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Lucy Quick - Principal of Perform

6th November 2010

This Month in the Blogosphere - October 2010

So how was your October? Hope you all had an amazing Half Term and Halloween!. As usual it's been all go here so sorry this is about a week late. Am now thinking about Christmas and promising myself…

Tags: Monthly Round Up, October 2010, halloween

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27th October 2010

Productivity 101, or Trying to Work Smarter

Since becoming a parent, I've been increasingly concerned about the amount of time I spend working. It's very difficult to shut off when you run your own business (or indeed to shut off from any…

Tags: parenting, business, Productivity, Working Parents

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19th October 2010

The Eyes Have It

I've been watching Rebecca Ferguson's journey through X Factor with interest. Remember her first audition?. Beautiful girl; wonderful voice - and yet as she admitted herself, she's lost confidence.…

Tags: drama, dance and singing, children, Games, confidence, X Factor, Rebecca Ferguson, Confidence Games, Eye Contact

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11th October 2010

Is this the Beginning of the End for Child Benefit?

Well, the Chancellor's child benefit cut announcement last week understandably caused something of an uproar . While many people believe that it's fairer that 'wealthier' families are…

Tags: News, parenting, Child Benefit Cuts, Child Benefit, Politics

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5th October 2010

This Month in the Blogosphere - September 2010

Hard to believe September's over already, huh? The nights are drawing in (boo, hiss); it keeps on raining (more boos and hisses). So grab yourself a lovely cuppa (or possibly something stronger) and…

Tags: children, parenting, Monthly Round Up, September 2010

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28th September 2010

How a Spoonful of Perform Helps the Confidence Come Out

Confidence is something that we'd all love to be able to infuse our children with - I'm sure many parents have wished it was something you could bottle and administer now and again. Alas, I…

Tags: drama, dance and singing, children, confidence, teaching

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21st September 2010

First Day at School

Earlier this month, for the first time I really felt like a parent. This might seem like a slightly odd confession given that I have two children; but bear with me and all will become clear :). My…

Tags: children, parenting, schools, First Day at School

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13th September 2010

Do you need to be a Parent to express a view on Parenting?

Hello there!. A couple of weeks ago I penned a post bemoaning what I saw as overly indulgent parenting - it was always going to be a little controversial - let's face it - posts expressing opinions…

Tags: parenting, parents

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6th September 2010

This Month in the Blogosphere - August 2010

Goodness - hasn't August just flown by? I do hope you've all had a wonderful time over the Summer. At Perform, we've been super-busy preparing for the Autumn term and getting plans in place…

Tags: child development, parenting, Monthly Round Up, Bursary Scheme, Blogladesh, Save the Children

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27th August 2010

Teaching the Teachers

Wow - it's been yet another hectic week! No rest for the wicked, eh?. This week I've been working hard with our Regional Partner Simon Fielding on developing a new series of training courses…

Tags: business, teaching, teachers, training, development

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