Circus Skills Days

Circus Skills Workshops in Schools, Circus Days, Circus workshops and other Schools workshops

Circus Skills Workshops for Schools

Just a quick email to say a huge thank-you for the fantastic day provided by Circus Sensible. Quite simply, in the two weeks of various agencies providing activities at our summer school, your company has provided the gold standard by which all other agencies that work in school should be judged! - Roger Boulton, University Academy, Birkenhead

Scarf Jugglers at one of Circus sensible

Circus Sensible's Circus Skills workshops for schools start with an Amazing Demonstration of Circus Skills for the whole school, followed by 'hands on' Circus workshops for the children, class by class. Suitable for Nursery upwards. For up to 320 children per day. A Full day of Circus workshops at your school or event costs £275+travel+VAT.

Our workshops include Juggling with scarves, balls and clubs, Plate Spinning, Diabolo, Devilstick and Flowerstick, Poi, Chinese Ribbons, Beginners Stilts, Lolo Balls, Peacock Feathers, Cigar Boxes and more. Unicycle and Tightrope can also be included on request.

For the ULTIMATE Circus Experience, try one of our BIG TOP Days. Shows, Workshops and our Beautiful Big Tops. £1275+travel+VAT

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Circus Skills workshops for Schools are suitable for Nursery, Primary, Secondary Schools and Colleges and can be integrated into many areas of the School curriculum. All our staff are very experienced and have CRB certificates. We have full Public Liability Insurance.

Stiltwalkers at a Circus skills workshop in school event

Hula Hoop as part of a circus skills workshops

Recent Scientific research has shown the value of Circus Skills and other physical skills in an educational environment. It has been recognised that the core skills which are utilised and developed when we learn and practice a challenging and creative activity such as Circus skills, can then be carried over into the more academic areas of education.

"Complex tasks such as juggling produce significant changes to the structure of the brain, according to scientists at Oxford University.
In the journal, Nature Neuroscience, the scientists say they saw a 5% increase in white matter - the cabling network of the brain." BBC News

Activities such as Circus skills have been used with great success as an educational tool, as an aid to learning as well as therapeutically with children at risk and with children with special needs. Autistic children have been observed to respond particularly well to Circus skills in schools.

Circus skills are an opportunity for children and adults to discover and develop skills such as Concentration, Information retention, Concept visualisation, hand eye co-ordination and self awareness. These skills can then be used in many other settings including social situations and in conventional educational settings whilst learning the core subjects.

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Circus Sensible have worked nationally and internationally, with schools, community groups, charities and festivals for over 25 years. We have developed close working relationships with some of the very best tutors and performers in the industry

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Children waiting for their turn in the Circus Tent as part of a Circus workshop for schools event with Circus Sensible

Scarf juggler in a Circus workshop for schools

Circus skills reinforce positive learning

Circus skills encourage creative thinking
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Learning Circus skills develops language skills
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Here are a few of the Schools we have visited in the past 12 months:

