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Schemes of Work
QCA

PE at key stages 3 and 4    (Year 10/11)

Unit 4: Dance activities: Advanced
Section 1: Acquiring and developing skills

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to plan for and make use of advanced techniques and chosen dance styles

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Ask pupils to research techniques and motifs for different dance styles.
  • Teach pupils techniques and patterns in the different dance styles.
  • Help pupils develop their material by varying the actions, dynamics and spatial qualities.
  • Help pupils to perform a motif and develop it for solo, duo and group work.
  • Teach pupils how to perform their skills with a sense of 'performance'.
  • perform material with technical skill, stylistic accuracy and clarity of focus and communicate the choreographic intention in solo, duo and group work
  • perform with clarity of phrasing and with sensitivity to the accompaniment
  • demonstrate sensitivity to and awareness of other performers when moving in and through the performance space

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