Saturdays
10.00-11.00 Infant & Preliminary Grade (Ages 4-8)
Tuesdays
16.00-17.30 Grade One, Two & Three (Ages 9-14)
Gymnastic dance is a syllabus set out by NATD (National Association of Teachers of Dancing) and the students learn these exercises and skills and have the option to take their exams and progress through the grades.
Since both the teachers (Bryony & Becca) competed nationally with rhythmic gymnastics we like to incorporate additional skills like the use of apparatus!
Gymnastic dance is based of rhythmic gymnastics so will therefore not teach skills like somersaults or backflips! We do work on flexibility and can teach skills like chest rolls and walkovers.
Every student in our classes will also be assigned a International Dance Rewards sheet when starting classes at PDS. These run with their syllabus work and there are 9 different levels for the acro sheets.
We aim to get a student to work on the skills and complete a colour of the rainbow every half term. Once they have completed we have five minutes at the end of class before any half term where students can add stickers to their charts and they can see what they have achieved.
Certificates and badges as seen here can also be purchased by parents for £5.00 each.
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