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Lucy Quick - Principal of Perform

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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…

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

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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…

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

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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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11th August 2016

10 things to ask when choosing an extracurricular activity for your child

If you’re like me, you’re probably in the process of choosing after-school or weekend activities for your child for the autumn term. It's a tricky process with so much choice out there.  I’ve…

Tags: safety, extracurricular activities, after-school clubs, security, DBS, free trial, insurance, policies and procedures, Children's activities

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25th January 2012

Should we let our children learn from their own mistakes?

It is a fact universally acknowledged (thank you Jane Austen) that parenting is difficult. There's no real training course, no previous experience and yet the risks if you get it wrong are serious and…

Tags: child development, children, behaviour, parenting, parents, safety

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