Year 7 · Physical education · beta
Dance: identity
This unit is a thematic approach drawing upon personal experiences to consolidate and deepen their knowledge and understanding of Action-Space-Dynamics-Relationships to create, develop and analyse ideas, motifs and dances. They will use similarities and differences to form connections and contrast.
This is an attributed Oak National Academy lesson sequence, not a completed or academically approved DASKEREL course. Supporting transcripts may depend on video, images, practical equipment or teacher explanation. Follow each lesson’s supervision guidance. For religious education and RSHE, follow the school’s syllabus, policy and safeguarding procedures.
Prior knowledge
- Pupils can use dance as an effective means of communicating ideas.
- Pupils can refine the communication of an idea by applying space, dynamics, relationships or stylistic features.
- Pupils can use a variety of techniques to respond to a stimuli.
- Pupils can vary or develop motifs and use them effectively to build short dances alone or in a group.
- Pupils can utilise a wide range of physical, choreographic and analytical skills concurrently.
Source curriculum references
- Build on and embed the physical development.
- Become more competent.
- Become more confident.
- Understand what makes a performance effective and how to apply principles to own and others' work.
- Interest in getting involved in exercise, sports and activities out of school and in later life.
- Develop technique and improve performance.
- Perform dances using advanced techniques in a range of dance styles and forms.
- Analyse and improve performances compared to previous ones.
Oak source metadata. DASKEREL has not independently verified school-level coverage.
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