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Creative Movement

Instructions

These resources have been designed to support thematic and holistic learning, set within the context of creative movement, dance, creative games making and creative activities.

Themes

Draughts

  • Taking pieces
    • Jumping over spots/child in small curled shapes
  • Travelling diagonally
  • Travelling forwards
  • Travelling Backwards

Snakes and Ladders

  • Slide down
    • Sliding phrase, turn and sink to the floor, slide along the floor, slump, unhappy
  • Land on a square
    • Hold a still shape or gesture – searching for clues
  • Forwards
    • Travelling phrase that relates to the amount shown on the dice
  • Climb up
    • March, arms and legs in opposition, happy

Chess

  • Different actions for different pieces
  • Taking pieces
  • Attack and defence
  • Queen: Powerful: forwards, backwards, sideways and diagonal any number of squares, graceful, elegant
  • Bishops:
    Diagonally: revered, graceful, sweeping, secretive
  • Pawns: Only two forward initially or one and from then on only one square forwards, exchange, servants
  • Knights: Horse, gallop, diagonal, jump over other players, joust
  • Castles/Rook: Straight ahead or sideways, strong, protective soldier like
  • King: Important: one square in any direction, must be protected by others, check and checkmate

Create your own board game

  • Transfer ideas into action

Rolling the dice

  • Different actions for each number

Media

  • Music

    Artist: The New Musical Cast Track 4: ‘Chess’
    Album: Chess the Musical – 2008. Big Eye Records

    Composer: Patrick Doyle
    Track 7: ‘Rita Skeeter’
    Track 13: ‘Potter Waltz’
    Album: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2005. Warner Bros Entertainment Incorporated

    Composer: John Williams
    Track 16: ‘The Chess Game’ Album: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2001. Warner Bros.

  • DVD/Books/Poems

    DVDs

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2OO1) (PG) Warner Home Video. The scene where giant chess pieces cross the board.