Mumof1

Hi, could I see pics please of all . 
thanks

16 minutes ago, BalletBoysDad said:

I believe JA1 will be a combined class of Y4 and Y5 girls. JA2 will be a dedicated boys class for all years, 4/5/6 combined. So JA3 is presumably the Y6 girls class.

We’re JA3 and year 5

1 hour ago, Curlypearl said:

Waist is 58cm and length is 58cm

A touch too big but thank you 

Hi there. What are the measurements of the skirt ? 

3 minutes ago, Balletboymum said:

Does anyone know anything about the yr 4 JA in Birmingham? 🙂

There’s a RBS Junior Associate Newbies thread on here. It might be more helpful for you to ask seasoned JA parents. 

Hello, 

my daughter will be joining year 5 london . Reading through past posts has already been helpful too and I’m sure will be as we prepare closer to the time. 

1 minute ago, Babyballerinamum said:

Thanks! Super helpful. My DD is so excited, she wants to know everything right now!

 

Any other London newbies want to create a group to intro ourselves and DCs before they start?

Yes please ! I know my daughter would love to have some familiar faces before she joins 

8 minutes ago, BusyDancemum said:

My daughter really enjoyed the JEP last year. When I saw some JA’s posting on Instagram about their classes, their def seemed to similarities between what my daughter was doing and what they were doing. So I’m guessing it was a slightly modified class that was a bit shorter and obv every other week. 

14 hours ago, Dancing unicorn said:

Hiya

Size 2 says age 9-10!

my daughter was yr6 when I bought it for her!

 

 

I might leave it just incase it’s not right. Thanks though 

5 hours ago, Dancing unicorn said:

All you new JA’s out there!

I still have a size 2 for sale

£8 plus post 🥰

May I ask what size 2 is ? Sorry but there isn’t a size chart anywhere I can see 

We got in for year 5 london, after SWL last year. Congratulations to all the SWL and so sorry to the no’s. It’s obviously still harder this year due to less spaces. 

55 minutes ago, DancingMatilda said:

Controversial but I'm wondering if results will be after the government announcement on 14th June about social distancing guidelines being relaxed from 21st? I think distancing rules were a key point in how many children they could accept last year? 

Good point. But I’m wondering if that were the case, would they also have delayed the mid associates results too? 

2 minutes ago, Isabella said:

My niece is a JEP and she said there’s around 14 people on zoom I just assumed they were from her centre alone not sure if they’re from the other centres too. 

There’s multiple centres per class. 

17 minutes ago, Babyballerinamum said:

I had no idea it was that small - we have 2 JEP in our ballet school (Y4 & Y5 London) so assumed it was quite a big cohort 😳

I can’t be certain but it was just my guess as the classes seem so mixed. When we divided the no of children , in two different classes, to how many centres. 

43 minutes ago, Isabella said:

I think the JEP students would form a class of  new Year 5 on their own. It would be odd for them to be selected for that programme, train for a year and then say no to them. 

I also think there are only 3,4,5 engagement programme children per centre. Not a huge amount ! 

26 minutes ago, Sassydancer said:

Sorry, I’m new to all this...what is JEP? Thanks 

Hi, 

last year due to covid and their possibly being fewer places than usual due to covid and having to social distancing, the children who were on the short waiting list were offered an online programme called the junior engagement programme (JEP) 

these classes were an hour and 10 mins long and took place every other week. Any child in this programme still had to re- audition if they wanted to apply again. Hope that helps. 

12 hours ago, Sassydancer said:

Hello

Will there be any in person auditions following the viewing of the videos? Or are all decisions made totally on the videos? 
😊 Thanks in advance xxx

No idea, I thought there might be but if we’re getting results in June, like they wrote in the email,  I imagine not. 

18 minutes ago, Balletbuds80 said:

Is anyone else driving themselves crazy by watching their child's audition videos? 😂

Ha ha, I have watched my daughters videos a couple of times. Not a good move as each time I pick up on more things that I know she could have done better at. 

We are year 5 london, and had views a week ago. We also were quite early in submitting our videos. 

39 minutes ago, Balletbuds80 said:

We’ve had a view last night between 2300 and 0000 according to analytics. I am hoping i am wrong. We have applied for a Leeds Year 5 place. Only 40% of 3rd video viewed too. Now i am going to drive myself crazy with what that means 😂

Last year my daughters videos were only viewed for a very short time which I worried meant they had disregarded her straight away. Then a week or so before they sent out results the videos were viewed again a few more times and she ended Getting the short waiting list and JEP, so def don’t read into the analytics too much. 

33 minutes ago, Twinkletoes22 said:

What is the junior engagement program please?

Due to there being fewer places because of covid, the children who were on the short waiting list were offered the programme which is a 1 hr 15 minute class every other week online . 

7 minutes ago, Balletbuds80 said:

If we are on track with the roadmap out then there will be no more restrictions on social contact from 21st June which would suggest all would be back to life as we knew it by then 🤞🏻 So hopefully full size classes by then also.
Has anyone had a view yet? I am doubtful they are going to get through all the videos and let us know in April as suggested in an earlier post. Last year the Y6 were separate and it took them a month to go though the Y4&5 by each Centre. 

Oh yes of course. I think this last year has turned me into a massive pessimist where all this is concerned. 
I won’t believe it until it’s happened 🤣

11 minutes ago, SarahG1881 said:

Is the JEP programme definitely happening again?

I have no idea , I was just wondering how long social distancing in classes was going to last. Hopefully by sept there won’t be and they’ll be taking the usual amount of students so no need for the extra JEP programme . 

3 minutes ago, SarahG1881 said:

Can anybody give a rough estimate of how many apply for year 5 and how many gain a place? 
Are we looking at a couple of hundred per year, per centre or much less/much more? 

Due to the limited amount of places for this year You’d assume there would be more than normal for next year. But if the school still has to social distance students in the studio maybe there won’t be ??? And the junior engagement programme will be going for another year ? 

6 minutes ago, Raquelle said:

I don't think they've published the figures for the last 2 years yet...last years figures were unusual due to covid...they took a lot less due to covid (our JA teacher told us). I don't think there is anything official though. They normally take around 10/15% of those who audition but it varies by centre....x 

I looked and it was fascinating to see the no’s increase over the years and see all the breakdowns of places etc. 
Although the last 2 published annual reports don’t go into as much detail as the previous ones.