Lucy's blog
9th May 2018
10 Things you never knew about Neverland
The infamous tale of the boy who never grew up captured imaginations over 100 years ago and continues to do so today. Over the decades, it has entered popular culture on a level that few literary…
16th April 2018
Creative choice from Head Teacher saves failing primary school
This week, I shared this article on social media. I read a lot about child development and probably share more articles than my friends and family would thank me for. But this article seemed to strike a…
3rd January 2018
Perform X – so much more than a dance class
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
Finding the Best - How We Recruit Perform Teachers
When Perform parents feed back to me about our teachers, they consistently use the same vocabulary to describe them. 'Nurturing', 'energetic', 'inspiring', 'amazing'…
13th September 2017
‘How was your day?’ – Tips for prizing the details from your kids
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
Developing social skills through drama
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…
19th July 2017
Internet Safety - What Zak & Zara’s Cyberspace Adventure will teach your kids
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
How do we talk to our children about tragic events
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
Why Children Should Learn to Shake Hands
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
Separation Anxiety: How to leave a crying child
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…