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and Residences in Schools Christmas
Youth Dance Project
Lucky pupils from five Greenwich schools wokred with
Retina Dance Company in December 1999. We are delighted
that this project will be repeated during the Autumn Term
2000.
Random
Dance Company
Random Dance Company will be resident in Greenwich
Secondary Schools, 2 -11 October, to hold a ground
breaking Internet dance education project linked to its
installation performance at GDA 12-15 October. Workshops
with students will explore the relationship between dance
and technology.
National
Youth Dance Company (NYDC)
In March, NYDC performed a lecture demonstration at five
Greenwich schools. Due to popularity GDA is pleased to
confirm that NYDC is returning inthe Spring Term 2001 to
offer workshops and to perform it latest programme of
works especially for Greenwich Schools.
Magpie
Dance and Physical Recall Dance Company
Magpie Dance, a company of adults with learning
difficulties, in collaboration with Physical Recall will
be offering workshops to special and mainstream schools.
These workshops will be linked to the companies
performances at the Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, in
May 2001.
After
School Dance Activity
After
School Dance Clubs
St Paul's After School Dance Club celebrates its first
anniversary and GDA is keen to establish further After
School Danc eCLubs at both Primary and Secondary Schools
in Greenwich.
Children
Dancing
The sixth annual showcase celebrating Children Dancing
was held in July at Crown Woods School, for Primary
Schools in Greenwich. This fun and informal event
provides Greenwich Primary school children with an
opportunity to perform and share their work and
encourages participation at all levels. Your school could
be involved in Children Dancing 2001.
Support,
Development & Training for Teachers
Continuing
Professional Development (CPD)
GDA was pleased to host a training day with Jacqueline
Smith-Autard in June looking at the use of ICT to teach
dance in the curriculum. Since this resource will soon be
available for Greenwich Schools, GDA hopes to offer
follow up sessions later in the academic year.
TOP
Dance
This will be introduced to Greenwich Primary Schools. TOP
Dance is a continuation of the TOPs Programme, proving
support and training for teachers delivering Physical
Education in the Primary curriculum. GDA is pleased to be
hosting an initial training day on 3 October 2000 and
will be supporting the Laverne Barber (PE Inspector,
Greenwich)delivery of TOP Dance in Greenwich schools.
Further information about this will be sent direct to
Primary Schools.
GSCE
Support Group
Sessions continue to be held each term, in collaboration
with Laban Centre London. The Group is for those already
teaching GCSE and for those teaching in Secondary
education who are interested in teaching GCSE Dance. New
members are welcome so why not get your name added to the
GCSE Support Group mailing list.
Education
Resource Library
GDA is delighted to announce the opening of its new
library offering Greenwich teachers:
- dance
education resource material for Primary and
Secondary
- video,
audio and CD Rom resources
- newsletters,
updates and dance company literature
- reports
and guidelines
If you are
interested in being involved or would like further
information for any of these projects, please contact
Christina Birt at GDA on 020 8293 9741.
Here's what
teachers said about GDA's CPD: "an exceptional
day ... really useful ... it gave me more ideas ... very
informative ... brilliant ... I really needed this INSET
... more of the same please!"
Here's what pupils and teachers said about GDA's
workshops and residencies:
"Very enjoyable ... well presented ... good
variety ... expectations were exceeded"
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