Dance: Key Stage 1 - Time to Move

For today's programme Diane Louise Jordan is off to Africa, to find out about elephants, before the children put all their animal dances together for a final performance.

For today's programme Diane Louise Jordan is off to Africa, to find out about lions and vultures.

Today Diane Louise Jordan completes the Autumn dance, inspired by the changing weather of Autumn.

Today Diane Louise Jordan is finding out about how the weather changes in Autumn - from summer sunshine to wind, rain and falling leaves.

Diane Louise Jordan presents the final part of the Journey of the Magi and in this KS1 dance session the children travel as the Magi on their journey to baby Jesus.

Today Diane Louise Jordan is looking ahead to Christmas with the first of two KS1 dance sessions exploring the Journey of the Magi.

Today's dances are inspired by the many adventures that befall Pinocchio.

Diane Louise Jordan begins a three-part unit of dance sessions exploring the theme of dinosaurs. In today's programme she finds out about Mary Anning, who has been described as the greatest fossil hunter who ever lived.

Diane Louise Jordan returns with a new series of Time to Move, beginning with the first part of a story by Hans Christian Andersen.

Diane Louise Jordan returns with the second part of this unit which explores the story by Hans Christian Andersen.

Diane Louise Jordan is back with another story by Hans Christian Andersen. Today she begins the story of 'The King's new clothes'.

The second part of a unit inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's famous story of 'The King's new clothes.'

Diane Louise Jordan has her umbrella out as she begins this unit exploring the water cycle.

Diane Louise Jordan has another dance session exploring water's ever-changing journey through the water cycle.

Diane Louise Jordan is back with the start of a new unit and a programme exploring symmetrical patterns in the world around us.

Diane Louise Jordan finds out about asymmetrical patterns in the natural world and explores them through movement and dance.

In the final dance programme this term Diane Louise Jordan finds out how two artists are inspired by shapes in the world about us.

In the final programme of this unit with dances about going camping it's time to take down the tent and return home.

Movement and dance for children aged 6 - 8.

Movement and dance for children aged 6 - 8.

Movement and dance for children aged 6 - 8.

Movement and dance for children aged 6 - 8. The Fire is finally brought under control.

Movement and dance for children aged 6 - 8. Exploring attempts to control the Fire.

Movement and dance for children aged 6 - 8. The start of the Great Fire in Pudding Lane.

Pete Hillier has a dance session for Spring exploring bees, pollen and seed dispersal.

Pete Hillier has a dance session about the germination and growth of plants in Spring.

Part 2 of a 3 part unit

Part 3 of a 3 part unit

Part 2 of a 3 part unit

Part 1 of a 3 part unit

Diane Louise Jordan returns with the final part of the Hare and the Tortoise - surely there's no way Tortoise can actually beat Hare in a race…is there?

Diane Louise Jordan returns and today her dance ideas are based on the famous story of the Hare and the Tortoise.

Diane Louise Jordan returns with the last of her programmes about oceans and today she has ideas for dances based on the fun of being by the sea.

Diane Louise Jordan is going underwater to explore the undersea world through simple dance sequences.

Diane Louise Jordan has the first of three programmes about oceans and today she's exploring the movement of waves and tides through simple dance sequences.

The text and music for the complete Firebird dance taken from the three Firebird programmes. Pete Hillier tells the story and children dance to the specially chosen sequences of music from the BBC's 10 Pieces project. Ideal for putting on an assembly performance in front of the school!

Pete Hillier concludes his series exploring the BBC's 'Ten Pieces' through dance with the final part of the The Firebird

Pete Hillier continues his retelling of the traditional Russian story 'The Firebird' with dances to music from the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'

Pete Hillier begins a retelling of the traditional Russian story 'The Firebird' with dances to music from the BBC 'Ten Pieces'

Pete Hillier presents the second of two programmes exploring the planet Mars through dance to the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'.

Pete Hillier presents the first of two programmes exploring the red planet through dance to the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'.

Pete Hillier returns with the second part of an exciting dance story full of wild weather…and underground trolls!

Pete Hillier presents the first part of an exciting dance story full of wild weather…and underground trolls!

Pete Hillier presents the last of three programmes exploring the sea using music from the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'.

Pete Hillier presents the second of three programmes exploring the sea using music from the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'. The music includes 'Storm' by Benjamin Britten - one of the 'Sea Interludes' from his opera 'Peter Grimes' - Beethoven's 'Symphony No 5' and 'Mars' by Gustav Holst from 'The Planets'.

Pete Hillier presents the first of three programmes exploring the sea using music from the BBC's 'Ten Pieces'. Today's music includes 'Storm' by Benjamin Britten - one of the 'Sea Interludes' from his opera 'Peter Grimes' - and the famous Horn Concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Part 3 of a 3 part unit

Part 2 of a 3 part unit

Part 1 of a 3 part unit

Part 3 of a 3 part unit

Programme 1 of a 3 part unit

Diane Louise Jordan has the second of three dance sessions inspired by changes to pond life in Spring.

Diane Louise Jordan has the first of three dance sessions inspired by changes to pond life in Spring, including microscopic organisms and surface skaters.

Diane Louise Jordan has the final of three dance sessions inspired by changes in the garden during Spring.

Diane Louise Jordan has the second of three dance sessions inspired by changes in the garden during Spring.

Diane Louise Jordan has the first of three dance sessions inspired by changes in the garden during Spring.

Diane Louise Jordan is back with the third of three programmes with dances inspired by playground games.

Diane Louise Jordan is back with the second of three programmes with dances inspired by playground games.

Diane Louise Jordan has the last of three dance sessions inspired by changes to pond life in Spring.

Diane Louise Jordan is back with the first of three programmes with dances inspired by playground games.

Diane Louise Jordan has the last programme of this unit about forcesand today's dances bring springs and magnets together to create a monster.

Today Diane Louise Jordan is finding out about magnetism, with dances full of pushing and pulling power.

Today Diane Louise Jordan is finding out about forces, with dances inspired by springs.

In the final programme we hear how Pinocchio and his father Geppetto are finally reunited once again.

Diane Louise begins a new unit featuring the story of Pinocchio.

Diane Louise Jordan's dances today focus in more detail on a colony of Emperor penguins.

Diane Louise Jordan's dances today start with icebergs and move on to Emperor penguins.

Diane Louise Jordan has the first dance session in a unit set in Antartica full of snow and ice.

Diane Louise Jordan presents music sequences from the current series. The programme offers an opportunity for pupils to create longer dances based on this term's material.

Diane Louise Jordan is back with Time to Move. In this dance session she's looking forward to Christmas with another dance exploring what Christmas was like in Victorian times.

Diane Louise Jordan is in festive mood as she looks forward to Christmas with a dance session exploring a Victorian Christmas.

For the final dance session the unit Diane Louise Jordan takes us to a museum full of dinosaurs for a dramatic sleepover.

In this dance session Diane Louise Jordan takes the children back in time to create dances based on the theme of explorers travelling through a land of dinosaurs.

Diane Louise Jordan creates more Key Stage 1 dances exploring the festival of Diwali.

Diane Louise Jordan creates dances for Key Stage 1 pupils using preparations for Diwali.

Diane Louise Jordan concludes the unit exploring a traditional harvest through dance. Today the movements explore reaping with scythes and sickles.

Diane Louise Jordan has the first of two dances sessions about a traditional harvest. Today the focus of the dance is on picking apples in an orchard.

Primary Dance KS1: Time to Move. Summer camping. In the second dance session of the unit the movement ideas are based on exploring the campsite.

Diane Louise Jordan is off camping with plenty of ideas for creating dance sequences - if it's not too windy!