Covid-19
Lockdown 2.0
We were hoping to make it to the end of the Autumn term without a second lockdown happening, but Boris has spoken and so it is with regret that we must now close our doors for face to face classes from Thursday 5th November until Wednesday 2nd December (inclusive).
Thank you for your patience whilst we have spent the last 3 days planning for the rest of the term. We are now able to confirm our plans and we hope that you are happy with our arrangements for Lockdown 2.0.
The Plan
We will be starting a 4 week programme of zoom Classes starting from Thursday 5th November to Wednesday 2nd December.
In addition to the lessons remaining for this term, it is also our intention to extend the current term and offer 2 weeks of face to face classes from 3rd December to 19th December. This will be offered at NO EXTRA COST to you and will only go ahead if lockdown restrictions are lifted as per the planned date.
*Please note that the extra 2 weeks of classes WILL NOT take place should the lockdown be extended as we do not want the children to start to experience zoom fatigue.
The Classes on Zoom will be both educational and fun and we are very excited to be providing these for your children again in these extraordinary times. We ran an extensive programme of zoom lessons during the first lockdown and having reviewed the feedback from these lessons, we are confident that we can continue to provide the quality of teaching you would expect from any of our lessons.
Classes
Some of our classes are very difficult to teach on zoom due to space and safety issues and therefore we will be offering alternative classes or credits for any students enrolled in the following classes: -
• Junior Acro – * Please attend the Junior conditioning class instead
• Senior Acro – * Please attend the Senior conditioning class instead
• Primary Acro
• Contemporary – * Please attend the Senior conditioning class instead
• Pointe Class
• Pre-Primary Tap and Ballet – I do not feel I know most of the children well enough to have zoom lessons, having only been with them for a few classes.
If you are unsure as to how these changes affect you, please contact Maxine via admin@danceeducationcentre.co.uk.
Timetable
The zoom timetable is as close as we could get to our normal timetable and most classes are on the same days as the current timetable. We have however made some changes so that the children have less screen time and should only be attending a maximum of 2 lessons on one day. The most notable changes to the timetable are:
Primary Tap and Ballet – There are 3 choices of classes as we would like to have a maximum of 8 children in each class. We recommend, that if possible, you have Ballet on one day and Tap on another to break it up for them. Please sign up to these classes ASAP as these start on Thursday. Maxine will be in touch with all our Primary students separately.
Grade 1 Modern and Ballet Combo – This class has been split so the children have a class on Saturday as before and Modern on a Tuesday.
Grade 3 Modern – This class is now on a Thursday. However, if the majority of students would prefer this on Saturday, please let us know.
Portal
If you have not already done so, please sign up now for our online portal (https://mightynetworks.com/sign_in).
Here you will be able to access all the free material that is already available, including any competitions we may run during lockdown. This is also where you will be able to access the links required for the zoom classes.
Please ensure you have requested and paid to join the relevant group online (£5 to April 2021) and we will ensure you will have access to your groups before classes begin on Thursday. There are videos and information relating to your class on the portal and we will be continuing to add content during lockdown, which means you can access training material at your convenience in addition to your zoom lessons. It is a very useful resource, and we use the online portal as our means of communications with you.
Examinations
We have struggled to get any examinations organised this year and despite our best intentions, the second lockdown has meant that we must cancel them again. We have therefore made the decision to move everyone up to the next grade who was due to take an exam in December.
• Grade 1 Modern – will move to Grade 2 Modern
• Inter foundation Modern – will move to Intermediate Modern
• Standard 5 Ballet – will move to Grade 6 Ballet
• Standard 4 Ballet – will move to Standard 5 Ballet
Credits
As we are offering an online option, in line with our Covid-19 policy we will not be providing any credits unless we are unable to provide the lessons for you online.
Thank you all for your support during this very difficult time.
Kind regards
Amanda
We were hoping to make it to the end of the Autumn term without a second lockdown happening, but Boris has spoken and so it is with regret that we must now close our doors for face to face classes from Thursday 5th November until Wednesday 2nd December (inclusive).
Thank you for your patience whilst we have spent the last 3 days planning for the rest of the term. We are now able to confirm our plans and we hope that you are happy with our arrangements for Lockdown 2.0.
The Plan
We will be starting a 4 week programme of zoom Classes starting from Thursday 5th November to Wednesday 2nd December.
In addition to the lessons remaining for this term, it is also our intention to extend the current term and offer 2 weeks of face to face classes from 3rd December to 19th December. This will be offered at NO EXTRA COST to you and will only go ahead if lockdown restrictions are lifted as per the planned date.
*Please note that the extra 2 weeks of classes WILL NOT take place should the lockdown be extended as we do not want the children to start to experience zoom fatigue.
The Classes on Zoom will be both educational and fun and we are very excited to be providing these for your children again in these extraordinary times. We ran an extensive programme of zoom lessons during the first lockdown and having reviewed the feedback from these lessons, we are confident that we can continue to provide the quality of teaching you would expect from any of our lessons.
Classes
Some of our classes are very difficult to teach on zoom due to space and safety issues and therefore we will be offering alternative classes or credits for any students enrolled in the following classes: -
• Junior Acro – * Please attend the Junior conditioning class instead
• Senior Acro – * Please attend the Senior conditioning class instead
• Primary Acro
• Contemporary – * Please attend the Senior conditioning class instead
• Pointe Class
• Pre-Primary Tap and Ballet – I do not feel I know most of the children well enough to have zoom lessons, having only been with them for a few classes.
If you are unsure as to how these changes affect you, please contact Maxine via admin@danceeducationcentre.co.uk.
Timetable
The zoom timetable is as close as we could get to our normal timetable and most classes are on the same days as the current timetable. We have however made some changes so that the children have less screen time and should only be attending a maximum of 2 lessons on one day. The most notable changes to the timetable are:
Primary Tap and Ballet – There are 3 choices of classes as we would like to have a maximum of 8 children in each class. We recommend, that if possible, you have Ballet on one day and Tap on another to break it up for them. Please sign up to these classes ASAP as these start on Thursday. Maxine will be in touch with all our Primary students separately.
Grade 1 Modern and Ballet Combo – This class has been split so the children have a class on Saturday as before and Modern on a Tuesday.
Grade 3 Modern – This class is now on a Thursday. However, if the majority of students would prefer this on Saturday, please let us know.
Portal
If you have not already done so, please sign up now for our online portal (https://mightynetworks.com/sign_in).
Here you will be able to access all the free material that is already available, including any competitions we may run during lockdown. This is also where you will be able to access the links required for the zoom classes.
Please ensure you have requested and paid to join the relevant group online (£5 to April 2021) and we will ensure you will have access to your groups before classes begin on Thursday. There are videos and information relating to your class on the portal and we will be continuing to add content during lockdown, which means you can access training material at your convenience in addition to your zoom lessons. It is a very useful resource, and we use the online portal as our means of communications with you.
Examinations
We have struggled to get any examinations organised this year and despite our best intentions, the second lockdown has meant that we must cancel them again. We have therefore made the decision to move everyone up to the next grade who was due to take an exam in December.
• Grade 1 Modern – will move to Grade 2 Modern
• Inter foundation Modern – will move to Intermediate Modern
• Standard 5 Ballet – will move to Grade 6 Ballet
• Standard 4 Ballet – will move to Standard 5 Ballet
Credits
As we are offering an online option, in line with our Covid-19 policy we will not be providing any credits unless we are unable to provide the lessons for you online.
Thank you all for your support during this very difficult time.
Kind regards
Amanda