KS2 · Physical education · Year 4
Irish Dancing: Ireland
Dance: traditional dances of the British Isles
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Your learning goal
I can choreograph using the style of a traditional Irish Jig.
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What you’ll learn
I can choreograph using the style of a traditional Irish Jig.
Key learning points
- Move: listening and responding to music using different time signatures requires control and accuracy.
- Move: pupils can perform the Jig steps using the correct posture with control, balance and accurate timings.
- Think: learning new actions involves deciding what, where, when and how to move our body.
- Feel: consistently applying the posture used in Irish dancing requires resilience.
- Connect: cooperating with others when giving feedback is important when suggesting ideas for improvement.
Words to know
- Jig
- a type of traditional dance that involves jumping
- posture
- the position the body is held in
- hop
- to jump on one foot
Common mistakes
In dance, you count all music in 8's.
In dance, counting corresponds to the musical time signature which varies enormously. Many are 4/4 timing and can be counted in patterns of 4's or 8's, others may be in contrasting patterns such as 3/4 or 6/8, so would need to be counted accordingly.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Encourage the pupils to 'feel' the music by swaying, tapping, travelling or nodding along to it.