24th May 2017
How do we talk to our children about tragic events
This week, parents nationwide have probably been deliberating the same challenging question: how do we explain the Manchester bombings to our children? When I woke up yesterday morning and saw the terrible…
5th May 2017
Why Children Should Learn to Shake Hands
At every Perform class, we have a focus of the week. The focuses are usually based on a practical social ability such as Eye Contact, Volunteering or How to use a loud voice . This…
21st April 2017
Separation Anxiety: How to leave a crying child
One of our brilliant Perform Teachers sent me this article. It's about how parents should deal with separation anxiety when leaving their child at school or a class for the first time and I wholeheartedly…
16th March 2017
Should emotions be taught in schools?
I recently came across a really interesting post on Ideas.Ted.com. It discusses whether schools should start teaching emotions as well as other core subjects. You can read it here. I’d…
5th January 2017
History and hip hop - why we're combining the two at Perform X
We're big fans of the classics here at Perform. We always use a famous children's book to adapt for our holiday courses. For example this year we'll be flying to Neverland for February half…
14th November 2016
If you do a search for “my child is being bullied,” you'll be inundated with different websites and practical advice as to what to do if this is happening to your child. I…
6th October 2016
Performing Arts for ALL children
. . One of things I am proudest of is our Drama4ALL project. Drama4ALL came about back in 2001 when I was making contact with a local primary school to spread…
1st September 2016
My personal passion: inspiring children with drama
When my business partner and I set up Perform sixteen years ago, we wanted to do something completely different to what other children’s drama classes were doing. We had both worked for other…
11th August 2016
10 things to ask when choosing an extracurricular activity for your child
If you’re like me, you’re probably in the process of choosing after-school or weekend activities for your child for the autumn term. It's a tricky process with so much choice out there. .…
11th July 2016
. Each term at Perform for 4-7s, we have a different theme around which we base our drama, dance and singing resources. The themes range from imaginary places such as Fairytale Forest…
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