I am a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities primary teacher, MLD, SLD and PMLD and autism.
I was a mainstream secondary school dancer teacher for over 5 years. I also taught dance a specialist SEN school for the deaf for 3 years. I have a degree in dance, teaching qualification and PGCE.
I am a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities primary teacher, MLD, SLD and PMLD and autism.
I was a mainstream secondary school dancer teacher for over 5 years. I also taught dance a specialist SEN school for the deaf for 3 years. I have a degree in dance, teaching qualification and PGCE.
2024-2025 Choreography Task 60 SLIDE PowerPoint to use as you wish with your current year 11 GCSE Dancers.
This PowerPoint will hopefully save you time and give you and your students lots of ideas, inspiration and practical tasks in lessons as homework for this year’s choreography paper task.
This PowerPoint includes research on each set stimuli. It gives examples of different ways to interpret the stimuli as a visual, auditory, tactile and kinesthetic type of stimulus. THIS YEAR: I have included a homework task for each stimulus and choreographic approach tasks. You can use this PowerPoint as lesson plans!
It also includes choreography examples, looking at limited to exceptionally creative. It includes the mark scheme and also includes guidance on writing the choreographic programme note.
PLEASE NOTE - ALL videos have clickable links
PLEASE NOTE: This is all my own work and not from the AQA Exam Board themselves.
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Display this poster in your dance studio or classroom to engage your students in learning! This series of posters includes all of the TECHNICAL SKILLS, as part of the performance skills, with their AQA definition and examples. The posters includes graphics of dancers which show inclusive and diverse dance practice, showing equality. The graphics are designed to help aid the students understanding of key terminology and meaning.
This file includes all 7 TECHNICAL skills and comes as an A3 PDF printable file AND PNG IMAGE FILE.
#GCSEDance #AQADance #Performanceskills #technicalskills #diversity #inclusive #inclusivedance #diversedance #poster #display #keyterminology #definitions #actioncontent #dynamiccontent #relationshipcontent #spatialcontent #movementstyle #timingcontent #timing #rhythm #rhythmiccontent #dance #choreography #dancetheory
ALL GCSE DANCE PERFORMANCE SKILLS WORDSEARCH GAME
Get your students looking for the correct terminology following the AQA GCSE Dance exam board for physical, expressive, mental and technical skills. Get them looking for the words in a fun way to embed the vocabulary.
Includes all the answers to the word searches and includes smaller word searches for differentiation. Supporting SEN, EAL and LA students. Stretch your most able students with getting them to find all of the performance skills!
#gcsedance #aqadance #gcsedancegames #gcsedancetheory #gcsedanceperformanceskills #physicalskills #mentalskills #technicalskills #expressiveskills #dancechallenge #sendance #aqagcse #aqagcsedance
2023-2024 Choreography Task PowerPoint to use as you wish with your current year 11 GCSE Dancers . This powerpoint will hopefully save you time and give you and your students lots of ideas, inspiration and pracitcal tasks in lessons as homework for this year’s choreography paper task.
This PowerPoint includes research on each set stimuli. It gives examples of different ways to interpret the stimuli as a visual, auditory, tactile and kinesthetic type of stimulus. It also includes choreographies, looking at limited to exceptionally creative. It includes the mark scheme and also includes guidance on writing the choreographic programme note.
PLEASE NOTE - YOU NEED TO DOUBLE CLICK THE VIDEOS ON SLIDES 13 AND 28 FOR THEM TO WORK:
but here are the links just in case:
Links for PowerPoint
Slide 13
https://youtu.be/B9XYtPqWLB4?si=--8bZRXSM1sJWM7B
Slide 13
https://youtu.be/r-XF7WhYCS0?si=7Z7ebaOmjLAVExjq
Slide 28
https://youtu.be/2kVf_qNfblQ?si=NS0-AmU8xoYVVQ7Y
Slide 28
https://youtu.be/vPybcmMcUyA?si=iPZldrfw-rYrs82N
PLEASE NOTE: This is all my own work and not from the AQA Exam Board themselves.
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Performance Skills - Expressive, Physical, Technical and Mental Skills AQA GCSE Dance Display Poster BUNDLE
MENTAL SKILLS poster is FREE with this bundle.
Get your hands on all 4 performance skills display posters! Perfect for your your dance studio, classroom or even print and give to your students to put up on their walls in their bedrooms, to engage your students in learning! This series of posters includes all of the PERFORMANCE SKILLS, PHYSICAL, TECHNICAL, EXPRESSIVE AND MENTAL SKILLS with their AQA definition and examples. The posters includes graphics of dancers which show inclusive and diverse dance practice, showing equality. The graphics are designed to help aid the students understanding of key terminology and meaning.
