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What a wonderful start to the new school year we have had so far.

We returned to a set of fantastic exam results following our summer exams, which included; 9 Merits, 7 Distinctions and 5 Distinction *.

Wow! some absolutely incredible marks, especially from our Pre Primary Tappers. You all worked so very hard to get such outstanding results.

September brought lots of new faces and lots of new grades to learn post examination. Everyone has embraced their new exercises with a huge amount of enthusiasm and lots of hard work. Senior students in particular have been working hard to regain flexibility post summer holidays and learn lots of new ‘tricky’ steps in their Tap classes.

There has been a bit of a buzz flying around along with the sound of ‘Spice up your life’ as we have all been working away in Tap classes to learn this years Tapathon, organised by The performers project, nationally to raise money for Children in Need. With just a couple of weeks left our t-shirts to wear whilst taking part have arrived and we have just 2 more family Saturday practices before the big day on Sunday 17th November. Its always rather challenging and a lot of fun to come together to learn someone else’s choreography , with students from 5 years up to adults taking part. Do come along and support us, and be a part of the fun.

Melody Bear has been very busy celebrating everything autumn, she has been flying like butterflies, swishing in the leaves, planting in the garden, feeding the birds and ending term mixing up potions, fling on broomsticks and balancing bats/rats and spiders on our heads.. Many Medals have been given out in class, both in younger groups and in 1st ballet, with some students moving up to syllabus class on a Monday.

Albert also celebrated winning a runners up prize in the national Melody Bear summer colouring competition.

After a restful half term I look forward to welcoming students back to a busy and fun term in the lead up to Christmas.

See you Monday 4th November

Sarah x

What a fantastic start to the school year! Lots of new faces added to our dance family and getting back into syllabus classes after our busy show terms in the summer.

We also waved this lovely girl off to university. It has been very odd without her in classes this term. After 13 years of teaching someone, you really do get to know them well and get to witness many birthday’s and life events. We cannot wait to see you back ‘home’ soon Ella!

In all classes we have been getting back in the swing of learning syllabus work again after a summer term learning choreography for our successful show in July. Lots of hard work and an emphasis on flexibility.

We have welcomed lots of new faces to our Melody Bear classes with new Saturday morning classes, including new 1st ballet for those reception age, and their first taste of ‘big girl’ ballet. Melody Bear has been all about Autumn, lots of swirling, whirling and blowing leaves, rain dances, and a fabulous Spooky Halloween workshop where we flew like bats, prowled like cats, skipped in the pumpkin patch and mixed up magical spells. Many also celebrated as they received their medals this term.

Halloween was not just celebrated by the youngest members. We also had a full day of dance and craft on the 31st October, and a bunch of girls helped to choreograph 2 spooky dances along with crafts and fun games. We all had a blast!

Not forgetting all the hard work we have been putting in learning the Children in Need Tapathon 2023, organised by the Performers Project. We have been learning this across all Tap classes and I’m very excited to get back to dance next week to hand out the t-shirts ready for the big day itself on Sunday 19th November.

Looking forward to seeing you all from Monday 6th November for another 6 weeks of dancing and all the excitement Christmas term brings.

Sarah X