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The Four Seasons dance show: programme and draft review

Ysgol Bro Taf, the show, Jac and his draft review are invented for practice.

1. The programme

Ysgol Bro Taf, Merthyr Tydfil. The Four Seasons, a dance show by Years 3 to 6.

Dance	Dancers	What happens
Spring	Year 3	Ribbon dance to gentle harp music. Dancers start curled up like seeds and slowly grow.
Summer	Year 4	A fast beach dance to pop music, with jumps and a conga line.
Autumn	Year 5	Slow, swirling dance to cello music. Costumes covered in paper leaves.
Winter	Year 6	A storm danced to loud drums, then sudden silence, then snow falling to soft piano music.

2. Jac’s notes from the show

Spring: ribbons looked like flowers opening, very calm
Summer: fast and fun, crowd clapped along, 2 dancers bumped in the conga line
Autumn: slow, leaves swirled when they spun, some lines out of time
Winter: drums made me jump, then total silence, white lights like snow, best moment of the night
End: everyone stood up and clapped

3. Jac’s first draft of his review

The dance show was on Thursday. It was good. Year 3 did the spring dance. They had ribbons. The summer dance was fast. It was fun. Some people bumped into each other. The autumn dance was slow. The leaf costumes were nice. The winter dance was the best. The drums were loud. It went quiet. The snow fell. Everyone clapped.

Jac’s teacher wrote: “Good ideas, Jac, but every sentence is short and starts the same way. Link your ideas with connectives.”