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Big Top Days

Days with our Beautiful Big Tops are an experience the children will never forget. Everyone sees a Comedy Circus Show in the tent, everyone has a go at a huge range of Circus Skills.
A Big Top day includes Shows in the Big Top for up to 300, plus structured or drop in Circus Skills Workshops. Our tents need level, well drained grass with no underground pipes or cables and with access for our van right up to the site.

Circus Skills Days

Circus Skills Workshop Days include a Show/Demonstration, plus Circus Skills Workshops in groups or as a drop in activity. For Schools, Festivals, Fairs, Corporate events and more. From £295+VAT.
Skills vary but can include Juggling with balls, scarves and clubs, Plate spinning, Poi, Devilstick, Chinese Diabolo, beginners Stilts, Feather balancing, Cigar boxes, Chinese ribbons etc. Unicycle and Tightrope can be included on request.

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Christ Church, Coalville

" We wanted to write to send our thanks to James for his work last Friday at Everyone, children and adults loved everything he did with us. We all learnt so much and he was so professional. Well done! Thank you so much it made our day so special "

Tia Watson, Holly Hill School, Notts

" Can I say a huge thank you to Pete for making our day amazing today. Loads of the KS1 children said it was the best day ever!!! They have learnt so much. Pete was brilliant with the children and his whole school assembly was fabulous!!! We will definitely book him again next year.
We have had an absolute ball. I will be highly recommending him to other schools!!! Thanks so so much "

Whirley Primary School, Macclesfield, Cheshire

“ I really don't know where to start. We have had the most amazing day with James today for your circus day. James was absolutely fantastic from start to finish, he was just faultless. The children were engaged from the minute they sat down, right up until the end of the day when we came back together for our show. The way James engaged with the children was perfect, as well as his explanations of how to use the equipment being clear and concise. I have had 12 emails from parents this evening telling me how their children have come home today saying how much fun they had and how good the day was. We even had a comment of 'Today has been the best day ever, I just haven't stopped smiling!’ I really don't know what else to say other than I couldn't rate the company and James any more highly. I will definitely be booking you again in future and I will be sure to pass your information on to as many schools as I can! Thank you SO much for making 60 children, very happy today! “

Events Administrator, Ashby de la Zouch Town Council

" James was an absolute star and kept people entertained throughout the whole event. When he wasn’t doing the demonstrations, he had time and patience with individual children assisting them with circus skills. We received lots of positive feedback regarding the Circus Skills workshop / demonstrations. This is the first time that we have booked anything like this for our event and I would certainly book you for future events "

Elizabeth Kroon - Made in Corby Programme Assistant

" On behalf of all of us at Made in Corby and the community panel of Kingswood and Hazel Leys, I would like to offer our deepest thanks to you all for all of your hard work at the Field Day Festival on Saturday 24th in Corby. The event was, as far as we know, the first of its kind in bringing high quality arts activities to the local community, and the turnout from the local community to engage with these was huge, which we are immensely happy about. You made the day such an enjoyable success, in all the ways that you contributed "

KHL Field Day, Corby, Northants

“We have worked with the team at our annual event for a few years now.
It is a pleasure to work with Circus Sensible. Our community loved the experience and we will book them again for our next event. Keep up the great work.”

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Circus in Schools

Circus Skills workshops in Schools are suitable for Nursery, Primary, Secondary Schools and Colleges in Leicester and can be integrated into many areas of the School curriculum. All our staff are very experienced, have a wide range of Circus and performance skills and have CRB certificates. We have full Public Liability Insurance and can supply Risk Assessments on request. Circus Sensible also run many other workshops in Leicester schools, such as Percussion workshops, African Dance workshops and Magic workshops. For details of all our Schools workshops in Leicester or anywhere in the UK please explore our website or send us a message.

The Science of Circus

"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." In brief, learning a new skill such as Juggling can hard wire our brains to work better and faster! Circus skills help develop and improve concentration skills. This is particularly evident in those children with shorter attention spans. When we run Circus skills workshops in schools the teachers are often amazed that one or more children who usually have a problem concentrating are doing better than anyone else in the class! Learning Circus skills also offers great benefits in terms of physical co-ordination and physical fitness. Circus workshops fit very well into the school curriculum under PE and co-ordination development. In fact there are many areas where Circus workshops offer great opportunities for curriculum enrichment.

Recent Venues in Leicester

Jim’s Tractor Run and Family Fun Day, Ashby de la Zouch
Herrick Primary School, Leicester - Circus Skills
Northfield House Primary Academy, Leicester - Circus Days
Stoneygate School, Leicester - Circus Skills Workshops
Kingsway Primary School, Leicester - Circus Skills Workshops
Eastfield Primary School, Leicester - Big Top in School
Smarties Nursery, Enderby, Leicester - Circus Workshops
Overdale Junior School, Knighton, Leicester - Circus Skills
Rawlins Community College, Quorn - Circus Skills Workshops
Mellor Community Primary School, Leicester - Circus Skills
British Gas Academy Leicester, Leicester - Circus Workshops
Glenmere Primary School, Winston, Leics - Big Top Day
Abington Academy, Winston, Leicester - Circus Workshops
Brookvale High School, Groby, Leics. - Circus Workshops
Bosworth Water Trust, Market Bosworth - Circus Workshops
Brockington College, Enderby, Leicestershire - Circus Skills
Barley Croft Primary School, Beaumont Leys - Circus Skills Workshops
Coalville Park, Leicestershire - MANY Big Top Days!
Braunstone Community Primary School, Leics. - Circus Skills
Mercenfeld Primary School, Larkfield, Leics. - Big Top Days
Christ the King Catholic Primary School, Coventry - Circus Skills
Cutts Close Park, Oakham, Leicestershire - Big Top Day

Benefits of Circus Skills

Circus Skills encourage creative thinking
Circus Skills reinforce positive learning
Circus Skills enhance kinaesthetic skills
Circus Skills instil enthusiasm in the learning process
Circus Skills boost self confidence
Circus Skills aid social & personal development
Circus skills promote cross curricular education
Circus Skills aid the formation of grey matter in the brain
Circus Skills are a fun gateway into physical education
Learning Circus Skills develops language skills
Circus Skills increases self esteem &self awareness
Circus Skills are fun, for children AND adults!

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.