This download includes all of posters of skills and comes as A3 PDF printable files AND PNG images .
#GCSEDance #AQADance #Performanceskills #expressiveskills #mentalskills #physicalskills #technicalskills
#diversity #inclusive #inclusivedance #diversedance #poster #display #keyterminology #definitions #dance #choreography #dancetheory
THIS IS A DIGITAL RESOURCE - You will be emailed the digital resources to download.
Get your students learning about the costume design for the professional set works through games and kinesthetic learning - **PAPER DOLLS DRESS ME UP
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This resource includes all of the costumes and clothing props from all of the set works. The Artificial Things costumes have been designed to reflect the unique dripping paint effect on the costumes and there is even personal jewellery for the Emancipation of Expressionism dancers!
Download this resource and get your students to help you cut out each image. Laminate them to make them last longer!
You will also receive a free resource in PDF file formats of human body outlines for you to print and cut on card if you cannot/do not want to buy the wooden people from HobbyCraft that I used.
Get the students to play dress me up and see if they can correctly dress up dancers from the Anthology set works!
I buy wooden people from Hobbycraft - £3 for a pack of 8 people and use blue tac to allow the students to stick the costumes onto it.
EXAM BOARD: AQA
Display this poster in your dance studio or classroom to engage your students in learning! This series of posters includes all of the EXPRESSIVE SKILLS, as part of the performance skills, with their AQA definition and examples. The posters includes graphics of dancers which show inclusive and diverse dance practice, showing equality. The graphics are designed to help aid the students understanding of key terminology and meaning.
This file includes all 8 EXPRESSIVE skills and comes as an A3 PDF printable file.
#GCSEDance #AQADance #Performanceskills #expressiveskills #diversity #inclusive #inclusivedance #diversedance #poster #display #keyterminology #definitions #musicality #projection #focus #phrasing #sensitivitytootherdancers #spatialawareness #communicationofchoreographicintent #dance #choreography #dancetheory
GCSE DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY JOURNEY JOURNAL WORKBOOK
GCSE Dance Choreography booklet which guides students through the choreographic process using the elements from the mark scheme. This resource includes practical tasks and written tasks, which can be used as lesson plans, activities and homework. This booklet includes key terminology, definitions, examples and even encouragement along the way. In the booklet are feedback, target setting and rehearsal schedule templates as well as space for students to document their choreographic journey. There is also a section on programme note writing with the whole journal supporting this process. Overall, the journal supports not only the practical component of choreography but will develop students’ knowledge and understanding of section A and Section B of the written exam. This booklet includes developed versions of the choreographic posters. This resource meets diversity, equality and inclusion policies as it represents a range of different dancers through the graphics. EXAM BOARD: AQA
GCSE dance choreography journey journal workbook, that explores the elements and fundamentals of choreography, includes worksheets, written tasks, practical tasks, space for feedback and targets as well as exam motivation and explanation of how this component links to the course.
AQA GCSE Dance Choreography booklet which guides students through the choreographic process using the elements from the mark scheme. This resource includes practical tasks and written tasks, which can be used as lesson plans, activities and homework. This booklet includes key terminology, definitions, examples and even encouragement along the way. In the booklet are feedback, target setting and rehearsal schedule templates as well as space for students to document their choreographic journey. There is also a section on programme note writing with the whole journal supporting this process. Overall the journal supports not only the practical component of choreography, but will develop students knowledge and understanding of section A and Section B of the written exam. This booklet includes developed versions of the choreographic posters. This resource meets diversity, equality and inclusion policies as it represents a range of different dancers through the graphics.
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GCSE DANCE PERFORMANCE SKILLS WORDSEARCH
Get your students exposed to the correct terminology for their GCSE Dance performance skills. Get them looking for the words that covers mental, technical, physical and expressive skills.
This includes the answers.
WORDSEARCH GCSE DANCE PHYSICAL AND EXPRESSIVE SKILLS
Get your students looking for the correct terminology following the AQA GCSE Dance exam board for mental and technical skills. Get them looking for the words in a fun way to embed the vocabulary.
Just PHYSICAL AND EXPRESSIVE for differentiation. Supporting SEN, EAL and LA students.
#gcsedance #aqadance #gcsedancegames #gcsedancetheory #gcsedanceperformanceskills
ALL GCSE DANCE PERFORMANCE SKILLS CROSSWORD GAME 6 puzzles in total.
Get your students thinking and applying their knowledge of their performance skills in a fun and engaging way. Use these as a starter, homework, plenary, none participants or finished work activity to challenge your students. Can they use the definitions to work out the correct name of the skill?
This puzzle uses the correct terminology following the AQA GCSE Dance exam board for physical, expressive, mental and technical skills. Get them looking for the words in a fun way to embed the vocabulary.