Dale Grove Primary Centre, Hyde, Tameside - Circus Skills workshops
Portal House School, Dover, Kent Circus skills workshops
Kew out of School Club, London Circus skills workshops
Dawley CE Primary School, Telford Circus skills workshops
Dane Grove School, Barnet Circus skills workshops
St Stephens CE Primary School, Shepherds Bush Circus Skills workshops
St Cuthbert’s RC Primary, North Shields Circus skills workshops
Ben Jonson Primary School, London Circus skills workshops
The Beacon Centre, Albion High School, Manchester Circus skills workshops, Drum workshops
Gatten & Lake Primary, Isle of Man, Circus skills workshops
St Joseph’s School, Upton, Circus skills workshops
Holy Trinity School, Gravesend, Circus skills workshops
Sacred Heart Primary, Wigan, Circus skills workshops
Raglan School, Enfield, Middlesex, Circus skills workshops
Davyhulme Primary School, Manchester Circus skills workshops
Burnley Brow School, Oldham, Circus Skills workshops, Circus Shows with our Circus Tents.
Dovery Down School, Leighton Buzzard A Day with our Circus Tent including Circus skills and shows.
Hill House School, Bath, Avon.
Coworth Flexlands School, Chobham, Surrey.
Fetcham Village Infant School, Surrey.
Bengeo Primary School, Hertford, Hertfordshire
Parkwood Academy, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
St Stephen’s School, Audenshaw, Tameside.
Hook Primary School, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Swindon Academy, Wiltshire.
Skinner Street Primary, Gillingham, Kent.
St Peter’s Primary, Bromyard, Herefordshire.
Weydon Secondary School, Farnham, Surrey.
Westminster School, Bradford, West Yorkshire.
St. Mary’s Primary School, Consett, County Durham.
Haberdashers Askes Crayford Academy, Elstree, Hertfordshire.
Dulverton Primary School, New Eltham, Greater London.
Cubitt Town Infants School, Isle of Dogs, London.
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary, Worcester.
Robin Hood Primary School, London.
Wigton Moor Primary School, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Dolphin School Summer Fayre, Hurst, Berkshire.
St Mary’s CE School, Oldham, Lancashire.
Rendcomb College Junior School, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary, Ilkley, Yorkshire.
Bishop Heber School, Chester, Cheshire.
Our Lady of Lincoln Primary, Lincolnshire.
Delph Primary School, Oldham, Lancashire.
Oldfield Brow Primary School, Altrincham, Cheshire.
Newhall Park School, Bradford, Yorkshire.
Osmaston Primary School, Derbys.
St Wystan’s School, Repton, Derbyshire.
Gayton Primary School, Heswall, Wirral, Cheshire.
Whitehall School, Somersham, Cambridgeshire.
Butlers Court School Summer Fair, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
St Bernards School, Burnage, Manchester.
Thistley Hough High School, Stoke, Staffordshire.
Thorpe Primary, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
Sibford School, Banbury, Oxon.
Norfolk Lodge Montessori School, Barnet, Hertfordshire.
Hyde Clarendon College, Tameside.
Heathrow Primary School, Slough, Berkshire.
Pictor School, Sale, Manchester.
Oakhurst First School, Dorset.
Radcliffe Riverside, Bury, Lancashire.
Oakhurst Primary School, Swindon, Wiltshire.
Worthington Primary School, Leicester.
St Agnes RC Primary, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.
St. Paul's CE Primary School, Salford.
Moorside Primary School, Swinton, Manchester.
Trinity School, Nottingham - Circus skills workshops.
Greenfield School, Oldham, Lancashire -
Bradley Nursery School, Burnley, Lancashire.
Attleborough Junior School, Norfolk - Circus skills workshops.
Riders Infant School, Havant, Hampshire.
Our Lady and Saint Benedict Catholic School, Stoke, Staffordshire.
Ladbrooke JMI School, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.
St. Anne's School, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire.
Carrington Junior School, Manchester - Circus skills workshops.
St Thomas Primary, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
Rose Hill School, Marple, Cheshire.
Leigh Primary School, Manchester - Circus skills workshops.
Woodham Burn Junior School, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.
Oakwood Park School, Maidstone, Kent - Circus skills in School.
Great Bedwyn Primary School, Wiltshire.
Sutton Valence Preparatory School, Maidstone, Kent.
St. Bedes School, Redhill, Surrey.
Forefield Infants School, Liverpool, Lancashire.
Christ the Saviour Primary School, Ealing, London.
Eastover School, Bridgewater, Somerset.
Birchensale Middle School, Redditch, Worcestershire.
Christ Church C Of E Primary School, Colne, Lancashire.
Alder Community High School, Hyde, Tameside - Circus skills workshops for schools.
Town Farm Primary School, Stanwell, Middlesex.
Dedworth Green School, Windsor, Berkshire - Circus skills workshops.
St. Edwards School, Lees, Oldham, Lancashire - Circus skills workshops.
St. Mary's Primary, Tunstall, Staffordshire - Circus skills workshops for schools.
Heron Park Community Primary, Eastbourne, East Sussex.
Smithy Street School, Stepney, London - Circus workshops in schools.
Adlington Primary School, Cheshire - Circus workshops in school.
Diggle School, Oldham, Lancashire - Circus skills workshops.
St. Joseph's College, Trent Vale, Staffordshire - Circus skills workshops for schools.
Longford Park Primary School, Coventry, West Midlands.
Janet Duke Primary School, Basildon, Essex.

Those are just a few examples of venues and events from the last year. We have run Circus skills workshops in well over two thousand Schools over the years and days with our Big Tops at almost as many. Our Circus tents are also available for hire, and we can provide many other types of workshops for schools including Drum workshops, Dance workshops and Art workshops.
If you need more information about our Circus workshops for schools or any other aspect of our schools workshops, please contact us.

