Primary Schools

Supporting Teachers

We know primary teachers have the challenge of delivering a wide curriculum which must take into account children’s development and more than ever, their wellbeing. Unlike other traditional sports in PE, creative dance works often with improvisation, allowing it to be easily adapted to meet changing restrictions. However. dance has the power to be useful for the body and mind allowing exercise and relaxation, expression and interaction.

As parents, we are also experiencing the increased need for us to support our children’s education, working with their teachers. At Doodle Dance we recognise the increase in the parents’ load and aim to support this.

Resources

Making a Move

Making a Move is an easy to use collection of 30 dance lessons for primary aged children to continue to develop their dance skills and well-being. Each idea still enables the children to work creatively and collaboratively whilst maintaining distance. The resource is downloadable and printable for immediate use.

In House Delivery (this will be available when guidance allows)

On your Marks for a changed world!

Originally offered as a 6-12 week programme as ‘On your Marks!’ for children in Year R to develop confidence and skill in mark making.

The programme starts with developing fine and gross motor strength and control, grip and directional movements.

Maintaining these components it introduces key concepts of writing such as ‘Starting at the top’, and left to right tracking.

It develops the child’s understanding of how their movement can support in their writing and drawing development, encouraging each child to develop at their appropriate level.

Not to disappoint, and to support teachers with high quality delivery and resources we have adapted the way we are delivering this to support changing restrictions but still offer a full spectrum of activity which is supportive to the child, teacher and now parent with our @home activities which can be set as home learning or used at additional times in the school week.

Elements of activity which are essential for healthy development which can no longer be delivered in PE are delivered back in the classroom with linked mark making activities and the @home ideas. These easily resourced activities give the parent insight into the development of the child as well as bringing some playful fun for all the family!

Research

Jo an Claire Roberts are working on ideas for a new ‘programme’ of work around mindset and resilience, as well as how to build a world which needs less ‘resilience’. Through zoom and face to face creative sessions we have been exploring a narrative (further info to be released next year) as well as researching the language of resilience and mindset.

Jo is also developing ideas for the next Making a Move book to be created next year on the topic of sustainability. More info will be release in our news page to be launched in 2021…