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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Perform a sequence of four movement phrases.
- Perform movement phrases based on a clock face.
- Perform with some balance and control.
- Perform upper body movements.
- Compose movement phrases with a partner.
- Demonstrate timing with a clear change in movement for each beat of eight.
- Observe others and give feedback.
- Improve their performances in response to feedback.
Lessons
Lesson 1: Animal rhythms
Lesson 2: Dancing around the clock
Lesson 3: Final performance (part one)
Lesson 4: Final performance (part two)
Lesson 5: Paired composition
Lesson 6: Performance and evaluation
Key skills
- Developing their own ideas when combining four movement phrases to the beat of the music, recognising each count of eight.
- Developing dynamic movements by incorporating different directions, e.g. facing front, side and back, and pathways.
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Key knowledge
- To know that the pulse is the steady beat in a piece of music.
- To know that a clock face can help us to perform steps and jumps in different directions.
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Key vocabulary
movement phrase
clock face
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Resources
Unit resources
Physical education
Knowledge organiser: PE – KS1 Dance: Step to the beat
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit 'Step to the beat'.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Mathematics: Using a clock face to mark the o’clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past positions; using body parts to create 2-D shapes.
Music: Creating movements to represent different rhythms.
British values: Mutual respect.
