SESSION PLANNING SHEET

Subject: Movement and dance: Treasure Topic/Curriculum links: N/A

Island

Class/Group BA core Date Session No. 3 Skill area – Body awareness: Be able to follow along
company members and Wed 10th Session length: to movements being demonstrated and be able to
D@win dance company March 40-45mins create individual movements,

Skill area – Awareness of the quality of movement:

Learning Objectives Be able to respond to stimuli to create improvised
by the end of the lesson all participants will be able to - Be movement phrases. Using different body parts
able to confidently improvise to their stimulus after deciding what dynamics.
the stimulus is.
most participants will be able to – Use multiple stimuli separately
to create multiple improvised phases.
some participants will be able to - Be able to mix two separate
stimulus’ together into one improvisation.

Learning Activities/Classroom Organisation Resources Timing

Quick check in with BA members. Energy levels and the space they are working in. 5 mins
Warm Up (Chloe) Music for 18 10mins
- Leading with getting into the body and also acknowledging the leaders of Musicians – Steve
the session. Reich. Music to be
- Movements of the hands. continually playing or
- Rubbing different parts of the body, starting with the arms, moving to the skipped to different
legs. sections.
- Reaches and releases. Develop to drop to the floor. Reminder ‘belly button
to spine’ rolling up. Small drops to big drops.
- Transfer of weight, forward, left, right and back. develop with reaches.
- Repeat reaches.
Creative Task 1(Chloe) 10mins
- 3 images will be shown or held up to these screens. Participants will be
asked to think about and embody how these images would move.
Throughout the improvisation, Chloe will speak out the names of these
images to (hopefully) show a change in dynamics.

Creative Poem Task (Kirra) 10mins

- Reading of the poem and explanation of the first task, everyone will pick a
word or phrase to improvise too. Suggestions will be given.
- Everyone to choose a second work/phrase to improvise with. Poem will eb
re-read.
- Everyone to improvise to the second word/phrase. Extension to combine
the first and second chosen words/phases. 5mins
Cool Down (Kirra)
- Will replicate warm up to bring the session in a full circle.
5mins
Quick thank yous and reflections.

Differentiation - Support Differentiation – Extension

Participants can use the suggestions from the leaders for
their improvisation.
Participants will have the option to stick to one stimulus
instead of two.
Participants can use a phase of the poem to create
improvisation phase.
Be able to mix two separate stimulus’ together into one
improvisation