Pointeshoesarethedream Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Hello For those of you with children that have been in year 7 this year or recently, would you be able to give me an idea of a day in the life of? With a daughter that will be auditioning this time round, I’m trying to find out as much as possible about each of the schools and one thing I’m struggling to find is example timetables. I have one for Elmhurst and I can see they do about 4 hours of dancing each day. Could anyone give me any insight into * Moorland * White Lodge * Tring * Hammond Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farawaydancer Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Hammond is more variable. Some days they only have one hour of dance, others they have dance almost all day. There’s no set format to the days and every year group is different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farawaydancer Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 They do have a full morning of dance every Saturday though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrise81 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 3 hours ago, SJBallet said: Hello For those of you with children that have been in year 7 this year or recently, would you be able to give me an idea of a day in the life of? With a daughter that will be auditioning this time round, I’m trying to find out as much as possible about each of the schools and one thing I’m struggling to find is example timetables. I have one for Elmhurst and I can see they do about 4 hours of dancing each day. Could anyone give me any insight into * Moorland * White Lodge * Tring * Hammond Thank you Plus Elmhurst should also have RAD on a Saturday......though my Dd didn't this year because of covid restrictions and having the associates in the school at the same time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointeshoesarethedream Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 38 minutes ago, Farawaydancer said: Hammond is more variable. Some days they only have one hour of dance, others they have dance almost all day. There’s no set format to the days and every year group is different. Thank you @Farawaydancer that’s another one I can now add to the list of knowledge. I’m an information gatherer so anything I can find out is really helpful 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointeshoesarethedream Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 Just now, sunrise81 said: Plus Elmhurst should also have RAD on a Saturday......though my Dd didn't this year because of covid restrictions and having the associates in the school at the same time Thank you @sunrise81 That’s a shame. But good to hear under normal circumstances RAD is part of their week. That’s a big tick in the box too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farawaydancer Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 RAD is built into the timetable at Hammond too, about three hours per week in y7/8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointeshoesarethedream Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Farawaydancer said: RAD is built into the timetable at Hammond too, about three hours per week in y7/8. Oh brilliant thank you. This is all so helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrise81 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Elmhurst have just also released the dates of their open day and experience day......they book up quickly though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointeshoesarethedream Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 Thank you. I got in there quickly for the experience day as I’ve been waiting for them so that’s all booked. £70 though 😮 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrise81 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Yes it was £60 for us 2 years ago......I remember standing in a queue at Disneyland booking her place!!! It was after that day she decided it was Elmhurst for her 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointeshoesarethedream Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 DD currently has Moorland and WL at the top of her list. She’s had a very good experience at Moorland Summer School so we really love it there. I think Elmhurst would suit DD more than WL but DD isn’t sure. So I’m hoping she gets a good insight into Elmhurst when we go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raquelle Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Hello! We were in your position last year...what a rollercoaster! Dd off to elmhurst in Sept! We went on all the open days (all virtual so hard to really get a flavour of the schools). I was under the impression that all the schools seemed to do a similar amount of dance (around 4 hours daily as you say). We applied for the 4 doing mds although Moorland looks lovely and I know they do bursaries. YdA also seemed a lovely school with bursaries, however we live quite far and they don't have boarding houses so wasn't for us. Good luck with everything xxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointeshoesarethedream Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 Thank you @Raquelle Good luck to your DD in Sept. Virtual sounds good even if you can’t get a good sense of the school itself. I think we’d struggle time wise to visit all 5, so starting off with the those at the top of the list and taking it from there. I think I saw that Tring still had their open day video on line so we will have a look at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busymum Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 (edited) Tring lower school, so Years 7,8 and 9, have their dancing in the mornings and academics in the afternoon. Middle school, years 10 and 11, are the opposite and have a longer day. Lower school start dancing at 8.30 and finish 12.15, Academics start around 1.15 (around that time) and finish at 4.45, they then have prep 5-6, then supper. They also have RAD ballet and ISTD tap and modern classes on a Saturday but they don't start until year 8. Middle school start academics at 8.30, finish around 12.30 and dance 1.45-6.30 have supper and then prep 7-8.30. Also exam dance classes on a Saturday. Also in the run up to GCSE's they can have extra academic from 8. Edited to add they have ballet every day, sometimes double ballet. I think from memory my DS had almost all ballet 2 or 3 days a week. So would either have an extra long ballet class or normal ballet class and then boys have separate boys ballet whilst girls then had a separate class for pointe work. Edited August 19, 2021 by Busymum add ballet classes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointeshoesarethedream Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 Thank you @Busymumagain this is so helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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