Lucy's blog
21st May 2015
Pushy parents stress out children
"Pushy parents stress out children” according to Tony Little, the Head Teacher of Eton School in an article published on Monday by Abigail Simmons for bbc.co.uk, which you can read here. He…
8th May 2015
Team Elsa or Anna - who's the winner?
We’ve just released details of this year's Summer Holiday courses and I'm excited to say that we’ll be putting on mini-musical versions of The Ice Queen for 4- 7 year…
24th April 2015
Making speeches from a very young age
I’m passionate about children being confident when they speak in public and it’s something that we are very committed to at Perform. We have numerous exercises that we play with the children…
10th April 2015
I came across an article yesterday by Spanish paediatrician Carlos Gonzalez and its title, “What to do if your child won’t eat” grabbed me because I have two extremely picky little eaters…
17th March 2015
Are schools failing our children?
In the words of Roald Dahl's, Matilda, Sometimes, you have to be a little bit naughty. We’re all a little bit naughty sometimes so it figures that our children are too. But, when…
17th February 2015
One of my friends has just been told that her child has Sensory Processing Disorder. Sensory Processing Disorder is when children find it hard to handle the information their senses take in. It typically…
26th January 2015
I read this article recently which discusses how parents bribe their children with computer time. I have to say that it did rather resonate with me as I am definitely guilty of using my iPad to…
8th January 2015
Does learning a musical instrument help brain development?
I know plenty of very bright musicians but does learning to play a musical instrument at an early age actually help with brain development? Or is it simply that parents who can…
11th December 2014
Top tips for taking children to the theatre
I have quite a lot of theatre trips planned for my kids this Christmas and with the panto season in full swing I thought I’d post the blog I wrote a few years ago about top tips for taking children…
27th November 2014
As a parent of two young children (5 & 7) I am aware that sometimes they do spend a bit too much time than I’d like on the iPad. But I've always taken the view that, providing you supervise…