Thurrock Trailblazer Cultural Catalogue 2019-20

CONFIDANCE
Confidance specialises in creating bespoke dance projects to meet the needs of a school, its
teachers and pupils. Workshops can be tailored to support students needs, topics or subjects
within the curriculum. As a company we value creativity and aspiration with a focus on inclusion
and differentiation, working with pupils with a range of learning needs, in both mainstream
secondary, primary and SEN. This could be supporting cross curricular learning, disadvantaged
young people to build confidence, social skills and integration, or differentiating dance tasks for
students with a wide range of learning needs.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
INCLUSIVE DANCE PROJECT –
SUPERHEROES
Across three targeted sessions students will
identify and explore their superpowers through
creative movement and build a movement
phrase, along with school staff to create a
short movement piece.
KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
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SUPERHEROES
workshop.
• Session 2: Students will build a movement
phrase inspired by the superpowers
identified in the first session.
• Session 3: Students will have the
opportunity to build and rehearse a
movement piece from the material created
in previous sessions and will have the
opportunity to have a short informal
sharing.
• One full day – delivery of session 3 and
sharing of work with teachers and/or invited
audience
LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Problem Solving: working creatively as
independent enquirers and cooperatively
as a part of a team. Pupils will analyse and
evaluate ideas to find creative solutions to
choreographic tasks.
• Negotiating and Team Working: as part
of the creative process, pupils work as
effective participants, putting forward their
creative solutions to tasks and striking a
balance to achieve a common goal.
• Reflective Learning: as part of the
workshop, pupils will engage in dance
appreciation; actively observing and
providing feedback to their peers to
evaluate progress and identify achievement
and opportunity for development.
Confidance puts great emphasis on the
importance of feedback and constructive
criticism and creates a positive and safe
learning environment to enable this.
• Above all, pupils of any age or ability will
work and think creatively in an environment
where diversity of thought and ability is
celebrated to create dynamic and exciting
dance work.
CROSS-CURRICULAR LINKS
“Since beginning working with Confidance the children have
responded in unimaginable and exciting ways”
WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END?
Performance / Sharing
Should it be appropriate for the students, we
encourage a sharing of the work, either at
the end of session 3, or in a school assembly
where parents can be invited - through live
performance or through a sharing of the work
through film (teachers to film on school iPad)
OTHER RESOURCES & SUPPORT
Initial planning meeting discussing ideas in
order to tailor the sessions to the specific
needs of the individual students.
COSTS
£780
RECOMMENDED
This offer could complement the following:
• Challenge 59: Dance & Film Project
• Create & Dance: Everybody Dance
Using Superheroes as a theme to identify the
students ’superpowers’, the group will work
with Confidance practitioner Jo Frater to use
dance as a vehicle to develop creativity,
identity, communication and self-esteem.
This project is designed to work best with
groups of mixed needs and Confidance is
interested in building students communication
skills in mainstream education incorporating
SEN/disability
students.
As part of the ‘Superheroes’ project,
Confidance will bring props such as scarves,
material, parachute and dance dots to
enhance the movement material.
There will be the opportunity to explore props/
materials already in use within school to aid in
developing project legacy.
The project will run as follows:
• Session 1: Students will Identify their
superpowers through a creative movement
SUITABILITY
KS 1–5 & SEN - All Key stages including PMLD
We also work closely with teachers to
identify specific areas of development for specific
children in relation to their student profiles
and tailor sessions to suit their communication,
mobility and social needs.
DATES, LOCATION & FORMAT
Dates are available across the academic year to
be booked in advance with Confidance.
Structure of the project is as follows:
• One prior planning (up to 2 hours) meeting
to select targeted students, identify needs
and prepare agreed outcomes (phone/
skype/in-school)
2 Full school days.
• One full day - delivery of session 1 and 2
Confidance develops 7 aspects of engagement
that can be applied across various curriculum
areas:
• Responsiveness
• Curiosity
• Investigation
• Discovery
• Anticipation
• Persistence
• Initiation
TEACHER COMMITMENT & TRAINING
Teachers will be required to provide:
• School Hall for dance space
• Teacher and TA support essential in
sessions
There is opportunity for teacher CPD as an
ongoing element throughout the project
through participating fully in the sessions. This
is highly recommended and will improve overall
outcomes.
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