RJC dance finals (written by Year 6)

This term as part of our P.E lessons we did a dance project called RJC. Two RJC judges called De- Napoli and Boomer came to give us instructions on what to do. The first day they came in they gave us a long warm up and told us our theme (water sports) and gave us some basic moves. After that we were asked to think of the starting moves for our dances; other schools had also been visited and taught their moves. Since that initial visit, we have been developing our routines until today - the RJC finals! 

(introduction written by Caius)

Whilst year six were putting together finishing touches to their fantastic routines to perform at the Leeds town hall, the year fives were putting together the scrap book of our RJC experience. It contained pictures of the Year 6 practising their dances, and pictures of water sports that fitted with the dances. The year 5 worked very hard on this aspect and therefore it looks brilliant. Year 5 also created their own dance routines although they weren't eligible to perform in the final show which is for Year 6 pupils.  

(written by Alex W and Jacob)

 Year 5 pupils performing their routines - can you see evidence of the theme?

 Considering costume in design lessons - thumbs up!

Some of the costume designs were excellent - here is one for 'Devil Divers'!

On Wednesday the 14th of November judges Booma and Naps (from RJC) had to decide between 2 year 6 groups to perform at the Leeds Town Hall. Pyscho Swimmers danced first then Unnamed Divers. Decision time.... Naps and Booma chose Unnamed Divers as the winner!

Hannah ‘I felt really proud of my group when I heard we had been chosen to represent our school!’

Jaya ‘Even though my group didn’t get chosen, I still was glad I got to have an experience doing RJC.’]
(written by Hannah and Jaya)

 Year five performed their routines to the judges first and were given great feedback.

Then it was the turn of 'Psycho Swimmers', the first Year 6 group.

This was followed by the 'Unnamed Divers' performance.

The judges, after some deliberation, chose 'Unnamed Divers' as the winning group, chosen to represent the school at Leeds Town Hall today - the 21st November 2012!

First we were called up to get ready for the performance. Olivia-‘I felt a mixture of excitement and nerves’. Abbas-‘I also felt nervous but when I got on stage all the nerves went away.’ When we got on the stage we got into our starting positions and got ready to dance.


The music sounded quiet because the speakers were pointing to the audience but when practising at school it was quite loud because the speakers were facing us; they were on full blast and the school hall is very small so the sound didn’t have to travel as far.

When we started to perform it was quite nerve wracking because there were tons of people staring at you. However, as the performance carried on we got more into it and were less nervous.
(by Abbas and Olivia - two of the stars of 'Unnamed Divers')

 Pictures taken during the rehearsal - we weren't allowed during the actual performance.

As a member of the audience the show was extremely entertaining and exiting. It was also very interesting to see what the other groups had come up with and listening to the different music tracks. Everyone’s costumes were fun and imaginative. It was enjoyable, especially when the teachers were dancing, and the dance professionals called 'De-koyy'.

Despite the fact Collingham won, we still had a good time!

 (written by Scott, Sandro and Gea)

 I would like to add that whilst the teachers' dance segment was sort of mortifying, it didn't detract from how proud I was of the brilliant behaviour, not to mention performance, of Harewood pupils - well done!  Mr S

Finally, here are 'Unnamed Divers' - I won't name them for obvious reasons (!) but you did us very proud today - well done!