Circus Skills Workshops
Schools | Early Years | Public Events
Circus Skills and Schools
Whenever we hear the word circus we tend to visualise one main element... FUN! Immediately we imagine lots of colours, big tops, clowns, people throwing and catching various objects and perhaps some balancing too.
A Circurama workshop encompasses a variety of skills which can help to develop and improve concentration, hand eye coordination, reflexes and timing, rhythm, dexterity and fitness. Our workshops are a great social activity that can be enjoyed by groups of children of all ages and abilities, and can help to encourage personal growth, confidence and self esteem in a safe and friendly “feel good” environment.
Our circus skills workshops can be tailor made to meet the needs of your school. You may prefer a short taster workshop or may want us to attend for a half or a full day’s activity. Alternatively we can deliver a circus skills ‘after school club’ over a period of weeks culminating with a performance... complete with ringmaster!
We are more than happy to work with groups of all sizes and abilities. A short taster session can be from 60 to 90 minutes for smaller groups, compared to a half or full day at your school. For longer sessions, we can start with the school assembly where Magnificent Marty storms in on his unicycle wearing his infamous Hat Of Confidence... much to the children’s surprise and excitement. A circus skills demonstration then takes place along with some help from enthusiastic volunteers. After this, each class can be filtered through the school hall as the children try out all the various circus props on offer. This is an ideal way for exploring circus skills and lots of fun is guaranteed.
Typical activities include juggling, flowersticks, spinning plates, diabolos, poi poi, pedal go wheels, unicycling, skateboarding, balance boards, hula hooping, peacock feather balancing, stilt walking, human pyramids and puppetry.
Sure Start Childrens’s Centres: (Circus skills for early years)
We are firm believers that play in early years is an important tool for learning and exploration. We encompass storytelling, hands on participation with lots and lots and lots of imagination. Our Magic Carpet transports the children to our secret forest where we find a variety of puppet characters and circus equipment. With help from parents, we find out the meaning of all this strange looking equipment.
Sessions with early years children tend to be no more than an hour in length.
Circurama and Family Fun Days at Public Events
Part of Circurama's programme during the summer months involves attending a multitude of Family Fun days and Country Shows around the north of England. Our main aim is to bring a fun element to the event. Here in our enclosure we facilitate a ‘drop in’ circus skills session where children and adults are free to come and try out all of the exciting looking equipment. Also present are our menagerie of walkabout puppets who love to meet everybody along with Bonkers The Clown... who insists on keeping the workshop area immaculately clean and tidy. The workshop lends itself well to a carnival event and is always well attended.