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Hi there!

Welcome to your PE lesson.

Today's lesson is a remote learning lesson and it's from the unit an introduction to dance.

Today's lesson is called Dance: can you move throughout the jungle and discover different animals?

This sounds like a really fun lesson.

My name's Ms. Hacking, and I'm going to be your teacher today on our jungle adventure.

Shall we make a start?

For this lesson, you may wish to use music, but you don't have to if you don't have access to it.

An optional music that you could use would be "Walking in the Jungle" with Super Simple Songs.

By the end of today's lesson, I'm hoping that you can explore the jungle using a range of actions to demonstrate how you feel.

Today's keywords.

Let's do my turn, your turn.

So, our first keyword is expression.

My turn, expression.

Your turn.

So, expression is a way a person shows their thoughts, feelings, or ideas through actions, words, or movements, so I'm hoping today, we're going to be able to express lots of feelings in our movements.

Our second keyword today, my turn, emotion.

Your turn.

Yes, an emotion is a feeling you experience.

These can be positive or negative emotions.

And our third keyword, my turn, travel.

Your turn.

And travel means to move from one location to another.

You may travel in a car from your house to somewhere else.

You may travel by foot when you walk from school to the playground.

You can travel in lots of different ways, and in dance, we're gonna explore lots of different ways on how to travel.

So, before we start our lesson, it's really important that we are safe, so that we need to warm our body up.

For our warmup, show what you know about expressing emotions.

There's already some of our keywords there.

I'd like you to travel around the room.

Every 10 seconds, you can freeze in a position that expresses an emotion.

You could show happy, sad, tired, hungry, or surprised, or you might be able to think of some other emotions that you wish to express.

There's a video now that'll show you some ideas if you're not sure what to do, but then you might wish to pause the video to give yourself time to warm yourself up.

While you're doing your warmup, challenge yourself by portraying other emotions too.

And can you change the way you travel in between your freeze positions, where you show different emotions.

Okay, so our lesson today is split into two parts.

In the first part of the lesson, we're going to be traveling through the jungle.

And in the second part of the lesson, we're going to be creating a motif of different animals.

This sounds exciting.

Are you ready to start?

Let's travel through the jungle.

So, imagine you are traveling through a jungle.

What can you hear?

What can you see?

How would you feel moving through the jungle?

" "We could show different emotions using our body and our face, which need clarity and control.

" Often, you can see someone's emotion by their face because if they're doing a big, big smile, you probably think that they're quite happy, but if their body is quite hunched and they've got quite a sad look on their face, then they might be a little bit upset or feeling a little bit down that day.

"Different people might feel different emotions when walking through a jungle.

" Here is an example of a jungle you might be exploring.

Can you think how you would travel through this jungle?

Maybe have a practice now in some space of how you would travel through this jungle.

You might feel happy when you're traveling through the jungle.

And Sam's asked us, "How could you express feeling happy with an action?

" Do you want to have a go?

You could stretch tall with your arms open.

You can smile and look up.

You might be skipping or spinning lightly.

You might want to make big, bouncy movements.

Have a go.

Here is an example to perhaps help you think of some ideas.

Walking through a jungle means you might feel scared.

How could you express feeling scared with an action?

You might make your body small and huddled.

You might move slowly or hide behind your hands.

You might look around quickly as if you're nervous.

And you might take tiny, quiet steps because you might be scared of what's in the jungle.

Why don't you have a go at moving through the jungle as if you're feeling scared?

Here's an example to help you.

Okay, let's have a go at a check.

Which action would express feeling scared.

Is it a, smiling and looking up?

Is it b, jumping really high?

Is it c, hiding behind your hands?

Or is it d, waving your hands?

Have a think.

Well done if you said c.

Hiding behind your hands is an action which could express feeling scared, so well done if you got that right.

You might feel brave.

How could you express feeling brave with an action, especially walking through a jungle?

You could stand tall with your chest and your head up.

You could take big, strong steps forward.

You might use wide, confident arm movements.

And you might look straight ahead with a proud face.

Why don't you have a go at moving through the jungle in a brave way?

You might feel surprised because there might be things in that jungle that might surprise you.

"How could you express feeling surprised with an action?

