The third and final dance session in this unit based on Nick Butterworth's popular Percy the Park Keeper story.
3. All pull together
The final session provides an opportunity to dance the whole The Rescue Party story and to add a small-group ‘safe and sound’ finale. The unit as a whole also provides a talking-point for exploring health and safety aspects of movement outdoors, especially in parks and the countryside.
Resources
Download the audio for this dance session as an mp3 file.
Guidance on using the dance sessions in this unit with your group (pdf)
Lesson summary:
Warm up: park-keeping actions.
Mammals and birds about: animal movements.
Rabbit family arrives: a circle rabbit-dance, with jumps, skips and hops.
Down the well: hops, skips and slow-motion falling.
Oh dear, oh dear, then the Big Idea: role-play in movement.
Echo game: ‘shivering’ and ‘calling out’.
All pull together: forming a line, to tug, pull and heave.
Safe and sound - a laughing dance: a celebration laughing-dance.
Cool down: a long chain weaving a pathway through the spaces.
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