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Experiencing Tiny Tunes classes helps with your child’s self-esteem & self-confidence. Early music exposure can help promote critical listening skills, language & literacy, creativity & coordination in the future. Dancing can be simply moving to a beat and does not have to involve complex routines! This in turn will help develop coordination, balance, flexibility & strength. Singing & dancing together can become a form of expression when they can’t yet talk. It is a joyful & relaxing experience that will enhance the bond & attachment you and your little one share together, so why not give it a go!

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Movers and Shakers classes run for thirty minutes. Parents sit with their children as they enjoy familiar songs and rhymes, learn some signs, play a musical instrument, move and dance, play parachute games, and get lost in the bubbles. At the beginning of each session, the Movers and Shakers class leader introduces someone who will help out during the class. Young eyes will light up as the puppet assistant emerges from her bed to warm up everyone’s body and voice. Then all the young movers and shakers are ready to join in with the songs, actions, rhymes and signs. Every Movers and Shakers session follows a theme, such as Animals, Toys, The Weather or Under the Sea. To find out what this week’s theme is, all the movers and shakers come into the circle to unwrap the week’s special object. Each week, young movers and shakers explore an instrument. It might be a tambourine, maracas, a bell or an agogo. They discover that instruments can be shaken, rolled, rattled and scratched in all sorts of styles and rhythms to make many different sounds. Every session ends with some fantastic parachute games. Young movers and shakers are always delighted by the parachute – especially when it is their turn to explore underneath! To round off the session, the room is filled with bubbles, which can be chased, caught, popped or even made into bubble caterpillars. During Movers and Shakers classes, children: - build up appropriate core vocabulary - start learning sign language - explore their immediate surroundings - exercise their voice and body - make important discoveries about themselves and the world - have a huge amount of fun! These sessions are suitable for children aged 0-3 years old.

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Part of Pop School and Stage Academy, our magical musical theatre sessions for 4-6 years are a fun filled introduction to performing arts incorporating dancing, singing, acting and performance. Classes include confidence boosting drama games, vocal warm ups and singing, and dancing. Each term focusses on a new exciting theme and working toward a performance on stage or screen.

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In our young toddler classes you will find a wide range of activities to stimulate this very active age group! We use counting and movement songs and different instruments to hold the growing attention span of your little ones. This class is more physical as young toddlers benefit greatly from a lot of ‘hands - on’ musical play with their adults! We start to introduce concepts that are developed fully in the pre-school classes, such as listening and responding, counting, colours, getting out & packing away the instruments, and how to bring calm moments to the class using teddies and lullabies. We will encourage you to dance with your little ones, hold their hands, swing them round, lift them up, bounce them around, make them laugh and harness all their raw energy into having fun together! These Boppin' Bunnies classes are suitable for children aged 18 months - 4 years old. Per term = £8/class | Per half term = £9/class | 1st time taster = £8 & Drop-in = £10 both subject to availability.

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The Chickenshed Community Choir is a uniquely inclusive environment to develop your singing skills as part of an ensemble through a fantastic series of vocal sessions. During the workshop, you will learn and help to develop vocal arrangements for a wonderful mix of songs arranged with a Chickenshed twist! Each week choir members have the opportunity to gain skills, confidence and a deeper understanding of how different voices can work together. To put your newfound skills into practice, there will be ample opportunities to perform throughout the year! No previous participation, experience or ability to read music is required - all you need is an interest in singing and plenty of enthusiasm! Sessions held at Christ the King Church between 8th November - 13th December are cash only.

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Pop School & Stage Academy (PSSA) Triple threat performing arts training for stage and screen. Students are split into age groups to rotate round three hours of dancing, singing and acting classes taught by leading industry professionals. Each term is themed around performance projects including music videos, short films and a professionally staged musical in a local theatre every Summer. Our Summer term is Show Term and all PSSA & Little Stage Academy classes are currently working toward a performance of Seussical Jr in July.

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Pop School & Stage Academy (PSSA) Triple threat performing arts training for stage and screen. Students are split into age groups to rotate round three hours of dancing, singing and acting classes taught by leading industry professionals. Each term is themed around performance projects including music videos, short films and a professionally staged musical in a local theatre every Summer. Our Summer term is Show Term and all PSSA & Little Stage Academy classes are currently working toward a performance of Seussical Jr in July.

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This is open to all: songs are learnt by ear without musical notation and field recordings are often used for source material. Lyrics will be available after initially learning a song by, both in the form of handouts and also on the online groupsite, along with sound recordings of all material. We focus on learning a new song by ear each week and then often break into smaller groups to work on specific techniques such as ornamentation, harmony singing and interpretation. We cover techniques applicable to solo singing, but most singing is done in groups. However, there are opportunities for solo singing for those who wish. Britain contains a large and highly evolved repertoire of traditional song covering a variety of genres – from ballads and comic songs to work songs and ceremonial songs – as well as a wealth of singing styles. This class aims to introduce these extraordinary traditions through a practical workshop, through the learning and exploration of these songs and listening in to the voice of our cultural ancestors. Young people 12–15 years old may attend with a participating, responsible adult over 18 years of age.

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In this relaxed environment children and their grown-ups sing and dance together and have fun. All the songs and rhymes have actions to join in with. - Skipping, hopping, running or creeping. - Finger rhymes and counting rhymes - Being thrown up in the air - Bouncing on a lap - Rowing in a boat - Rhymes to be quiet and rhymes to be noisy. Children have plenty of opportunities to ask for their favourites. We also use our Music Bag full of instruments, glove & finger puppets a parachute the gathering drums and lots of bubbles. When it's your birthday there's a candle, we'll sing to you and make a magic cake. Suitable for babies through to 4 years old.

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In our young toddler classes you will find a wide range of activities to stimulate this very active age group! We use counting and movement songs and different instruments to hold the growing attention span of your little ones. This class is more physical as young toddlers benefit greatly from a lot of ‘hands - on’ musical play with their adults! We start to introduce concepts that are developed fully in the pre-school classes, such as listening and responding, counting, colours, getting out & packing away the instruments, and how to bring calm moments to the class using teddies and lullabies. We will encourage you to dance with your little ones, hold their hands, swing them round, lift them up, bounce them around, make them laugh and harness all their raw energy into having fun together! These Boppin' Bunnies classes are suitable for children aged 18 months - 4 years old. Per term = £8/class | Per half term = £9/class | 1st time taster = £8 & Drop-in = £10 both subject to availability.

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