PE at key stages 3 and 4    (Year 9/10)

• Teach pupils to explore a range of dance styles/forms, eg tribal dance, ballroom dances, jazz dance, contemporary dance.
• Teach pupils how to observe, analyse and improvise ideas from source materials, eg 'Strictly ballroom' - partner relationships, foot and hand gestures, stepping patterns with changes of direction and dynamics.
• Help pupils to develop and structure material in relation to intention, style and form, eg chance encounters - roll a dice to determine the order of the motif: 1 = motif 1, 2 = motif 2, etc.
• Teach pupils a short study based on different dance styles appropriate for the dance idea. Help them to develop and adapt the material using a range of compositional devices.
• Teach pupils to perform with good alignment, posture and clarity of shape.
• Teach pupils to perform with a sense of style.

• Ask pupils to observe extracts of professional dance works. Help them to analyse the characteristics of specific styles and to use this analysis to develop their own ideas.
• Ask pupils to consider how different performances might demand different performance skills.
• Teach pupils how to organise and design movement in and through the performance space.
• Help pupils to understand how the rhythm and phrasing of the accompaniment affect their composition.

• Help pupils understand what each dance style requires in terms of fitness and skill.
• Talk to pupils about the main areas of fitness required eg suppleness, stamina, power. Teach them how to improve these aspects of fitness and to recognise what they most need themselves.
• Help pupils to identify where they can dance out of school and to have the confidence to join in.

• Ask pupils to use technical language to describe the key characteristics of selected dance works, eg actions, spatial and dynamic qualities, flow, energy.
• Ask pupils to identify the characteristics of good performance in their own work and in professional exemplars. Help them to reflect on the key characteristics of performance, composition and contexts of specific dance styles in their own work. Ask them to develop relevant criteria for evaluating different types of dance.
• Teach pupils how to rehearse. Help them to practise so that they develop and improve their technical and expressive content. Help them to advise a partner. Teach them how to check for and recognise improvement.