Preschool Sessions

All our sessions are for Parents or guardians and children to enjoy gymnastics together.

Sessions are in Cheadle Hulme on:

Mondays at Base camp, Oak Avenue, Sk8 5DR

• 9:30-10:15 – Little Acorns – walking – 4 years with parent participation and is an exploration session with a start and end group task.

Fridays at Base Camp, Oak Avenue, SK8 5DR

• 10:30-11:15 – Little Acorns – walking – 4 years with parent participation and is an exploration session with a start and end group task

Saturdays at Centenary Hall, Benja Fold, Ack Lane East, Bramhall, SK7 2BX

• 10 – 10:45 – Little Acorns – walking – 4 years with parent participation and is an exploration session with a start and end group task.

The following classes are on a waiting list:

10:30-11:15 – Buds – ages 2-3 years with parent participation. This session is partly structured.

11:30-12:15 – Seedlings – 3-4 years with parent participation. This is a fully structured session.

• Holiday sessions – Acorns at play – up to and including 5 years come and play session.

To book a single session trial please register your details on the button below

• Once registered select > Lesson trials on the top menu
• Click > Apply to new lesson trial.
• Select the class and date you require.
• You will then be asked to check your child’s details
• Click > Pay and you will be taken to the payment page

After your trial, we will send you a direct debit invitation email which will outline the payment structure.

The monthly fee is from £20* paid at the latest, a week before the start of the month. This means you pay on monthly direct debit with the same fee set over 12 months which is at a discounted price. *prices include a platform fee of 20p per transaction and approximately 4%.

The sessions are on a monthly direct debit. Sessions are term time only and therefore 38 weeks of the year.

Little Acorns sessions are available on a Pay As You Go option of £6.50* per session.

*All fees mentioned also include a platform fee of 20p & around 4% fee.

Please register on the parent portal by using the link above and then if there are places available, they will be in the pay as you go section on the system. You must book before attending. For insurance reasons, attendance will not be given without payment.

We are members of independent Gymnastics Association – IGA. Preschool gymnasts do not need to be members with IGA to be insured.

What do the Preschool sessions include?

All our sessions are themed and start with a warm up to raise the heart rate. Using hand apparatus we work on stretching, coordination, body preparation and basic gymnastics shapes. The Little acorns do a basic version of this, and then can go and play on the equipment. We demonstrate the circuits like we do for the second class but all at the beginning after the group activity. This is to give all attending, adults and children, an idea what can be done on the layout but the children can go and play on any of the equipment however they like as long as they are safe.

Buds and Seedlings layouts are the same. We start with a group warm up activity on the floor area, then move on to the circuits demonstrating one and encouraging the children to follow it. Buds class can still explore the equipment but are encouraged to come back to the circuit we are working on. This is because children are still learning to follow instructions at this age. It is advised that parents let them run around a little bit but encourage them to come back to the circuit. The Seedlings class are expected to join in more with the activities and do more of the suggested activities but as a minimum to stay on the circuit we are working on.

There are three circuits laid out. Beam, Floor & Vault, and Bars. The gymnastics skill for these change with the term themes which are done for 3 or 4 weeks because children learn through repetition. Our circuits include practicing those all important fine motor skills as well as gross motor skills.

We end the session the same way we start, with a group activity. These can vary. Some weeks we work on group cooperation and some weeks we work on a challenge to progress a move ready for it to be added into one of our circuits and move on to the next step, some weeks we do a rhyme and actions. We close the session with a recap on the objectives and talk about our favourite things from the session.