KS1 · Physical education · Year 2
Hula dance
Dance: my world, how we dance
Learn it. Recall it. Make it stick.
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Your learning goal
I can use gestures and facial expressions to effectively communicate the meaning of a story.
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Hula dance: 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 use gestures and facial expressions to effectively communicate the meaning of a story.
Key learning points
- Move: performing actions, particularly gestures, can be used to communicate meaning.
- Move: performing actions while using facial expressions will help the emotion behind the dance to be communicated.
- Think: thinking through choices and making decisions involves evaluating.
- Feel: improving ideas needs resilience.
- Connect: listening to feedback from others and making the changes they suggested means we trust their opinions.
Words to know
- gesture
- usually an upper body action that often communicates meaning
- facial expression
- how our face communicates our feelings or emotions
- projection
- how performers communicate meaning
Common mistakes
In a narrative dance you have to interpret every word into an action.
In a narrative dance performers aim to communicate the main parts of the story. They may add actions and join movements together to show the context and character or make it more interesting.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Further ideas of how words can be translated into actions can be gained by watching sign language such as BSL.