KS2 · Physical education · Year 4
Barn dancing: England
Dance: traditional dances of the British Isles
Learn it. Recall it. Make it stick.
IllumED Slides
IllumED · 1/9
Your learning goal
I can choreograph dance actions using a traditional style of dance.
1 of 9
Barn dancing: England: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can choreograph dance actions using a traditional style of dance.
Key learning points
- Move: performing actions to match the rhythm and tempo demonstrates musicality.
- Think: finding ways to change partners when dancing requires problem solving skills.
- Feel: practising to improve accuracy requires resilience.
- Connect: cooperation enables us to work successfully with different people.
Words to know
- advance
- to travel forward
- skip
- a light, bouncy travelling action moving from foot to foot
- circling
- travelling in a circular pathway
Common mistakes
When dancing a duet, you should always stay with the same partner.
Quite often, if dancing a duet, we stay with the same partner, but in some social dances we change who we dance with as part of the dance. This helps a community get to meet new people.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Use one pair or group to demonstrate each of the actions before giving the whole class the opportunity to try.