Dance teaching resources for Key Stage 1 covering National Curriculum PE objectives, with lesson plans. Presented by Pete Hillier and Diane Louise Jordan.
For today's programme Diane Louise Jordan is off to Africa, to find out about giraffes, zebras and impala.
For today's programme Diane Louise Jordan is off to Africa, to find out about elephants, before the children put all their animal dances together for a final performance.
For today's programme Diane Louise Jordan is off to Africa, to find out about lions and vultures.
Today Diane Louise Jordan completes the Autumn dance, inspired by the changing weather of Autumn.
Today Diane Louise Jordan is finding out about how the weather changes in Autumn - from summer sunshine to wind, rain and falling leaves.
Diane Louise Jordan presents the final part of the Journey of the Magi and in this KS1 dance session the children travel as the Magi on their journey to baby Jesus.
Today Diane Louise Jordan is looking ahead to Christmas with the first of two KS1 dance sessions exploring the Journey of the Magi.
Today's dances are inspired by the many adventures that befall Pinocchio.
Diane Louise Jordan begins a three-part unit of dance sessions exploring the theme of dinosaurs. In today's programme she finds out about Mary Anning, who has been described as the greatest fossil hunter who ever lived.
Pete Hillier has a dance session for Spring exploring bees, pollen and seed dispersal.
Pete Hillier has a dance session about the germination and growth of plants in Spring.
Diane Louise Jordan has her umbrella out as she begins this unit exploring the water cycle.
Diane Louise Jordan returns with a new series of Time to Move, beginning with the first part of a story by Hans Christian Andersen.
Diane Louise Jordan returns with the second part of this unit which explores the story by Hans Christian Andersen.
Diane Louise Jordan is back with another story by Hans Christian Andersen. Today she begins the story of 'The King's new clothes'.
The second part of a unit inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's famous story of 'The King's new clothes.'
Diane Louise Jordan has another dance session exploring water's ever-changing journey through the water cycle.
Diane Louise Jordan is back with the start of a new unit and a programme exploring symmetrical patterns in the world around us.
Diane Louise Jordan finds out about asymmetrical patterns in the natural world and explores them through movement and dance.
In the final dance programme this term Diane Louise Jordan finds out how two artists are inspired by shapes in the world about us.
Movement and dance for children aged 6 - 8. The Fire is finally brought under control.
Movement and dance for children aged 6 - 8. Exploring attempts to control the Fire.
Movement and dance for children aged 6 - 8. The start of the Great Fire in Pudding Lane.
In the final programme of this unit with dances about going camping it's time to take down the tent and return home.
Diane Louise Jordan returns with the final part of the Hare and the Tortoise - surely there's no way Tortoise can actually beat Hare in a race…is there?
Diane Louise Jordan returns and today her dance ideas are based on the famous story of the Hare and the Tortoise.
Diane Louise Jordan returns with the last of her programmes about oceans and today she has ideas for dances based on the fun of being by the sea.
Diane Louise Jordan is going underwater to explore the undersea world through simple dance sequences.
Diane Louise Jordan has the first of three programmes about oceans and today she's exploring the movement of waves and tides through simple dance sequences.
The text and music for the complete Firebird dance taken from the three Firebird programmes. Pete Hillier tells the story and children dance to the specially chosen sequences of music from the BBC's 10 Pieces project. Ideal for putting on an assembly performance in front of the school!
Pete Hillier concludes his series exploring the BBC's 'Ten Pieces' through dance with the final part of the The Firebird
Pete Hillier continues his retelling of the traditional Russian story 'The Firebird' with dances to music from the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'
Pete Hillier begins a retelling of the traditional Russian story 'The Firebird' with dances to music from the BBC 'Ten Pieces'
Pete Hillier presents the second of two programmes exploring the planet Mars through dance to the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'.
Pete Hillier presents the first of two programmes exploring the red planet through dance to the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'.
Pete Hillier returns with the second part of an exciting dance story full of wild weather…and underground trolls!
Pete Hillier presents the first part of an exciting dance story full of wild weather…and underground trolls!
Pete Hillier presents the last of three programmes exploring the sea using music from the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'.
Pete Hillier presents the second of three programmes exploring the sea using music from the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'. The music includes 'Storm' by Benjamin Britten - one of the 'Sea Interludes' from his opera 'Peter Grimes' - Beethoven's 'Symphony No 5' and 'Mars' by Gustav Holst from 'The Planets'.
Pete Hillier presents the first of three programmes exploring the sea using music from the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'. Today's music includes 'Storm' by Benjamin Britten - one of the 'Sea Interludes' from his opera 'Peter Grimes' - and the famous Horn Concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.