The Circus sensible van loaded up and ready to tour the country offering Circus workshops in Schools

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All our staff have CRB certificates for running Circus workshops in schools and other activities

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Mr Sensible was fantastic. The children were captivated and found his show amazing and hilarious! His methods of teaching the basics of scarf juggling and feather balacing ensured that all children succeeded and were engaged. The variety of equipment he brought was vast and the children really enjoyed the opportuinity to try so many different skills. A brilliant morning - thank you! - Jamie Chadwick, Boarshaw Primary School, Rochdale, Lancashire.

Hi Clive, thank you so much for yesterday. The children all had a fantastic time. It was lovely to see even the quietest of pupils become so animated and involved in your sessions. Also it was interesting to watch the 'cool' Year 6's drop their guards and throw themselves into the activities with such gusto! - Helen Courtney, Aldford Primary School, Chester.

Dear Clive, I would like to express my gratitude to all at Circus Sensible for the Fantastic day you gave everyone at Upton Priory. The children thoroughly enjoyed every second.
The children and their diabolo's have transformed playtimes, with the children happily sharing and teaching each other new tricks. It has given them a focus and activity during chill time. I cannot thank you enough for the entertainment and promotion of simple skills and basic fun Circus Sensible have introduced to the children. Thank you.
- Karen Powell, Chair of PTA, Upton Priory School, Macclesfield, Cheshire.

Just a brief letter to say thank you for the input of your team into Activity Week at Bishop Heber. Could you please pass on our sincere thanks to Neil, who did an absolutely amazing job of both entertaining and instructing the pupils (and Staff!!) with his Circus Skills workshops on Monday.
The Year 9 pupils involved in the workshops really enjoyed themselves and took away some great memories of the day. They learnt some valuable and useful lessons and can hopefully put these to productive use in the future. There were very many positive feedback comments about the day, both from pupils and staff, who also enjoyed the activities.
Once again, thank you to you and Neil for your time and enthusiasm and we hope that you can be involved again in future years.
- Mrs G Gauterin, Bishop Heber High School, Malpas, Cheshire

Just a short note to say just how much the children in my class have enjoyed the event. Many of the children overcame difficulties such as balance and co-ordination to achieve success. Your manner with the children was excellent, being funny, amusing and making the children strive for excellence. This has been one of the best days that the children have ever had (according to them- I can’t understand why they prefer your lessons rather than the literacy or maths lessons that I teach) Anyway, I have to say i have never laughed so much or been so proud of my bunch of children. They cannot stop talking about it.
Thank you again it was a wonderful day.
- Debbie Aldread Assistant Headteacher, Pilsley Primary

Circus Sensible provided a FANTASTIC week long contribution to Girlguiding Wirral's Centenary Celebrations. Stilt walkers, interactive dance, drumming workshops, circus shows and skills, they provided workshops so the girls could be involved in the opening ceremony and they provided the most fantastic fire show for our closing. They provided the carnival atmosphere they promised. They surpassed our expectations and that of many of our leaders and girls and we could not recommend them highly enough. Can't wait to have another event we can use them for! THANKYOU PapaClive & Crew!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Linda Smallthwaite, Wirral Girl Guides.

Circus Sensible ran a day of circus skills workshops at our Primary school.Clive was wonderful and engaged the children in all key stages. The children really enjoyed the day and gained a lot from their activities, remaining focussed and on task whilst having fun. We would recommend 'Circus Sensible' to anyone thinking of a curriculum enrichment day.
- Milton St. John's School, Tameside.

We have been teaching and performing Circus in Schools for over 25 years. We can also come for longer, anything up to week long residencies ending with a performance by the children.
Call us for more information about Circus skills workshops, Circus tent hire, or any other aspect of Circus in schools.

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All Circus Sensible Staff are CRB checked

All Circus Sensible Staff are CRB checked

Circus Skills
A FULL Day of Circus skills workshops for up to 350 children.

Great for Confidence building, Co-ordination, Physical fitness and FUN!

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Circus Skills Days

Circus Skills Workshops in Schools, Circus Days, Circus workshops and other Schools workshops

Circus Skills Workshops for Schools

Here are a few of the Schools we have visited in the past 12 months:

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