3rd January 2018
Around two years ago, we established Perform X, a street and hip hop dance class for 6-12 year olds. As with our drama classes, we wanted to offer more than just a dance lesson. We wanted to use dance as…
7th October 2017
When Perform parents feed back to me about our teachers, they consistently use the same vocabulary to describe them. 'Nurturing', 'energetic', 'inspiring, 'amazing' are words…
13th September 2017
Before I had children, I never thought that it would be difficult as a parent to communicate with your kids after the school day or activity to find out how it all went. Now I have kids of my own, I know…
31st August 2017
Getting ready for the term ahead is always an exciting process as we prepare the content for the new themes and new end of term shows. At this point, the songs are written, the choreography set, scripts…
19th July 2017
This week is a very busy week for us at Perform HQ. Despite that fact that our term ends on 21st July, we are working hard to put the final touches on our summer holiday courses that start on 24th July…
24th May 2017
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
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
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
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
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…
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