For the very first time here at St George's, we hit the dance floor, combining our creative and active skills. On Tuesday 7th May 2024, all children from years 1 to 5 came together showcasing their dance routines that they had learnt in their Spring 2 dance units for P.E.

Each year group focused on a different genre of dance, with performances ranging from ballet in year 1 to Bollywood in year 5. All dancers worked together to create their routines with great respect and teamwork. This fits with our P.E values of:  

Be passionate. 

Be respectful. 

Be determined.

Each routine involved learning news moves, which linked to that specific genre. Children then worked as a class and in small groups to build on the choreography showing artistic skills of being:

Be creative.

Be proficient.

Be reflective. 

Enjoy a small glimpse into our show through pictures. 

Year 1

In year 1, their focus was movement. They used the instrumental of Disney with the focus of ballet, showing great control and movement in unison. 

Year 2

In year 2, children worked on moving to different rhythms with a street routine. This involved children working as a whole unit with a multi-step choreography and individual expressions of movement. 

Year 3

In year 3, the theme was story telling. They focused on the story of Jesus arriving in Jerusalem using the song Jerusalema, expressing celebration using African dance moves as a whole class and individual groups. 

Year 4

In year 4, their focus was control of motion linking to action films. They performed to the theme tune of Mission Impossible, showing power and action choreography.  

Year 5

Year 5 travel to India. Their theme was Bollywood, which incorporates Indian traditional dance. They learnt discrete dance movements and then used them to create a group routine.

What a fantastic event! Everyone was left inspired to go bigger and better next year! Come and see some routines at the upcoming Celebration of Arts Festival.