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January 15, 2024January 20, 2024 Cat Allen 6 Comments

Mind Your Manners

Manners are essential, and we react negatively when people don’t display them. As a parent, I would prefer my children to be polite and well behaved in public and in school, and save any bad behaviour for home.

Little girl with a tablet Photo: Hal Gatewood. Unsplash

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November 6, 2023February 10, 2024 Cat Allen 1 Comment

Generation Stress

When I grew up we were not exposed to the constant barrage of news and information that now floods our homes 24 hours a day and available to our children at the click of a remote or the swipe of a finger.

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December 22, 2022September 8, 2023 Cat Allen 3 Comments

Dedication, that’s what you need…

Flitting from one extracurricular activity to another doesn’t gain you solid skills, build friendships, or develop a passion. Dedication on the other hand is a skill young people will take through life, in whatever career they chose.

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September 7, 2022September 8, 2022 Cat Allen 0 Comments

We speak your language

Drama encourages us to read, scripts give us structure, a safety net, a purpose and drama class can go a long way towards helping learn a chosen foreign language.

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April 4, 2022April 18, 2022 Cat Allen 0 Comments performance arts classes

The Show Must Go On…

The countdown is on, lines have been learnt, dances are being polished and more costumes are arriving at doorstep of Noodle Performing Arts for long awaiting ‘Peter Pan’…

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January 7, 2022December 13, 2022 Cat Allen 2 Comments

When I Grow Up…

A performing arts teacher’s thoughts on parents influencing their children into a career: “Time is precious. Our dreams can be squashed in a second, so why are we determined to do that to our kids?”

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September 14, 2021September 16, 2021 Cat Allen 0 Comments indoor activities, performance arts classes

The Parent Trap

The restrictions are off! Activity classes can go back to some form of normal, which means a number of things: more kids, more fun, more…parents. The Director of Noodle Performing Arts advises those parents who are just about to start their journey into the world of activities and classes.

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June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Cat Allen 0 Comments indoor activities, performance arts classes

Coming out of the Bubble

Parents looking for children’s activities have booked on to performing arts classes in droves, and the increase in emails expressing worries over kids’ self-esteem and social skills has been significant.

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September 16, 2020April 27, 2021 Cat Allen 0 Comments distance learning, life "new normal", performance arts classes

Diary of the Zoom Performing Arts Teacher

The move to teaching Performing Arts online is immense. Everything we stand for: social skills, trust, teamwork, touch – one of the most critical senses a human possesses and craves – all ‘virtually’ impossible.

Cowboys from Noodle Performing Arts Cheshire drama school

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January 21, 2020May 25, 2021 Cat Allen 0 Comments performance arts classes

Don’t Stop Believin’, as Journey Once Said

Cat Allen, the director of Noodle Performance Arts in Cheshire, talks about believing in magic, a safety net, and a hidden wizard in both adults and children.

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April 30, 2019March 29, 2021 Cat Allen 2 Comments holiday clubs and camps, let kids get bored

The Art of Boredom

It has become something of a given that we should be expected to find ways to occupy our children, to find something for us/grandparents to do so the children aren’t at any time in the least bit, well, bored.
But boredom isn’t necessarily a curse for the young. In fact it is a force for good, for creativity, and a building block for young imaginations.