Includes all the answers to the crosswords and includes smaller crosswords for differentiation. Supporting SEN, EAL and LA students. Stretch your most able students with getting them to find all of the performance skills!
#gcsedance #aqadance #gcsedancegames #gcsedancetheory #gcsedanceperformanceskills #physicalskills #mentalskills #technicalskills #expressiveskills #dancechallenge #sendance #aqagcse #aqagcsedance #dancegames #dancepuzzle #gcsedancepuzzle
Display this poster in your dance studio or classroom to engage your students in learning! This series of posters includes all of the PHYSICAL SKILLS, their AQA definition and examples. The posters uses inclusive and diverse graphics and shows equality. The phonetic spelling of the key terminology is also included to support learners with SEND and EAL.
This file includes all 11 physical skills and comes as an A3 PDF printable file.
#GCSEDance #AQADance #Performanceskills #Physicalskills #diversity #inclusive #inclusivedance #diversedance #poster #display #keyterminology #definitions
#posture
#alignment
#balance
#coordination
#control
#flexibility
#mobility
#strength
#stamina
#extension
#isolation.
This powerpoint presentation includes 101 action words for you to use in your dance lessons. This visual aid can help students from 11-18. Print these out (and laminate if you want them to last). Students can place action words next to each other to create a phrase or give them inspiration for movement ideas. #danceelements #danceactions #ks3dance #ks4dance #ks5dance
Performance skills (Physical, Expressive & Technical) definitions game. Using the style and rules of the dominoes game; the aim to match up the cards to the next card. You will see each card has a key word and then a different definition. The definition on one card will match up with another dominoes card that has the corresponding key word. Which will then have another definition on it which will need to link to another key word on another. The performance skills are one document that all link up so should make a complete circle or square etc.
#GCSEDance #performanceskills #physicalskills #expressiveskills #technicalskills
GCSE DANCE WHICH DANCE DO I BELONG TO? ANTHOLOGY EDITION GAME AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAY
A fun sorting game to engage your students! Can they identify what icon belongs to the correct anthology dance work from the AQA GCSE Dance specification. This game and interactive display comes with over 190 icons and 7 (one no man’s land for extra challenge) ‘mats’ which the students place the icons onto. The icons are of the costumes | props | lighting | set design | aural setting | stimuli | choreographic intentions | Features of the productions | Expansion pack of random icons for an extra challenge | A3 Set Work Mats | No Man’s Land Mats EXAM BOARD: AQA
Display this poster in your dance studio or classroom to engage your students in learning! This series of posters includes all of the MENTAL SKILLS, as part of the performance skills, with their AQA definition and examples. The posters includes graphics of dancers which show inclusive and diverse dance practice, showing equality. The graphics are designed to help aid the students understanding of key terminology and meaning.
This file includes all 10 MENTAL skills - during and process and comes as an A3 PDF printable file.
#GCSEDance #AQADance #Performanceskills #expressiveskills #diversity #inclusive #inclusivedance #diversedance #poster #display #keyterminology #definitions #commitment #concentration #confidence #movememntmemory #systematicrepetition
#mentalrehearsal
#rehearsaldiscipline
#planningofrehearsal
#responsetofeedback
#capacitytoimprove.
#dance #choreography #dancetheory
This infographic details the AQA GCSE Dance space elements with definitions and images. There are some examples of the use of the spatial designs. Use this poster to display in your classroom/dance studio and or print out to give students to use, learn and revise from. The graphics are inclusive, diverse and represent a range of people dancing. #inclusivedance #dancespace #spatialdesign #KS3Dance #GCSEDance #AQADance
Safe Dance Practice on the feet and ankles homework worksheet for your GCSE Dancers to complete. This would be a good homework task for students to research and develop their understanding of their own anatomy and the impact and importance of our feet and ankles and WHY we warm them up.
It includes space for facts, links to physical skills and images of correct and incorrect foot and ankle placement.
2022-2023 Choreography Task PowerPoint to use as you wish with your current year 11 GCSE Dancers . This powerpoint will hopefully save you time and give you and your students lots of ideas and inspiration for this year’s choreography paper task.
This PowerPoint includes research on each set stimuli. It gives examples of choreographies, looking at limited to exceptionally creative. It includes the mark scheme and also includes guidance on writing the choreographic programme note.
#gcsedance #aqadance #aqagcsedance #aqagcse #danceresources #danceineducation #gcsedancechoreography #choreographygcsedance #choreography #2022gcsedance #2023gcsedance #20222023gcsedance #2022choreographytask #2023choreographytask #gcsedancechoreographytask #aqachoreographytask #freeresource #danceteacherresource