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This unit uses the beloved Jungle Book story to introduce Year 1 students to creative dance and collaborative movement. Through Mowgli's adventures, students explore whole-body expression, develop partnership skills, and learn to structure their own dance narratives. The familiar story provides a secure framework for creative risk-taking whilst building fundamental dance concepts.

Lessons in This Unit

6 lessons in this unit

Lesson 1

Jungle Adventure Movement
45 min

Big Question:

How can we use our whole body to tell a story about exploring the jungle?

Key Objectives:

  • • Compose a travelling sequence using different body parts to express jungle movements
  • • Explore ideas, moods and feelings experienced in jungle environments

Lesson 2

Jungle Movement and Partner Shapes
45 min

Big Question:

How can we use our bodies to tell the story of Mowgli's jungle adventures with a partner?

Key Objectives:

  • • Perform with awareness of body shape whilst working collaboratively with a partner
  • • Show control, coordination and spatial awareness in dance movements

Lesson 3

Friendship Through Movement
45 min

Big Question:

How can we use our bodies to show friendship and work together in perfect unison?

Key Objectives:

  • • Compose a movement pattern to demonstrate movements which show friendship
  • • Develop partner work skills through unison movement

Lesson 4

Mirroring and Following Movements
45 min

Big Question:

How can we move together like a reflection in a mirror?

Key Objectives:

  • • To compose a sequence demonstrating mirroring and following movements
  • • To watch others' performances and suggest improvements

Lesson 5

Story Dance Structure
45 min

Big Question:

How can we use our bodies to tell a story through dance, just like in The Jungle Book?

Key Objectives:

  • • To compose a short dance sequence that shows sensitivity to the theme of friendship and separation
  • • To demonstrate greater control, coordination and spatial awareness in movement patterns

Lesson 6

Repetition and Expression in Dance
45 min

Big Question:

How can we use repetition to tell our favourite story from The Jungle Book through dance?

Key Objectives:

  • • Choose and link actions to make short dance phrases that reflect rhythmic qualities
  • • Explore repetition through a dance sequence using counting