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Resources for teachers who want easy to deliver, creative lessons - but don't know where to start!

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Resources for teachers who want easy to deliver, creative lessons - but don't know where to start!
4 Dance lessons for ks2 on The Stone Age
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4 Dance lessons for ks2 on The Stone Age

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This pack includes 4 easy to follow dance lessons that cover cave paintings hunter gatherers moving from caves to simple houses into the Iron Age with the creation of weapons (battles). Each lesson comes with a link to suitable music as well as hints and tips along the way to help you to keep the children on task and challenged. There is also a side column indicates the key skill for each section of the lesson. The lessons are in step-by-step form that require the teacher to simply ask questions & set tasks - this allows the children to be very creative & it is also a very inclusive way of working. If you require any further support please feel free to contact me at cpring@live.co.uk
Bonfire NIght
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Bonfire NIght

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Dance lessons for ks1 & 2 based on Fireworks, Bonfires & Guy Fawkes. All come with suggested music & step by step lesson plans that require the teacher to simply set tasks by asking questions & this allows the students to be creative and is very inclusive of different abilities.
10 Dance Lessons based on David Walliams 'The Ice Monster'
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10 Dance Lessons based on David Walliams 'The Ice Monster'

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10 dance lessons based on the lovely, lovely ‘Ice Monster’ by David Walliams. The lessons are written in a clear step by step format to allow the teacher to simply ask questions to prompt ideas and actions from the children. The plans come with a guide to the skills for each section of the lesson and a link to suitable music. Hints & tips are included to assist you in delivering a successful lesson. Whilst there are 10 lessons, you do not need to complete every one… they follow the narrative so you can easily jump to the lesson that complements the work you are covering. The lessons are very active, encourage group working & problem solving and have opportunites for the children to watch and feedback on the work of others.
Great Fire of London - 4 Dance lessons for upper ks1/lower ks2
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Great Fire of London - 4 Dance lessons for upper ks1/lower ks2

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4 creative dance lesson plans for upper ks1/lower ks2 covering the events around The Great Fire of London These focus on key events The Initial Spark & the fire starting The Fire Spreading Attempts to put out the Fire The Impact on London Each plan enables the teacher to deliver the lesson simply by asking questions & setting creative tasks for the students - this encourages imaginative responses, high levels of engagement, opportunities for students to work together, share ideas, analyse and evaluate. The lessons are written in a clear formula & include hints & tips along the way as well as the key skill of each section being identified in the right hand column. This method of working is very inclusive of children with different physical abilities and levels of experience - it also includes an i-Tunes link for suitable music - the tracks suggested would also be available on other platforms such as Spotify or YouTube.
Dinosaur Dance lessons for KS1
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Dinosaur Dance lessons for KS1

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This pack includes 6 dance lessons aimed at Reception/year one. Three of the lessons link to the book ‘Dinosaur Roar!’ by Paul & Henrietta Stickland. Each lesson comes in an easy to follow step-by-step format, with hints & tips along the way & a clear indication of the skills they will be focusing on in every section of the lesson. At the end of the plan there is a suggestion of a piece of music that will complement the lesson (with the link to Youtube) to make it easy to access. The final lesson is a consolidation lesson - but the other lessons can be completed in any order - and you don’t have to do all of them!
Dance lessons on  bonfires & Guy Fawkes for ks1 & 2
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Dance lessons on bonfires & Guy Fawkes for ks1 & 2

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Creative & active dance lessons ready for fireworks night! Each comes with suggested music & step by step tasks for the teacher to set to allow the children to devise their own responses. The lesson on bonfires uses ribbons or pieces of material & would work with ks1 or lower ks2. The Guy Fawkes lesson uses the story of the attempt to blow up Parliament & is more in line with upper ks2, it uses the rhyme ‘Remember, remember the 5th of November…’
Dance lessons for KS2 on The Tudors
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Dance lessons for KS2 on The Tudors

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Five creative dance lessons for KS2 children based on the Tudor themes of The Battle of Bosworth, The Spanish Armada, Tudor Houses, The Tudor Rose and Jousting. Each lesson is in a step by step format but simply asks the teacher to set creative tasks for the children - so you don’t need to dance a step yourself! The work helps to embed their knowledge and understanding of the topic as well as develop their physical and choreographic skills. Each lesson comes with a suggestion for the music you might like to use - there is an iTunes link on the sheet to help you access it quickly & easily. The lessons can be performed in any order & you don’t need to complete them all.
4 Dance Lessons based on 'Queen of the Falls' by Chris Van Allsburg
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4 Dance Lessons based on 'Queen of the Falls' by Chris Van Allsburg

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4 dance lessons aimed at ks2, that cover themes and ideas from Chris Van Allsburg’s book ‘Queen of the Falls’, focusing on ~ Niagara Falls The Barrel Launching the Barrel Over the Falls Each lesson plan is written in a detailed, step by step approach where the children are encouraged to work creatively and often co-operatively, this also assists with inclusivity and allows students to work at their own level. Hints & tips are included along the way to help you sustain the pace of the lesson, as well as a guide to the skills being developed in each section. A suggestion for suitable music is included, along with a link for iTunes - the music should also be available on other platforms such as Spotify & YouTube
Tudor times
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Tudor times

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KS2 lessons covering castles (3 lessons), the Tudor Rose, the Spanish Armada, Tudor houses, jousting, battles and Shakespeare’s The Tempest (4 lessons).