Dance

National curriculum content

• Develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance.
• Perform dances using a range of movement patterns.

Lesson objectives

1. To be inspired by music and different stimuli.
2. To show ideas through dance.
3. To create sections of dance on your own and in a group.
4. To apply the principles of dance to a routine.
5. To combine movements – keeping to the beat.
6. To perform to an audience.

What we want children to know

• Counting the beat helps them stay in time with the music, enables them to time their moves correctly and to move with rhythm.
• Unison is performing the same movement at the same time.
• What a beat of 8 is – count 8 beats and the restart the count after 8.
• Canon is performing a movement one after another.
• The purpose of a cool down is to decrease the heart rate to its resting rate.
• Rhythm is the timing of dance movements / actions to the music.
• Dance phrase is a series of movements that are linked together to form part of the overall choreography of the dance.
• You should always look at the audience when performing (unless stated).
• Choreography is the sequence of steps and movements in a dance.
• The three different levels in dance are high, medium or low.

What skills we want children to develop

• Continue to develop a broader range of skills and movement patterns, exploring and practicing movement ideas inspired by stimulus.
• Use basic compositional principals when creating dances – combing movements fluently and effectively.
• Perform a range of movements accurately with a sense of rhythm, clarity and confidence.
• Use imagination to create and structure dance motifs, phrases and sections of dances, developing expressive qualities.
• Explore, improvise and combine movement ideas, fluently and effectively inspired by a stimulus.
• Perform movements to an audience with rhythm and confidence.

Vocabulary

Dance, routine, music, movements, co-ordination, tutting, beat of 8, canon, unison, count, fluency, choreography, performance

Badminton

National curriculum content

• Use running, jumping, throwing, and catching in isolation and in combination.
• Play competitive games, modified where appropriate, and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending.
• Compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.

Lesson objectives

1.  To know and describe the correct grip and stance when holding a racket.
2. To adopt a good ready position.
3. To play shots on the forehand and backhand side of the body.
4.  To use a variety of different shots, and serves, hitting with increasing consistency.
5. To employ tactics in games.
6. To participate in games following the rules and scoring correctly.

What we want children to know

• How to hold the racket correctly when playing a forehand shot.
• To form a V shape between thumb and index finger and shake hands with the racket grip.
• The benefits of having a good ready position/stance during a rally.
• Correct stance - Stand side on with your dominant leg forward and the other behind.
• A forehand lift is played at waist height in front of your body.
• How to chassé -  Imagine that one foot is chasing the other but never quite catches it - The chasse step is sometimes referred to as a quicker, more agile movement on a badminton court.
• To lunge bend front knee and keep in line with front toe.
• How to perform a backhand and overhead clear.
• How to hit the shuttle whilst on the move.

What skills we want children to develop

• Apply principles suitable for attacking, e.g., identifying gaps and when to apply principles suitable for defending e.g., position on court.
• Perform tactical serves to help deceive opponents and score points.
• Perform a chasse step and lunge.
• Using the correct footwork to hit the ball/shuttle with good technique.
• Participate in competitive games, modified where appropriate.
• Direct a ball/shuttle to a target area.
• Keep a good grip on the racket to be able to play both a forehand and a backhand.

Vocabulary

Badminton, serve, net, court, racket, shuttle, serve, throw, clear, control, aim, movement, coordination, clear, receive, partner, shuffle, racket,  safety, serve, balance, grip, forehand stance, swing, follow-through, cooperative, score, teamwork, tactics, power, accuracy, height