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BackKey Stage Three
| Term | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 (Performing Arts) |
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Term One: Autumn Term |
Mission Impossible Developing performance skills |
Parkour Exploring performance skills and contact work |
Developing technique through learning and developing technical dance phrases |
Term Two: Christmas Term |
Ghost Dances Exploring choreography from a professional works |
Hunger Games Exploring choreography through creating movements that link to the main themes to the narrative of Hunger Games |
Creating an ensemble dance piece based on professional work exploring themes of social, political or historical context |
Term Three: Winter Term |
Aladdin Developing performance skills and exploring contact work with characters |
Thriller Developing performance skills through learning direct choreography from famous choreography and building our characteristics |
Dance for camera, exploring how to choreograph and sell a product resulting in creating a dance advert. |
Term Four: Easter Term |
Shadows Poem Stimuli Exploring accuracy with taught movement from a specific stimuli/theme |
Fear Contemporary Solo Learning a technical phrase of movement linked to a theme of how humans physically react to fears/phobias |
Contact work focusing on learning and developing a duet choreography based on the theme of 'Don't Let Go' |
Term Five: Spring Term |
Earth Trilogy Exploring cross curricular subjects in dance Geography topics explored through choreographing and creating own movement |
Bugsy Malone Learning how to apply specific characterisation to partner work choreography |
Stimuli exploration and developing understanding of devising and choreography and the devices and processes involved in the development of original performance pieces |
Term Six: Summer Term |
The Junglebook Exploring cross curricular subjects in dance English topics explored through choreographing and creating own movement |
Dance Styles Learning different dance styles from around the world such as street dance, Irish, Bollywood, Break dance, Jive, Lindyhop and more |
Collaborative project with Drama students: All students create their own work to perform in The Sinden using all skills they have learnt throughout the course |
Key Stage Four
AQA GCSE Dance
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Year 10 |
Year 11 |
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Term One: Autumn |
Anthology Work One: Choreographic Devices |
Performance Trio Examination Group Choreography Stimulus Exploration Revision for PPE |
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Term Two: Christmas |
Anthology Work Two: Group Performance Piece |
Group Choreography 1 Set Phrases Exam |
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Term Three: Winter |
Anthology Work Three: Structuring Devices |
Group Choreography 2
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Term Four: Spring |
Anthology Work Four: Choreography from a Stimuli (mock) Anthology Work Five: Set Phrases |
Choreography Exams Theory Revision |
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Term Five: Summer |
Anthology Work Six: Performance Trio/ Set Phrases |
Theory Revision Written Exam |
Key Stage Five
RSL Level 3 Diploma in Performing and Creative Arts
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Year 12 |
Year 13 |
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Term One: Autumn |
Ensemble Dance Dance Technique and Performance Planning a Career
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Repertory Dance Choreography
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Term Two: Christmas |
Ensemble Dance Dance Technique and Performance Leading Dance Planning a Career |
Repertory Dance Choreography
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Term Three: Winter |
Dance Technique and Performance Leading Dance Planning a Career |
Performance Preparation
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Term Four: Spring |
Dance Technique and Performance Leading Dance Planning a Career Dance in the Community |
Performance Preparation Choreography
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Term Five: Summer |
Dance Technique and Performance Leading Dance Planning a Career Dance in the Community |
Performance Preparation Resit Resubmission opportunities
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