PE

Year 5 – Dance - Ballet

The children have been learing the step to complete a routine in group.

Below are the routines the children have come up with.

First Position With an outward rotation from the hips, the heels are touching and toes are facing outwards. The amount of natural rotation in your hip socket and your control of this turnout will affect the look of your first position – this can range from the feet forming a ‘V’ shape to the feet being in a flat line.

Second Position In second position, the feet are as wide apart as the shoulders, with the legs once again being outwardly rotated from the hips. The feet should match each other – be careful that you don’t have one foot further forward than the other or one foot more turned out than the other.

Third Position Feet in third position is often considered a training position for fifth position. Once students reach a certain standard of dancing, third position is rarely used. With both legs rotating from the hips, the heel of the front foot meets the middle of the back foot. The turnout on both feet should be equal. Third position can be taken with either the right leg or left leg in front.

Fourth Position Fourth open is used much less frequently than fourth crossed but it is still necessary to be aware of this position. Feet in fourth open have the space of approximately one foot length between them. It is useful to know that fourth open is sometimes referred to as ‘fourth opposite first’. This is because the heel of the front foot is not directly in front of the other foot. 

Fifth Position Fifth position is quite demanding and it can take a several years of training to reach complete security with this position. It is often introduced as one of the last positions – the dancer will have been working in third position for many years in preparation. The hips are rotated outwards in equal amounts and the heel of the front foot is placed against the big toe joint of the back foot.

Summer 1

This term, the children will be focusing on Atheletics.

The 3 topics they will be learning about are:

• Running
• Throwing
• Jumping

During a discussion of the Commonwealth games this year, the children helped identify the top games that will be palyed and learn how to build resillience and team work to achieve their goals.