Vision
At St Michael’s the Performing Arts are seen as fundamental to a child’s growth in body mind and spirit and essential in enabling young people to experience ‘life in all its fullness’, able to cope with, and respond positively to, their role in today’s society.
It is the aim of a passionate and talented staff to foster an appreciation of the arts through an engaging programme of timetable lessons, Wider Curriculum activities, cross-curricular outreach and Christian Values Enrichment and to promote an energetic, creative ethos across the school. We intend that, through high quality arts presentations - worship, showcases, concerts, major productions and other school events - all pupils are able to experience the arts and recognise them as a vehicle for raising moral, social and political issues; the arts challenge them to reflect and inspires them as participant or audience to respond; we want them to see that the arts gives them a voice and that they know that their voice counts. Furthermore, we encourage our pupils to see the arts as a means of self-expression, of self-realisation and an outlet for emotion, so important in a world that places so many pressures on young shoulders.
Ultimately, we aim for all our pupils to leave St Michael’s with a real appreciation that the arts offer a universal language through which a vision of the human experience can be shared, and that, through the arts, they can add their own voice to the chorus of mankind.
In Dance we aim to:
- Develop physical skills such as strength, stamina, coordination, control, balance, flexibility and mobility.
- Promote a life-long awareness and understanding of the impact of good posture, fitness and positive body language.
- Encourage pupils to explore a range of dance styles, developing their cultural awareness.
- Nurture pupils’ self-expression through creative tasks.
- Offer the opportunity to extend pupils interests through participation in wider curricular groups.
- Develop effective teamworking skills such as listening, time management, compromise and feedback.
- Provide pupils with a safe and supportive environment in which to learn from mistakes and develop resilience.
- Build confidence.
Dance Learning Schemes
