Key Stage 3
Autumn
Year 7 Focus: Infra – ability to follow a technical warm up and create a piece of choreography using a given criteria (practical assessment)
Year 8 Focus: Emancipation of Expressionism -learning a new dance style and using contact within choreography (practical assessment)
Spring
Year 7 Focus: Shadows – using a prop within choreography as well as performing taught choreography (practical assessment)
Year 8 Focus: Artificial Things – performance of challenging dance skills, motif development and creating choreography using a given criteria (practical assessment)
Summer
Year 7 Focus: A Linha Curva – performing a taught motif, motif development and creating choreography using a given criteria (practical assessment)
Year 8 Focus: Within Her Eyes – summative assessment based on understanding how to make creative and engaging choreography whilst considering contact and prop work