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Harlequin School of Gymnastics Limited

Company Registered in England No. 04334703 | Registered Address: Unit 8 Greaves Way, Stanbridge Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 4UB

Telephone: 01525 374854

 

Call the gym now on: 01525 374854

 

Groups

There are several groups and classes, so one of them is bound to be right for you. For classes, see the programme page.

Play Gym

Ages 1 - 4 years

This is an open session where you don’t have to book and you pay weekly.  The gym has soft play equipment, bars, beams, ladders, tunnels, bouncy castles etc..  

Your child will learn to improve their balancing, running, swinging, climbing, bouncing and jumping etc.  

Please note: you have to stay to supervise your child.

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Baby Gym

Ages 1 - 3 years

This is a structured activity.  Children sing-songs with actions, bean bag activities, rolling the ball, shapes and forward roll.  Then they go and explore on all the equipment.  The session is always finished with a song.

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Mini Gym

Ages 3 - 5 years

Parents leave the children with the instructors for this class.  The session consists of a warn up to music, fun exercises, imitating animals, (a fun way of strengthening muscles), skipping and hopping.  

Then they go on to work with bean bags, rope, ball, hoops, rolls, occasional trampolining, parachute and bouncy castle, varying each week.  They then follow a circuit of apparatus and finish with a song.  Children work towards British Gymnastics Badges.

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Junior Gym

Ages 4 - 5 years

This class is about getting ready to move into the age 5+ gym class.  It starts the same as Mini Gym with warming up to music, exercise, animals, hopping and skipping.  

Then the children are split into groups and go on the Bars, Beams, Trampet, Floor, Vault and Trampoline, varying the apparatus each week.  

Children work towards British Gymnastic Badges.

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Beginners General Gymnastic Classes

Ages 5+

Children start with the very important warm up.  They will then go onto the Bars, Beams, Trampet, Floor, Vault, and Trampoline, varying each week.  

Children will learn basic gymnastic moves and work towards the British Gymnastic Badges.

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Improvers General Gymnastic Classes

Ages 5+ (improvers)

Gymnasts are moved into this class when basic skills have been achieved. I.e. backward and forward rolls, cartwheels, handstands, headstands and displaying confidence on the apparatus.

After the warm up, they go onto the Bars, Beams, Trampet, Floor, Vault, and Trampoline, varying each week.

Children work towards the British Gymnastic Badges.

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Trampolining

All ages

Trampolining is a competitive sport in which gymnasts perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline.  These can include simple jumps in the pike, tuck or straddle position to more complex combinations of forward or backward somersaults and twists.

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For classes, see the programme page.