Creative Jungle Adventures Through Movement and Expression
Dance
•Reception
•6 Lessons
This unit invites Reception students into an imaginative jungle world where they develop fundamental movement skills through creative expression and storytelling. The jungle theme provides a rich context for exploring animal movements, poetry, and collaborative dance-making. Through playful exploration, students build confidence in their bodies whilst developing creativity, communication skills, and the ability to work cooperatively with others.
Lessons in This Unit
6 lessons in this unit
Lesson 1
Big Question:
How can we use our bodies to become different jungle animals and tell their stories through movement?
Key Objectives:
- • To move safely in space taking care of ourselves and others with good spatial awareness
- • To create simple jungle animal shapes, movements and actions using different body parts
Lesson 2
Big Question:
How can we use words from a poem to create beautiful dance movements that tell a jungle story?
Key Objectives:
- • To listen carefully to jungle poetry and translate words into creative movements
- • To combine individual movements into a collaborative motif sequence
Lesson 3
Big Question:
How can we travel like jungle animals using different levels to tell our story?
Key Objectives:
- • To be creative in our use of travelling movements inspired by jungle animals
- • To show use of different levels in our travelling movements
Lesson 4
Big Question:
How can we work together to bring jungle pictures to life through dance?
Key Objectives:
- • To work effectively in pairs, demonstrating good listening and cooperation skills
- • To use picture stimuli to create imaginative and creative dance actions
Lesson 5
Big Question:
How can we work together to bring pictures to life through movement and dance?
Key Objectives:
- • To develop collaborative skills by working effectively in pairs
- • To interpret visual stimuli creatively through movement and dance
Lesson 6
Big Question:
How can we perform our jungle dance to show our best movement skills?
Key Objectives:
- • To understand what makes a good dance performance
- • To give helpful feedback using dance vocabulary