I have been an SLT co-ordinating English, dance, drama and music. I have covered PPA by delivering drama and dance to children from EYFS - Y6. I have delivered INSET on drama, dance and music both in schools and at a county level. I have delivered the drama module for B.Ed students at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
I write children's poems and have had some published in compilations. I have written drama and dance lessons based on poetry, for Early Years Educator and Scholastic.
I have been an SLT co-ordinating English, dance, drama and music. I have covered PPA by delivering drama and dance to children from EYFS - Y6. I have delivered INSET on drama, dance and music both in schools and at a county level. I have delivered the drama module for B.Ed students at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
I write children's poems and have had some published in compilations. I have written drama and dance lessons based on poetry, for Early Years Educator and Scholastic.
Five packs of dance lessons for KS1 (23 lessons in total).
Fairy Tales (three lessons for Y1)
Minibeasts (five lessons for Y1/2)
The jungle & the Rainforest (five lessons for Y2)
Toys (five lessons for KS1)
Weather (five lessons for KS1)
These five packs would sort out your KS1 dance curriculum for a whole term!
Lessons are very detailed and resource sheets are included. Music recommendations are made where required.
This is a pack of five dance lessons for K.S.1, based on the theme of Toys. There is also a resource pack and a PPT presentation to support it. Ideally an actual toy should be used for each lesson, but if this isn't possible, the picture resource provided will do.
Each lesson uses music and the two CDs required are:
'The Synthesizer Album' by Project D & 'Children's Games' by Bizet
The pack includes an original poem called 'The Toy Box' which isn't referred to in the lessons, but is there as an extra resource if required. Each verse corresponds to a lesson, and the individual verses are included in the PPT presentation.
Each lesson culminates in a whole class dance, with the movements for the dance being taught in the lesson. This gives you a short performance at the end of each lesson and, if done with a smaller group of children, can be used in an assembly.
Puppet: looks at the jerky movements of a puppet
Rubber Ball: looks at the different movements of a ball
Robotic Toy: looks at the stiff movements of a robotic toy
Kite: looks at the gentle movements of a kite
Rag Doll: looks at the floppy movements of a rag doll. Includes partner work
This is a unit of five dance lessons based on the jungle and rainforest. Each lesson is individual and will stand alone, however I would recommend that you do ‘The Machines are Coming’ after doing either ‘Rainforest’ by Helen Cowcher or ‘Rainforest Dance’ so you won’t have to use time going over the same animals.
Lesson 1: 'The Jungle' - group dances based on a poem
Lesson 2: The Machines are Coming - whole class dance based on the diggers coming into the rainforest. Uses the CD 'The Art of Noise' but any music with a mechanical, heavy beat will do
Lesson 3: 'Where the Forest Meets the Sea' by Jeannie Baker - whole class dance telling the story of the book
Lesson 4: Rainforest Dance - upbeat dance using the movements of the rainforest animals. Uses CD 'One World - A Musical Journey Around the Globe' but any upbeat piece of music will do
Lesson 5: 'Rainforest' by Helen Cowcher - whole class dance telling the story of the book.
This pack is accompanied by a power point presentation of the resources used in the lesson ‘The Jungle’. If you don’t have an IWB in the hall, the resources are also included in the lesson pack for you to print out.
This is a pack of five dance lessons based on minibeasts, for K.S.1 children. The first four lessons focus on one minibeast, and the fifth lesson brings all of the minibeasts together into a dance.
Lesson 1: Spider - this uses the movements of a spider and the shape of its web, and includes group work
Lesson 2: Bee - this uses the movements of a bee and the shape of it's hive, and includes group work
Lesson 3: Ladybird - this uses the movements of a ladybird and includes pair work
Lesson 4: Butterfly - this uses the movements of a butterfly, looks at symmetry and includes pair work
Lesson 5: Minibeast Dance - this brings together all of the minibeasts into one big class dance, to music
The lessons are supported by a 14 slide power points presentation. The pack also includes a poem. Each lesson uses a verse of the poem.
This is a pack of five lessons for K.S.1 children, based on the weather. Each lesson can stand-alone. Each lesson ends with a whole class dance, which if done with a smaller group of children could easily be used in an assembly.
CLASS DANCE
Each of these lessons culminates in a whole class dance. The movements required for the dance are taught, and built up throughout the lesson. This means that by the end of each lesson you will have a small performance should you choose to use it. A cut down version – using a small group of children - could easily be performed in an assembly.
MUSIC
The pack uses music in every lesson; whether it be simple percussion instruments or recorded music. The suggested recorded music is listed below:
• 'The Snow is Dancing' by Debussy
• 'Summertime' by Gershwin
• CD – BBC Essential Weather Sound Effects - Track 33 'Low - Pitched Wind'
• 'The Planets' by Gustav Holst – 'Mars'
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED:
• Tambour & beater
• Maraca
• Tambourine
• cymbals
Rain: looks at the effect the rain has on a flower. Looks at the movement of the actual rain.
