Curriculum

KS3 Courses

Years 7 & 8 are timetabled one lesson per week. Year 9 have one unit of dance seven weeks approximately in the PE curriculum.

Year 7 Units of Work - One unit per half-term approximately

1. Capoeira - Brazilian martial arts dance, incorporating Dance Tek Warrior by Union Dance Company  

2. Actions - exploration of movement vocabulary in dance. Motif development, cross-curricular link Music, PSHCE

3. Gladiator – ideational/thematic, based on the Gladiatorial contests in the Coliseum of Rome, incorporating Troy Game by Robert North & Namron  

4. Maths-Dance - focusing on polyhedra, partitioning, shape, symmetry, mathematical symbols, angles, cross-curricular link with Maths  

5. Recycling - environmental awareness, cross curricular link with PSHCE  

6. Professional Work - (tbc) with ICT and in-depth video analysis &homework project  

Year 8 Units of Work - One unit per half-term approx.  

1. Jazz – historical dance including Charleston, Lindy-Hop, Shim-Sham, Hand Jive, etc  

2. Bollywood – mixture of Indian classical and western styles of dance  

3. Trust – contact work, using weight-sharing exercises, incorporating Critical Mass by Russell Maliphant  

4. Freedom - ideational, based on the Slave Trade, cross-curricular link with History  

5. Guernica - visual stimuli, based on Picasso’s Painting, cross-curricular link with Art & Design  

6. Professional Work -The Car Man by Matthew Bournwith ICT and in-depth video Analysis & homework project

Year 9 Units of Work - Each unit fits into 6/7 PE double lessons

1. Street Dance - set work and compositional tasks based on professional choreography from the genre using break dance, popping, locking, etc

2. Professional Work- Contact Choreography using Naked by The Ballet Boyz & Russell Maliphant & Driven by Motionhouse