Primary School Dance Key Stage
2
Additional Information
 Very comprehensive and user-friendly, this teaching manual contains
a complete and progressive scheme of work for dance for Key Stage
2. It has its own specially composed and arranged music on 6 CDs.
The 19 units of work each have 6 to 10 lesson plans providing 137
lesson plans in total that progress and develop 49 dances using
195 tracks of music.
The teaching guide gives practical and definite guidance on planning,
teaching styles and strategies, choosing and using stimuli for
dance, and suggestions for additional forms of accompaniment. It
describes the movement material or language of dance, examines
the essential aspects of composing, performing and appreciating,
and describes how dances are made. Dance activities appropriate
for each age group are linked to National Curriculum requirements.
Minimum Expected Standards are identified and assessment sheets
provided.
There are 6 to 10 detailed lesson plans in each of the 4 units
of creative dance for each year group. Additionally there is a
Traditional and Historical section of English Country Dance and
Tudor Dance suitable for all year groups. Every creative dance
is preceded by a page giving a brief description of the dance,
stimuli and suggested resources, suggestions on how the dances
may be further extended, developed and enriched, plus, 67 pages
of photocopiable resources.
Learning Objectives, Expected Learning Outcomes and dance frameworks
clarify planning and focus learning. The lesson plans are written
in great detail so they can be used immediately as they stand or
adapted to suit the expertise or teaching style of the teacher
or the attitude and ability of the class.
The music includes a range of cultural rhythms, pop, reggae,
rap, ethereal, lyrical, sound effects and music that tells
a story. Photocopiable - Copyright Waived
The manual is printed on good quality card enclosed in a sturdy
four-ring binder for intensive use. If the manual is kept
centrally in the staff room, a teacher can extract, photocopy and
return
lessons as often as required to build up a personal dance file.
Providing it is a school that has purchased the manual, the special
copyright waiver allows unlimited photocopying within that school.
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