NRG: Be healthy through dance [CD-ROM]


LEVEL: KS3

Following the Government drive to tackle obesity in young people, increasing numbers of dance teachers are being asked to deliver health focused sessions.

Physical Dance activities include:

• Warm up
• Cardiovascular
• The Heart
• The Lungs
• Muscles and Bones
• Nutrition
• Cool down

NRG: Be Healthy Through Dance is a programme of creative dance ideas that directly addresses this need.

It has been devised to support the delivery of an effective and exciting scheme of dance activity with young people, whilst exploring healthy lifestyle choices. Supported by the Joint Investment Fund for the Arts, it was developed and trialled in nine schools in the Hampshire region, and for the first time the positive impact of dance on young people was quantified in groundbreaking research by the Dance Science Department at Laban.

As well as including practical warm up and cardiovascular ideas, this CD ROM also has creative tasks focused around the workings of the body. It is aimed at 11 – 14 year olds (Key Stage 3) and has cross-curricular links with Science and PSHE.