Pupils in Year 7 are introduced to physical skills, motif and key technical skills. Lessons are on a rotation with Drama, where pupils typically study each discipline in approximately 7 week blocks. Pupils will be expected to replicate, create and perform in each rotation.
Year 7 Overview Trinity 2 July
June Topic/Big Question
Michaelmas 1 Sept Oct What physical skills do I use when dancing?
Nov
Michaelmas 2 Dec
Lent 1 Jan Feb What is a mtoif? Why is it useful?
Theme(s)
Street dance. Showing an intention of 'time' through action choices. Performance and choreography skills
Understanding the key ingredients of dance (ASDR). Choreography skills
Assessment
Performance in the final week to the class audience
Performance in the final week to the class audience. Pupils self asssess.
Trinity 2 June
Assessment
Lent 2 Apr
Trinity 1 May
Pupils in Year 8 are build on their knowledge of physical skills, motif and key technical skills. Lessons are once a week in sub-sets. Pupils will be expected to replicate movement, create movement and perform movement in each rotation.
Year 8 Overview
Topic/Big Question Theme(s)
Mar
July What is Musical Theatre?
Michaelmas 1
Michaelmas 2
Sept Oct Nov Dec Bollywood dance - dances in different cultures. Building confidence in performance and choreography skills in a group. Multi-cultural dance.
Musical Theatre- combination of dance, drama and music. Revolting Children from Matilda the musical. Performance in the final week to the class audience. Performance to the class. Self assessment when watching the performance via video.
Lent 1
Lent 2
Jan Feb Mar Contemporary dance - Ghsot Dances by Christopher Bruce Political oppression, the after-life, choreography skills- contact.
Apr
Verbal feedback throughout the topic. Pupils perform at the end of the assessment and self assess their recorded performance.
Trinity 1 May War - Street dance World War 1 and 2. Conflict and resolution Verbal feedback throughout. Performance assessment only - ac curacy.
Pupils in Year 9 are building on all previous knowledge and skills inyear 7 and 8. There are 2 shorter topics, with a final choreography task to combine and challenge all skills throughout the key stage. Year 9 Overview Trinity 2
Michaelmas 1
Michaelmas 2
Lent 1
Lent 2
Trinity 1
June War - Street dance
July
Sept Developing contact skills
Oct
Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Improvisation, developing confidence when creating Re-visiting contemporary dance. Choreographing to an intention. movement in different ways.
Apr
May Just dance - dance in technology
Theme(s)
Injustice and Conflict (play)
Injustice and Conflict (play)
Conflict
Conflict
Conflict (non-fiction extracts)
Conflict (poetry and creative writing)
Conflict (poetry and creative writing)
Assessment
Verbal feedback throughout. Performance assessment only - ac curacy.
Topic/Big Question
Informal checklist of 3 chosen contact ideas
Conflict (non-fiction extracts)
Informal checklist of response to a movement task.
Conflict (play)
Conflict (play)
Conflict (play)
Performance at the end of the topic to the class. Self assessment via recording.
Whole class performance of the recorded Just Dance. Self -reflection.