Snow: looks at the movement of snow. Looks at snowdrifts, which the children create in pairs.
Sun: looks at the effect the sun has on our body. Looks at how actions can be turned into movements.
Wind: looks at the effect the wind has on a kite. Looks at the movement of the actual wind.
Storm: looks at the movements of clouds, rain and lightening in a storm
This is a pack of six original poems - spanning both key stages - using autumn as the stimulus.
Autumn - a rhyming poem about the transition from autumn to winter
Yes, Yes, Yes It Is! - a non-rhyming question and answer poem about autumn
Friend or Foe? - a rhyming poem about Halloween which can be written in three different ways
Crackle! Spit! - a rhyming poem with a pattern, about Bonfire Night. There are two accompanying dance lessons for K.S.1 with this poem
Bonfire Night - a non-rhyming poem which can be written in a straightforward way, or as calligrams
We Dare You To! - a rhyming poem about the dangers of playing with fireworks, and also the issue of wanting to fit in. This has an accompanying Y5/6 drama lesson
The pack includes general activities to do with the poems, as well as specific activities for the individual poems.
There is a 40 slide PPT presentation to support the activities.
A set of three stand-alone dance lessons based on three different fairy tales. Each lesson culminates in a whole dance.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - a dance lesson using percussion instruments
The Enormous Turnip - a dance lesson using The Carnival of the Animals - Tortoises
Jack and the Beanstalk - a dance lesson using individual and group work
This is a dance scheme based on the city, for years 5 & 6. Over the course of the five lessons the work builds to a whole class dance.
The music used is Axel F from Beverley Hills Cop. This track can be found on many synthesizer CDs; I have suggested Synthesizer Hits 2 which can be found on Amazon.
There is a 10 slide PPT presentation to support the unit.
Lesson 1: The children work out a sequence of walking, changes of direction and freezing in groups. Individually they then add in city actions to a walking and freezing sequence.
Lesson 2: The children create their own movements for the city actions. They then create a sequence using these actions in pairs. This pair work then builds into group work.
Lesson 3: The children think about actions done in the morning before leaving the house, and what happens when people meet in the street. In groups they work on one city action and by the end of the lesson they are starting to put together the whole class dance.
Lesson 4: The children use exaggeration to stretch out the actions and with a partner they create a sequence using these movements. In pairs they use mirroring and matching.
Lesson 5: The children create city buildings and skylines, in pairs then groups. These are then added in as the finale to the dance.
This pack includes 16 original poems about Spring, Autumn and Christmas.
AUTUMN: This is a pack of six poems - spanning both key stages - using Autumn as the stimulus.
Autumn - a rhyming poem about the transition from autumn to winter
Yes, Yes, Yes It Is! - a non-rhyming question and answer poem about autumn
Friend or Foe? - a rhyming poem about Halloween which can be written in three different ways
Crackle! Spit! - a rhyming poem with a pattern, about Bonfire Night. There are two accompanying dance lessons for K.S.1 with this poem
Bonfire Night - a non-rhyming poem which can be written in a straightforward way, or as calligrams
We Dare You To! - a rhyming poem about the dangers of playing with fireworks, and also the issue of wanting to fit in. This has an accompanying Y5/6 drama lesson
The pack includes general activities to do with the poems, as well as specific activities for the individual poems.
There is a 40 slide PPT presentation to support the activities.
SPRING: This is a pack of five poems about Spring for Y2/3. Each poem is accompanied by a full lesson.
Lesson 1. Umbrella Chant - a choral chant, performance poem
Lesson 2. Spring Acrostic - a non-rhyming acrostic poem (includes a framework)
Lesson 3. A Tale of Spring - a rhyming list poem (includes a framework)
Lesson 4. Golden One - a non-rhyming descriptive poem (includes a format)
Lesson 5. Yes, Yes, Yes It Is! - a non-rhyming question and answer poem (includes a framework)
All lessons are supported with power point slides and resources
CHRISTMAS: This is a pack of five poems about Christmas, spanning both key stages. Four are based on Christmas itself and one is about snow.
I Looked Outside - a rhyming poem about a snowfall in the night
No Crown of Jewels - a rhyming poem about the birth of Jesus, and the truth about Christmas rather than the glitz
It’s Christmas! - a rhyming poem using a different Christmas element for each stanza, for example; the tree, Santa and a present. This poem also follows an obvious pattern
What? - a rhyming poem comparing the baby Jesus to the latest toy that children desperately want at Christmas
Yes, Yes, Yes It Is! - a non-rhyming question and answer (verse and chorus) poem, again with an obvious pattern.
The poems are supported with a 43 slide power point presentation
There are general activities which can be used with all of the poems, as well as specific activities for some of them.
This is a dance lesson based on the different movements of a bee, and uses individual and group work. It culminates in a whole dance.
The music used is The Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov.
This is the first in a series of dance lessons using minibeasts as their stimulus.
