Olympic Dance

Learning Through Dance

Whole Class Thinking

This sample shows...

• We are dancing with Room 20 telling the story of the Olympics.
• We are showing the ancient and modern Olympics
• The Greek battle, opening ceremony, different sports, winning on the podium and the rings at the end.
• We are dancing on stage and keeping to the beat.
• The birth of the modern Olympics.
• A dance about the Greeks inventing the Olympics.

By doing this dance we learnt about...

• The elements of dance and the ancient and modern Olympics.
• The Greeks invented the Olympics.
• We learnt about timing, using space and relationships to other things.
• We learnt about the elements of drama to help us with our dance.  FARTS is Focus, Action, Role, Time, Space
• The elements of dance are BARTS-E = Body Awareness, Relationships, Timing, Space and Energy.
• We learnt about using power and expression.
• We learnt to work together to get the perfect timing.
• We learnt to listen to the beat of the music and keep in time with it.
• Using the idea of sports movement to make a dance.

Some things we did well include...

• The battle at the beginning
• I did a really good jump and turn.
• We did the punching in the air well together.
• We showed good expression on our faces.
• The rings looked good the way the different colours came together at the end.
• We did the slow motion movement well.
• Cooperating together, listening to the music and being in time.
• In the Eye of the Tiger part we had really good timing.

Some things we can improve on include...

• Being in time with the music better when we are jogging and boxing.
• The final Olympic rings and stopping at the same time.
• We could use the space better.
• Being all in perfect time together.
• We need to be more focused and working better together.
• Better freeze fames at the beginning.
• Sometime we went too fast – slow down and be on time at the end.
• Doing a shocked face at the end of the battle.
• Better freeze frames – really really still like a statue.
• I can improve on doing the circle with my friends.
• No sword noises in the battle please boys!

Nonsense Poem by Jessica

Five Star Restaurant!!!!

A nonsense poem by Jessica

Slimy slippery slugs

for my lunch

so silly

so crazy

Oh I wish I wasn’t at this

Five Star

Super Star Café and Restaurant

insects

inside-out insects

for my snack

so silly

so crazy

Oh I wish I wasn’t at this

Five Star

Super Star Café and Restaurant

windows

window wipers

crushed together for my dinner

so silly

so crazy

Oh I wish I wasn’t at this

Five Star

Super Star Café and Restaurant

soap

soap in a can

and bogie soup all put in a bowl

and stirred together

for my dessert

so silly

so crazy

Oh I wish I wasn’t at this

Five Star

Super Star Café and Restaurant

I wonder what’s for breakfast…?

• This sample shows... that I know how to write poems.
• I have been learning to...try and get the end of the lines in the right places so that the poem reads well.
• One thing I think that I did well was... thinking up the crazy food.
• One thing I think I can improve on is...making my work longer and trying to use more juicy words to   describe my ideas well.

Thinking About camp by Jessica

The activity I enjoyed the most at camp was… the water slide and the abseiling.

I enjoyed these because... I'd never done abseiling before and I liked going down the cliff in the bush while the birds were singing abound me. I liked the water slide because it had lumps at the end and it made my tummy feel funny!

Something that was a challenge for me was…abseiling was also a challenge for me.

This was hard because…I'm afraid of heights but I did it anyway.  To start with I felt nervous, I didn't even trust the instructor.  At the bottom I felt yay I've done it!!!

Jessica's Poetry Competition

This sample shows... I have been learning to... One thing I think that I did well was... One thing I think I can improve on is...

Cats Poem by Jessica

Cats

I like cats

Any cats

Especially black, white and grey cats

My favourite is Russian Blue

And tortoise shell too

I like grown up cats

Better than kittens

That wreck your house

to

B   I    T   S!

by Jessica

• This sample shows...my own published writing.
• I have been learning to...put the words into more lines so that it looks better and reads like a poem.
• One thing I think that I did well was...writing the poem all by myself.
• Next I'd like to...do a different kind of poem.