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Circus Days in Cardiff

Circus in Cardiff

Circus days for Schools & Events in Cardiff. Circus Skills Workshop Days & Big Top Days for Festivals, Fairs, Schools, Fundraisers, Corporate events, Parties etc. CALL NOW for Circus skills Workshops, Big Top days etc. in Cardiff,South Wales and all over the UK

Big Top Days in Cardiff

Days with our Beautiful Big Tops in Cardiff 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 in Cardiff 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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St Philip Evans Catholic Primary, Cardiff
“I just wanted to thank you for yesterday and feedback how may of the pupils came to me in the office at the end of the day to say how much fun they had! “
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Guilsfield School, Welshpool, POWYS
“ I would just like to say a huge thank you for the magical experience you all provided the children of Guilsfield school with today. They have all had a great day filled with fun and laughter and have gone home with memories to treasure. “
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Gwladys Street Primary, Mold
"Again I would just like to thank your company for the great work you do with the children. Our Year 2 entry point to our circus themed topic was fantastic today because of the skills Neil taught them. All our children and staff had a great day. I look forward to working with you again in the future”
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Monmouthshire Housing Association, Wales
" The guys at Circus Sensible were fantastic! At both our workshops their encouragement and enthusiasm was infectious with children and parents of all ages getting involved. They had the right amount of comedy and interaction that kept even the youngest of children engaged, from balancing feathers to spinning plates it was great to see everyone having an amazing time, losing inhibitions, gaining confidence and learning new skills’ "
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Monmouth School for Girls, Monmouthshire
" I just wanted to drop you a line to say how fabulous the circus chaps were on sunday! They were some of the nicest performers I have ever met and nothing was too much trouble.  They were flexible, fun, safe and incredibly professional! So thank you for sticking with us when we were trying to sort out payment and as soon as I have a date for next year, I shall be on the phone booking them out again! "

Circus in Schools

Circus Skills workshops in Schools in Cardiff are suitable for Nursery, Primary, Secondary Schools and Colleges in Cardiff 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 Cardiff schools, such as Percussion workshops, African Dance workshops and Magic workshops. For details of all our Schools workshops in Cardiff or anywhere in the UK please explore our website or send us a message.
What does a Circus Skills workshop in Cardiff include? Our workshops are tailored to the event and age group and can include:

A Demonstration of the skills to get the day started with a bang! That's followed by the hands on sessions including:

- Juggling with balls, scarves and clubs
- Chinese diabolo (spinny thing on a string!)
- Devilstick or flower stick.
- Poi and Chinese ribbon
- Beginners stilts and bucket stilts
- Lolo balls
- Hula hoop
- Plate spinning
- Feather balancing
- Cigar boxes, fun wheels, unicycle and tightrope.

To end the day we can all get together in the school hall again so that some of the children can show off their new skills.

Learn how to spin a plate by clicking here!

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 near Cardiff

Lydstep Beach Village, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, South Wales - Big Top
Rumney Primary School, Cardiff - Circus Workshops
Greenway Primary School, Cardiff - Big Top Days
Howell's School, Llandaff - Circus Skills Workshops
Ysgol Bro Morgannwg, Barry - Circus Skills Workshops
St. Cadoc's Catholic Primary School, Llanrumney - circus Workshops
Radyr Guide Hall, Cardiff - Circus Skills Workshops
Principality Stadium, Cardiff - Circus Entertainment
Swansea University Sports Village - Circus Skills Workshops
Hafan y Mor Holiday Park, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales - Big Top
Swansea City Football Club, Swansea, Wales - Circus Skills Workshops
Presthaven Sands Holiday Park, Prestatyn, North Wales - Big Top
University of South Wales, Pontypridd - Circus Skills Workshops
Aberthaw Power Station, Wales - Big Top Days
Mount Stuart Primary School, Butetown, Cardiff - Circus Workshops
Cardiff Met University - Circus Skills Workshops
Edwardsville Primary School, Cardiff - Circus Skills Workshops
Ysgol Bro Eirwg, Cardiff - Circus Skills Workshops
Burlais Primary School, Swansea - Circus Skills Workshops
The LC, Swansea - Circus Skills Workshops
Carnarvon Primary School - Circus Skills Workshops
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.