciation activities suitable for their age range. The delivery PowerPoint includes starters in the form of ‘bell activities’/‘talking points’ for each lesson, homework and assessment activities at week 3 and week 6 to record progress.

This ‘Shadows’ 6 lesson SOW and delivery PowerPoint is for teachers teaching dance at KS3. Using the professional work taught at GCSE level, it will allow pupils to explore the professional work through performance, choreography and appreciation activities suitable for their age range. The delivery PowerPoint includes starters in the form of ‘bell activities’/‘talking points’ for each lesson, homework and assessment activities at week 3 and week 6 to record progress.

KS4 GCSE Dance Revision – Component 2: Performance Skills This resource has been designed for teachers of AQA GCSE dance revising performance skills in preparation for the written exam. The lesson is divided up into 2 sections: Section 1 – Practically in the dance space go through the PowerPoint of possible exam style questions. Encourage pupils to physically try out questions such as ‘describe one exercise a dancer can do to improve flexibility’ before putting it into words. Section 2 – Allow pupils 20 min to complete the test paper (total 20 marks). Encourage pupils to visualise themselves in the dance space when completing the test paper.

This year 9 GCSE Dance Taster: Choreography 12 lesson delivery PowerPoint has been created for teachers of Dance preparing their Year 9 pupils for GCSE. During lessons 1-6, pupils will explore a variety of different stimuli used in choreography e.g. 2D art and text. Pupils will learn how to create and develop motifs based on a stimulus, structure their choreographies and experimenting with choreographic devices. During lessons 7-12, pupils will choose from a list of stimuli (based on the actual GCSE component 1 exam paper), take part in research tasks and choreograph their own group choreography. At the end of the SOW, pupils will be assessed using the GCSE choreography mark sheet. Each lesson comes with starters (bell activities) and lesson objectives. The SOW also includes: Homework 1 – Choreography exam style questions (based on section A of the written dance exam paper) Homework 2 – Programme note with examples. Choreography help sheet (I advise printing this out back to back and laminating for each group) Research task (theory lesson). Please note, the video included in the PowerPoint is from Eaqa. You can use your own example video if you prefer.

This year 9 GCSE Dance Taster: Anthology 14 lesson delivery PowerPoint has been created for teachers of Dance preparing their Year 9 pupils for GCSE. Within this SOW pupils will explore key motifs within each of the 6 GCSE dance anthology professional works: A Linha Curva Emancipation of Expressionism Artificial Things Shadows Infra Within Her Eyes I have included a music file within this resource which is a ‘megamix’ of clips from the 6 anthology works. Using the motifs from the anthology, a dance megamix can be choreographed to the music. I used this as a performance piece with my school performance evening. Each lesson comes with starters (bell activities) and lesson objectives. The SOW also includes a written homework task.

Updated: 11/08/22 This street dance resource is for teachers of KS3 dance (preferably in the third term of Y7 after teaching ‘intro to dance’ and ‘Rock and Roll’ . This lively and upbeat SOL has been created to really engage pupils within their dance studies. As this SOL is taught in term 3 after ‘intro to dance’ and ‘Rock and Roll’ pupils are expected to use the performance, choreography and appreciation skills that they have previously learnt and apply them to a different style of dance. This SOL encourages pupils to explore the shapes that their body can make through experimentation, improvisation and games; building up their confidence before stretching and challenging pupils to choreograph movement using the letters in their name as a stimulus. Includes: • 6 lesson (60 min per lesson) delivery PowerPoint with: ‘Enquiry questions’, ‘Do Now’ activities, ‘TIF (Take It Further) challenges’, YouTube clips and level descriptors. • STAR marking grid • Mark sheet • Theory task • Dance feedback toolkit

A bit different to the usual dance resources I upload. However, I have created a 1 hour lesson delivery PowerPoint on the theme of social media and how people on social media don’t always show their true selves. Please note, this PowerPoint does not cover cyber crimes, grooming etc. It is much more about how young people may feel about themselves and how they might compare themselves to others based on what they see online. In this PowerPoint you will find lesson objectives, a bell activity (starter), discussion tasks, talking points, TIF tasks and links to YouTube clips (one clip is also embedded). I have also included a marking sheet that can be stuck into pupils books to aid quick marking. My Y10 tutor group loved it and really got stuck in. I hope yours do too.

This resource contains 4 lessons dedicated to developing pupils transferable skills (communication, time management, creative problem solving and team work) though Performing Arts games and activities. Each lesson focuses on one of the 4 transferable skills (communication, time management, creative problem solving and team work). Each lesson is complete with starter activities (in the form of Bell tasks) and TIF tasks (take it further). I am a Performing Arts teacher but strongly believe that you do not have to be a Performing Arts teacher to deliver these lessons as each game is explained on the PowerPoint. I created these lessons after observing pupils in my class who didn’t appear to have the transferable skills that they needed to fully engage with the activities of my lessons. It dawned on me that we as teachers sometimes presume that pupils naturally have the transferable skills that we need them to have e.g. working in a group environment but we don’t tend to ‘teach’ them those transferable skills or dedicate lessons to help them develop such skills. So that’s exactly what I decided to to do. I created these lessons with my Year 8 classes in mind but I am sure year 7 and even primary school aged children would enjoy these lessons. My year 8s really enjoyed these lessons and I feel made an impact. I now often refer to them when teaching my normal curriculum lessons. e.g. "you have 5 min to complete this task, remember our time management lesson…’ This resource would also be good for PSHCE and for teachers teaching pupils with additional needs.

UPDATED AND IMPROVED ON 03/10/2021 This resource is for KS1 teachers teaching dance through the Physical Education part of the national curriculum during the topic of Sea Creatures (or any topic connected to sea creatures, oceans, water etc. This ‘Sea Creatures’ SOL allows pupils to discover the magic of the sea as well as developing their dance knowledge. Through play, games, activities and group work, pupils will learn how to use a stimulus (sea creatures) to create actions and dance phrases that will develop into a final dance performance piece. This SOL comes with: 6 lesson plans, detailing the activities in each lesson along with coaching points to aid teaching. A 6 lesson PowerPoint including notes under each slide to help with the delivery of the lesson. A document with the pictures of each of the sea creatures to be explored. These can be printed and laminated to hand out to groups so that they know which animal they have been assigned to. A CPD document that should help with aspects of teaching dance that a none dance specialist might find helpful. Notes: The timings of the lesson and the activities within the lesson plans can of course be adapted. Activities can be changed, lengthened, shortened, taken out, differentiated etc. Feel free to adapt this resource to suit your own needs as well as the needs of the children. Feel free to use your own music. I used ‘Under the Sea’ from The Little Mermaid for the routine itself and instrumental music from the Finding Nemo soundtrack while pupils were taking part in creative group tasks. I loved teaching this SOL and I hope you do too. If you find it helpful, I would massively appreciate it if you could leave me a review 

Taken from the AQA GCSE Dance website, I have taken the command words and formatted them ready for printing on colourful paper or card to make your dance studio look pretty.

The KS4 GCSE Dance Anthology Quiz is great as a lesson starter, plenary or revision task. It includes questions on all 6 professional works from the GCSE dance anthology.