" You might open your eyes wide and raise your eyebrows.

You might jump or bounce slightly, especially if something shocks you.

You might raise your hands up quickly.

You might freeze for a moment, as if shocked.

Why don't you have a go at moving, expressing feeling surprised, as if you've surprised yourself about something in the jungle?

Here's an example to help you.

You might feel tired.

It might have been a long walk through the jungle, so how could you express feeling tired with an action?

You might drop your shoulders and your head down.

You might move slowly, dragging your feet behind you.

You might sigh or stretch as if you need a rest or a stop.

Or you might slump with your shoulders forward or curling up slightly 'cause you feel really tired.

Have a go at expressing feeling tired.

Here's an example to help you.

Moving slowly and dragging your feet might express which emotion?

Would it be, happy, excited, brave, or tired?

Moving slowly and dragging your feet might express feeling tired because you're really tired and you don't have the energy to move quickly, so well done if you got that correct.

When you're traveling through the jungle in your home, what do you need to think about?

You might need to think about showing your emotions accurately because that requires self-belief, so having the confidence to really go and express those emotions would be really good for your self-belief, and will demonstrate you being brave.

Sam's also said, "We must maintain our personal space so we don't damage anything and we don't hurt ourselves or others.

" So, if there's other people or furniture in the room, we need to make sure that we stay in our own personal space, so check your surroundings now to make sure you've got enough space in your room to travel through the jungle, expressing all these different emotions.

Okay, now it's your turn for a task.

The task is a Jungle Travel Task.

Can you travel around the space pretending you are walking through the jungle?

Every 10 seconds, show a different emotion using your body and face.

You could feel happy, scared, brave, surprised, tired, or any other feeling you choose.

Keep moving and changing your emotions as you explore the jungle.

Now, if you'd like some ideas, there is a video coming on next that might help you with some ideas, but I bet you're already thinking of some really ways to move with different emotions.

Izzy reminded us, "It's good to try a range of ideas before selecting your favorite.

" So maybe have a practice at a few different emotions before you settle on how you're going to move.

Good luck traveling through the jungle, explorers.

I am excited to see all the different emotions that you can portray.

Okay, let's reflect upon our task.

For our move, we were asked to portray our emotions as we created actions with expression, remembering that it requires clarity and control.

Did you do that?

Sam did that, she said, "I portrayed feeling scared by moving slowly with control.

" I wonder how you moved with control.

Trying a range of ideas before selecting our preferred option requires decision making.

And Izzy says that, "I practiced different ways to move and change my movements every 10 seconds.

" Did you change your movements too so that you were portraying different emotions?

Taking care to portray our emotions accurately requires self-belief.

Sam said, "I thought carefully about how I would travel to portray different emotions that I might feel if I was really walking through the jungle.

" And I bet you did, too.

Did you imagine yourself in the jungle and think about the emotions that you might feel?

You might have felt excited, you might have felt scared.

It's very personal to you.

So, well done if you showed self-belief by correctly and accurately portraying your emotions.

Fairness requires us to maintain our personal working space.

Izzy said that she moved around her space carefully.

Did you?

Did you bump into anything or anyone, or did you manage to move around the space really carefully?

If you did, well done for showing fairness.

Okay, now it's time for the second part of today's lesson.

In this lesson, we're going to create a motif of different animals.

This sounds lots of fun.

I wonder if you can think of any animals that live in a jungle.

A jungle is a home to lots of animals.

And I've already asked you, but can you think of any animals you might see when traveling through the jungle?

You might see tigers, elephants, sloths, parrots, crocodiles, or snakes to name a few.

You might have thought of some more.

Use your imagination to hold a balanced position for 10 seconds for each of the jungle animals.

Make sure you're in a safe space when holding your animal position.

Use your imagination to create a balanced tiger pose.

Some words linked to a tiger would be crouch, claws, or roar.

"Practice, different freeze frames or balanced positions before picking your favorite.

" Use your imagination to create a balanced parrot pose.

Some words linked to parrot could be wings, perch, flap.

"Portraying emotions accurately takes self-belief.

" Have a go at some parrot poses.

Use your imagination to create a balanced sloth pose.

Some words linked to a sloth could be slow, sleepy, gentle.

