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This unit develops Year 2 students' expressive movement and creative choreography through an engaging pirate narrative theme. By combining imaginative storytelling with fundamental dance concepts like levels, pathways, and motifs, students build confidence in using their bodies as tools for expression. The progression from individual exploration to partner choreography and performance cultivates both physical creativity and collaborative skills in a supportive, playful context.

Lessons in This Unit

6 lessons in this unit

Lesson 1

Pirate Movements
45 min

Big Question:

How can we use our bodies to tell the story of pirates through movement and dance?

Key Objectives:

  • • To move safely and creatively in space using pirate-themed movements
  • • To use vocabulary from a pirate mind map to create different types of travel showing good timing and use of levels

Lesson 2

Creative Movement Development
45 min

Big Question:

How can we use our imagination to create expressive movements that tell a pirate story?

Key Objectives:

  • • To develop creative movement ideas using thematic vocabulary as stimulus
  • • To perform choreographed sequences with accurate timing and unison

Lesson 3

Travelling with Levels and Pathways
45 min

Big Question:

How can we use our pirate motif movements to create exciting travelling dance that shows different levels and pathways?

Key Objectives:

  • • To creatively turn the actions from our motif into travelling movements
  • • To show use of different levels in our travelling movements

Lesson 4

Partner Choreography
45 min

Big Question:

How can we use poetry and imagination to create beautiful dance movements with a partner?

Key Objectives:

  • • To work effectively in pairs showing excellent cooperation and communication skills
  • • To use poetry as inspiration for creative and imaginative dance movements

Lesson 5

Picture and Poem Movement Creation
45 min

Big Question:

How can pictures and poems inspire us to create expressive dance movements with a partner?

Key Objectives:

  • • To work well in pairs showing good cooperation skills and give useful peer feedback
  • • To use pictures as stimulus for creative and imaginative actions

Lesson 6

Performance and Peer Evaluation
45 min

Big Question:

How can we use feedback to improve our dance performances and become better performers?

Key Objectives:

  • • To understand what makes a good dance performance
  • • To give useful feedback to our partner using dance vocabulary