We began the day with our final input. Although I hadn’t been looking forward to this part of the module, I have really enjoyed it. We were to create a dance based on Christmas following a warm up. As we created the dance ourselves we were able to perform confidently the routine. Cone (2009) determined that it is vital that dance is a fun, safe, meaningful and a child led activity. This is a good activity as you can link the dance to something that has value to the children and that they will enjoy.
In the second workshop we were presenting our drama micro-teaching presentation. As before, the remaining groups presented to the rest of their section – ours was based on the Gruffalo. This was a very engaging and fun activity and allowed us to practice presenting a drama lesson in a classroom situation. Although Cone (2009) statement above is related to dance, I feel the same principle can be related to drama as if the pupils enjoy drama, find it valuable and are able to lead their own learning at some point by coming up with ideas and performing, the whole class will be more confident and engaged with the subject.
References
Cone, T.P., 2009. Following their lead: Supporting children’s ideas for creating dances. Journal of Dance Education, 9(3), pp.81-89.