"Portraying emotions, like tiredness, accurately takes control.

" Make sure your whole body is controlled when you're holding your balanced position.

Use your imagination to create a balanced snake pose.

Some words linked to snake could be slither, twist, or coil.

"Be mindful to work in your own personal space.

" Be careful not to bump into any furniture or go into anyone else's personal space.

Let's have a go at a quick check.

Which word might describe a balanced snake pose?

Claw, wings, twist, or gentle?

Well done of you said c, twist.

Snakes often twist themselves around tree branches or coil themselves up in a twisted way.

So, well done if you said c, twist.

Use your imagination to create a balanced elephant pose.

Some words links to an elephant could be stomp, trunk, or big.

"Portraying emotions accurately takes self-belief.

" So really have that self-belief to push yourself to demonstrate those animals, showing those emotions accurately.

Use your imagination to create a balanced crocodile pose.

Some words linked to a crocodile could be lurk, snap.

or low.

"Practice different freeze frames or balance positions before picking your favorite one.

" Okay, let's have a go at another check.

Which animal might have a freeze frame that is big?

A snake, a mouse, an elephant, or a parrot?

What do you think?

Well done if you said c, an elephant.

An elephant is a big animal, so their freeze frame would probably be a lot bigger.

Our second task of the lesson, it's called a jungle adventure.

What I'd like you to do is travel around the space as if you're walking through the jungle.

Every 10 seconds, imagine you see a jungle animal.

Freeze in a balanced position like that animal.

Then move again, but show a different emotion as you travel.

Maybe you feel happy, scared, sleepy, excited, or angry.

Keep exploring ideas, freezing as new animals, and changing your emotions as you move through the jungle.

You may want to use the animals that we've practiced, or you might want to come up with your own animals.

That's fine.

You can choose to do this to music, or if you don't have access to music, you can choose to do it without.

There is an example of a video showing next that might give you some ideas, but then you might want to pause this video to have a go at the task.

Good luck adventuring through the jungle.

I wonder what animals you might see.

Okay, let's reflect upon our task.

We were asked to portray our emotions as we create actions with expressions that require clarity and control.

Sam said that she portrayed being an angry tiger with her claws out and roaring.

Did you create actions with expression?

Were any of your animals showing a type of expression?

And did you do it with control?

We were asked to try a range of ideas before selecting our preferred option, because that requires decision making.

Izzy said that she practiced lots of ideas for different animals before she froze in her favorite.

Did you practice different positions?

I bet you did, and I bet that meant that you were able to pick your favorite, so well done if you had a bit of practice time first.

Taking care to portray your emotions accurately requires self-belief.

Sam said that she thought carefully about how she would travel to portray different emotions that she might feel if she was really walking through the jungle.

Again, did you portray different emotions, either with the animals or when you were walking?

And if you did, well done for showing that self-belief.

Fairness requires us to maintain our personal working space.

Izzy said that she moved around space safely.

Did you?

Did you bump into anyone?

Did you bump into anything?

I hope that you had the space to move around the jungle, showing off the different animals without bumping into anything.

Okay, we're nearly at the end of our lesson now so it's time for a quick cool down.

Walk around the space slowly.

You can choose to walk or you can choose to move in a different way.

Every 10 seconds, stop and hold a freeze frame of something you might find in a jungle.

Might be a crocodile, it might be a parrot, it might be a tiger.

Whatever you want every 10 seconds, hold that freeze.

Whilst you're traveling slowly through the jungle, think about how you were successful at creating actions to do with the jungle.

Which actions expressed your emotions?

What could you do between now and the next lesson to practice your skills further?

So, in summary, today, we portrayed our emotions as we created actions with expression that required clarity and control, so well done for showing that.

We tried a range of ideas before selecting our preferred option, and with that required decision making.

So, if we practiced a few moves and then picked our favorite, we decided upon our favorite, which was a good decision to make.

We took care to portray our emotions accurately, which showed self-belief.

And we used fairness because that required us to work and maintain our own personal working space when we were performing our dance routines, so well done if you managed to maintain your personal space.

I've really enjoyed exploring a jungle with you today and seeing lots of different animals.

I'm looking forward to our next adventure together, so I'll see you soon.