1ST DANCE INPUT

From this introductory experience of dance, I have learned the importance of:

• How and why to present myself in a confident manner through body language and movement
• Facilitating children to be creative and active
• To help children understand why and how they are learning through dance
• The use of music as a tool
• How to manage classroom dynamics of organising a dance lesson
• How to build children’s confidence
• Supporting children in showing their personality through their work
• How to utilise the space in a room
• Health and Safety
• The reality of classroom situations – friends falling out, insecurities.
• Checking music before use in class and or when using youtube videos. Dance-related videos as the stimulus – create discussions with class around dance
• Learning dances from different religions – RME.

Key Ideas and concepts:

• Interdisciplinary through dance (Active cross-curricular learning)
• Having conversations with kids over what they have developed in their dance lesson – different skills such as critical thinking
• Exploring the benefits of dance such as better mental health

This workshop has helped me to understand how to plan a dance lesson to BEGIN to support meeting identified E’s and O’s such as:

• I have experienced the energy and excitement of presenting/performing for audiences and
  being part of an audience for other people’s presentations/performances.
  EXA 0-01a / EXA 1-01a / EXA 2-01a
• I enjoy creating short dance sequences, using travel, turn, jump, gesture, pause and fall, within safe practice. EXA 1-08a