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QCA

PE at key stages 3 and 4    (Year 6/7)

Unit 1: Dance activities: Link

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Outcomes

Section 1: Acquiring and developing skills
Children:
  • perform dance step and action patterns in response to a range of dance styles
  • show an awareness of the rhythm and phrasing of the music when improvising
  • perform movement patterns effectively with a partner

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Section 2: Selecting and applying skills, tactics and compositional ideas
Children:
  • create motifs that show a dance idea
  • choose and develop material to create dances
  • describe the patterns and forms in specific dance styles
  • perform with sensitivity to the accompaniment, showing awareness of style

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Section 3: Knowledge and understanding of fitness and health
Children:
  • explain the importance of warming up and cooling down
  • describe how the different dance activities make different demands on the body in terms of strength, suppleness and stamina

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Section 4: Evaluating and improving performance
Children:
  • use appropriate language to describe, interpret and evaluate their own and others' work
  • describe the basic characteristics of dance styles and show an understanding of their social, historical and cultural contexts
  • suggest ideas to improve technique and composition
  • identify the main points of the talk on dance styles

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Sections in this unit

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1. Acquiring and developing skills
2. Selecting and applying skills, tactics and compositional ideas
3. Knowledge and understanding of fitness and health
4. Evaluating and improving performance