WATCH: LMDC teacher gets students dancing with lockdown videos

Saturday 27 February 2021

A teacher from La Mare De Carteret High School is helping to keep students active by uploading his own dance routines online.

Jim Cobb - or Mr Cobb to students - has been posting weekly dance videos as a continuation of an initiative he was running before school sites were closed due to lockdown.

“It’s a way of getting students involved and active,” he said.

Mr Cobb set up the ‘Just Dance Club’ every Thursday at LMDC, which saw more than 50 students join him for dance routines. 

????LMDC PE Lockdown Challenge2????????Finish the week on a high with Mr Cobb's next #justdance challenge for @LamareHighSchoo Log on to Google drive & send in your examples to lmdcpe@gmail.com Enjoy & Stay safe #Guernseytogether ????????????????????????????@LMDCHSCA @GuernseySports @healthimprovegg pic.twitter.com/8VzhYkrwWl

— LMDC PE DEPT. (@lmdcpe) February 5, 2021

“We ask for students to send in their videos and lots of them have been getting involved,” said Mr Cobb of the way he has adapted the club by taking it online.

He wants students, teachers and the wider public to send in their versions of his dance routines to lmdcpe@gmail.com

????LMDC PE CHALLENGE UNLOCKED ???? ???? Mr Cobb got the call from @onedirection to send his virtual audition for his @JustDance_UK challenge today! Let us know what you think! ???????????????????????????? #guernseytogether @LamareHighSchoo @SimonCowell @LMDCHSCA @Govgg @DrNicolaBrink @LMDCHSCA pic.twitter.com/6L5pKusYGy

— LMDC PE DEPT. (@lmdcpe) February 19, 2021

Mr Cobb says the idea has already spread via social media, with other schools now getting in on the action.

“A couple of other schools have utilised the videos for their own students,” he said. “It’s a good way of getting the schools together."

@LamareHighSchoo's Mr Cobb has stepped it up again this week!A new outfit & song & we hope you enjoy his ????% effort!Let's get the whole LMDC community involved with #justdance with Mr Cobb & start Friday with a smile!???? ????????????????????????#guernseytogether @lamareprimary @Govgg @LMDCHSCA pic.twitter.com/KPNawSlzdb

— LMDC PE DEPT. (@lmdcpe) February 26, 2021

Mr Cobb releases a new video every Friday - follow La Mare de Carteret on Twitter to see future routines. 

????LMDC PE Lockdown Challenge Unlocked!???????? what a superstar Mr Cobb is for setting up this #justdance challenge for @LamareHighSchoo Log on to Google drive, see and send in your examples to lmdcpe@gmail.com and enjoy this incredible performance! Stay safe!????????????????????????????@LMDCHSCA pic.twitter.com/VOabdbutB2

— LMDC PE DEPT. (@lmdcpe) January 29, 2021