What’s included in this resource

Introduction: Set Phrase – Shift, Practical Journal/Workbook

This comprehensive workbook is your key to mastering the AQA GCSE Dance set phrase ‘Breathe’. It’s packed with practical tasks, rehearsal checklists, and snapshot self-assessments designed to help students refine their physical, technical, expressive, and mental skills. With clear definitions, “how-to” examples, and imagery tips, students will easily grasp key terminology and concepts. Clapping and counting grids ensure accurate timing, while written tasks strengthen exam technique by analysing the skills used and their impact. Targeted SEND support builds confidence, empowering students to excel in both practical assessments and the written paper. This all-in-one resource saves teachers valuable time while equipping students with the knowledge, examples, and tools they need to shine in GCSE Dance.

Key Benefits:

Breaking the phrase into sections, this journal’s practical tasks develop physical, technical, expressive and mental skills through guided practice and reflection. Handy definitions, “how to” examples and imagery tips create lightbulb moments. Clapping and counting grids get timing spot on. Written tasks strengthen exam technique analysing skills used and their impact. With targeted SEND support, this workbook builds confidence to perform the set phrase. More than a journal, it is the complete package – the knowledge, examples and tools you need to set students up for success with the practical assessment and written paper. This comprehensive resource saves you time while empowering students to truly master the key drama skills needed to shine in GCSE Dance.

The Overview Advantage:

The Shift Set Phrase Practical Journal is the all-in-one resource GCSE Dance students need to master the set phrase. This comprehensive workbook breaks the phrase into sections with step-by-step rehearsal guides, self-assessments and flip-out tools for honing performance skills. Checklists, imagery tips and examples develop physical, technical, expressive and mental skills through focused practice. Handy definitions and “how to” guides ensure students grasp key terminology. Counting grids build timing. Written tasks strengthen exam technique analysing skills used and their impact. This comprehensive resource saves you time while empowering students to truly master the key drama skills needed to shine in GCSE Dance. This must-have workbook is your key to nailing the AQA GCSE Dance set phrase ‘Shift’. Its rehearsal checklists, snapshot self-assessments and handy flip-out pages make honing performance skills easy for students and you.

Download formats

Our files come in 2 different sets of formats.

You will receive a zip file for Microsoft Office files (MS Word and MS Powerpoint). Please note that the Google Form quizzes are incompatible with Microsoft related products.

You will also receive a link to a shared google drive folder which will allow you to copy files to your own google drive folder allowing you to assign these using the Google Classroom. Full instructions on these are included within the download links.