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Lucy Quick - Principal of Perform

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28th January 2021

Make time for downtime

Now we’re nearly 4 weeks into lockdown, with uncertainty around how long the doors to the School of Mum and Dad will be open, how’s it going? How are YOU doing? If you'd told me a year…

Tags: parenting, covid 19, lockdown, home school, downtime, working from home

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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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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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19th June 2020

Returning to Perform post-lockdown

When schools closed on 20th March, so did Perform. Apart from major holidays like Christmas and Easter, there's almost always a Perform activity running somewhere and we're generally been active…

Tags: safety, health, coronavirus, covid 19, lockdown, department of education, government guidelines, reopening, post lockdown

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10th March 2020

How to talk to your child about the coronavirus

The way you discuss the coronavirus with your child should depend on your own particular parenting style and their age. While some parents prefer to shield their children from reality, in general,…

Tags: coronavirus, covid 19, public health england, health and safety, virus, hand washing

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