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Lucy Quick
the man

7th February 2022

The man behind the music

One of the reasons children love Perform is the catchy songs which are all written by co-founder, Will Barnett. We talk to Will about his process for creating Perform's creative resources and Perform?s…

Tags: west end, performing, children's theatre

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Experiences for Christmas

14th December 2021

Experiences for Christmas

With Christmas approaching, it's almost inevitable that our homes are about to be hit with an onslaught of stuff that our children will obsess over for a week and then deposit into the toy graveyard.…

Tags: christmas, theatre, experiences, toys, gifts, tickets

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How to recruit a fabulous teacher

18th August 2021

How to recruit a fabulous teacher

If your child has ever been to a Perform class, you'll know that all our teachers are brilliant - enthusiastic, energetic and extremely professional. Not only are they talented performers in their own…

Tags: teachers, recruitment

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5 Top Tips on choosing a holiday course for your child

21st July 2021

5 Top Tips on choosing a holiday course for your child

With the summer holidays fast approaching and the new academic year hot on its tail, there are a multitude of children's courses to choose from but how do you choose? And how can you be sure that you're…

Tags: holiday courses, extra-curricular, top tips

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Creating Wonderland

20th July 2021

Creating Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - a story that has been told to generations of children and passed down through families across the world. 156 years after the book was first written by Lewis Carroll…

Tags: things to do, summer holiday, holiday course, alice in wonderland

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World Book Day - 6 ways to get your child to read

2nd March 2021

World Book Day - 6 ways to get your child to read

On the first Thursday of every March, millions of children celebrate World Book Day - a charity funded by publishers and book -sellers across the UK and Ireland. Their mission is to promote reading for…

Tags: confidence, reading, role play, communication, literature, encouragement, english, stories, literacy, world book day

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Perform moves online

26th November 2020

Perform moves online

Back in March, lockdown arrived without warning and we spent our Easter holiday working on developing Perform At Home. We quickly got 11 of our most experienced Producers up and running and launched our…

Tags: child development, concentration, coordination, covid 19, lockdown, perform at home, virtual learning, zoom, confdience. communication, online classes, distance learning, pandemic

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The pandemic and children's mental health

10th November 2020

The pandemic and children's mental health

Something I love about working with children is their general positivity and upbeat attitude but it's often easy to breeze over the fact that many share some of the same worries, concerns and anxieties…

Tags: child development, parenting, confidence, social interaction, communication, mental health, coronavirus, covid 19, pandemic, self esteem

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1st October 2020

We're back, Covid-Safe and better than ever!

We were hugely excited to reopen our classes in September but it's fair to say that I did have some apprehension about how we could make it work with ever-changing government guidelines. We were faced…

Tags: confidence, concentration, safety, back to school, coordination, communication, autumn term, coronavirus, health and safety, covid safe, social distancing

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Creating a Covid-Safe Perform class

21st August 2020

Creating a Covid-Safe Perform class

We're approaching our sixth week of being back in the class with children in our face-to-face holiday courses and it's been going really well! I'm in awe of how quickly and easily the children…

Tags: safety, back to school, weekly workshops, coronavirus, health and safety, covid safe, social distancing, september

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