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

• 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'.

• Ask pupils to compose small group dances for two to five dancers. Listen to them talking about their intentions.
• Help pupils to analyse choreographic principles evident in professional exemplars and to use them in their own work. Teach them to develop their knowledge of choreographic form, eg narrative, collage, theme and variation, chance. Help them to use this knowledge to compose motifs and dances.
• Teach pupils how to select and use performance skills, lighting and staging to present their dances.
• Teach pupils how to organise a dance show.

• Teach pupils about the movement principles underpinning specific dance techniques, eg correct alignment and posture.
• Help pupils learn to structure their practising for their preferred style of dance.
• Teach pupils conditioning exercises that will prepare their bodies for the dances and techniques.
• Help pupils to identify how general fitness and body conditioning affects performance.
• Teach pupils how to design, implement and monitor body-conditioning programmes suitable for their dances. Teach them how to adapt them as needed. Help them to evaluate how regular dancing affects their fitness and health.

• Teach pupils to analyse and interpret dance through the use of videos by focusing on: theme; interpretation of theme; action and dynamic content; form and structure relationships; relationships with accompaniment; set, costume, and lighting design.
• Ask pupils to write about dance, eg a guide to a professional work for other pupils; an evaluation of the set, costume and lighting design and their contribution to the dance; a record of the choreography. Teach them how to record their knowledge in a variety of ways, eg in writing (describing, interpreting, background information); charts (for comparison and analysis); or drawings (costumes, set, lighting; floor patterns, formation, body shapes).
• Help pupils to analyse and discuss the performance qualities in professional performances. Ask them to focus on these qualities when rehearsing and performing.
• Help pupils to evaluate their performances, paying close attention to technical aspects such as control, balance and coordination, and expression, eg focus, projection, communication with audience, and use this information to refine their performance.