Prices

11 week term of 1 hour youth class, £192.50
Subscription* £64 x 3 months & .50p
Single class** £23

1 hour classes 8- 17 years: Monday 615pm, Wednesday 545pm, Thursday 445pm & 545pm, Saturday 930am, 1030am & 1130am

11 week term of 45 minute youth class, £160
Subscription* £53 x 3 months & £1
Single class** £17.25

45 minute class is only Thursday 4pm - 445pm, 6-8 years class

*subscription available until 31 Dec, 2024 only.
**single classes available after term starts

Class Information

Thursday 9 January to Wednesday 2 April, 2025.
No classes 17 - 22 February.

Aerial Days youth classes are for 6 - 17 Year olds in Trapeze, Silks or Hoop. In most classes, students stay with one skill for the term. The preferred skill choice may depend on availability for that skill in a particular class. The Saturday, 930am, 8-17 years beginners and Thursday, 4pm, 6-8 years classes have students rotating around 3 skills for the term. The Saturday class they rotate around Trapeze, Hoop, Silks. The Thursday 4pm class students rotate around Hoop, Silks and Floor based Circus (Acrobatics, Diabolo, Flower sticks, Juggling)

New Youth students 6 - 17 years can join into an age appropriate class where ever we have spaces using the .
Generally we suggest to book a place in the Saturday 9.30am Beginners class for 8-17 years but we can accomodate new students in other classes. If your child knows the skill they would like to do, check for availability or message us to confirm a place or go onto a skill/ class waitlist.

We can offer scholarships for local children from low income families. Spaces are offered in weekday classes where we have space and is limited to 1 child per family. Please email us, sending us a copy of your supporting evidence and information about the age, experience and interest in circus of the child.

New Students in 2025

New Youth students 8 - 17 years can join into an age appropriate class where ever we have spaces using the ‘book a class/ new students 8-17 years’ button or with this link. Generally we suggest to book a place in the Saturday 9.30am Beginners class for 8-17 years but we can accommodate new students in other classes.
If your child knows the skill they would like to do, check for availability or message us to confirm a place or go onto a skill/ class waitlist.

Single Trial classes will be offered only after the term has started and where we have available spaces remaining. For a single or trial class we release these once the term has started and where we have spaces available.

NEW SILKS STUDENTS
Silks are much more challenging than they look! To ensure a good class experience we require all potential silks students to have upper body strength with proven aerial experience and aerial awareness.
Silks in most youth classes are currently full. Children can be added to the waitlist for a particular class.

We recommend youth wanting to join a silks class, to join hoop or trapeze for at least a term in the preferred class. Then when a space becomes available for them in that class, in silks, we can move them easily. We will offer our current students already in that class and on the silks waitlist, an available silks space before new students.

Youth FAQ’s

DO YOU HAVE CLASS FOR UNDER 8 YEARS?
Yes, in our new 6-8 years Thursday 4pm to 445pm class! We start from 8 years and above in all our other classes!
We created a separate class for 6-8 years as: -
1. Aerial skills has a high health and safety element which younger children may not appreciate and we need more staff/less students to accommodate them.
2. Our other regular youngest class age range is 8-12 years. It can be quite a different learning experience for a 6/7 and 11/12 year old in the same class. We have found it too challenging for the students and teachers.

DOES EACH STUDENT HAVE THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT DURING CLASS?
We aim to give each young person their own apparatus for the duration of the class. Sometimes we may need to share equipment if we have more students than we were expecting in the class or there is not enough lower/smaller apparatus.

WILL STUDENTS CHANGE SKILLS DURING THE TERM?
In regular classes students will stay with the one skill for the term.

In the Saturday 930am & Thursday 4pm class, students rotate around all 3 skills.

Once students have experienced aerial skills we suggest the gain a deeper understanding of the apparatus by staying with one skill for the term. In regular classes and throughout the term, students will progress their skills and they may learn drops, as well as how to put all the small sequences together to create their own routines when staying with one skill.

DO YOU HAVE AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL YOUTH CLASS?
The Wednesday class, 5.45-6.45pm, is for intermediate aerial students. They focus on one skill, with an expectation of conditioning and stretching at home and focused attention within class. Please contact us for your child’s suitability. Intermediate Aerial students are those who have done at least 2 consistent years of aerial and are confident and capable in the air. They will need experience to work on the more challenging moves and transitions taught in this class.

CAN PARENTS/ GUARDIANS WATCH A CLASS?
They can watch through the doors of the gym after 6pm and on weekends. During the last class of the term, we will invite you inside the class.
Please be aware parents and families are not allowed on school premises before 6pm on weekdays due to the child protection policy of the venue (the school) we use. Only if the child is nervous and for the first class can the parent accompany the child into the building. Please let us know you are coming before 6pm.

After 6pm and weekends parents/ guardians may sit in the annex by our gym or in the downstairs courtyard or outside the gate to wait for the young people.

WILL YOU HAVE AN END OF TERM SHOW?
At the end of each term, we have a non compulsory ‘showing of work’ to allow families to watch an open class of their childs’ aerial skill. We will send an email regarding the precise time. The date will be in your child’s last or 2nd last class of the term.
We offer the young people the choice, if they wish to show something to a bigger audience of all the families or not. They may decide they are not showing anything this term and we will support them in their choice. If you can’t make it we can send a video via WhatsApp or another method you know!

DO YOU SUPPORT DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD?
The student (or parent) MUST email info@aerialdays.com and make clear their 3 goals at the beginning of term for the following term.
During, and at the end of term these goals will be evaluated before signing the skills off!
Email us for help and advice regarding setting goals.
We won’t be able to evaluate students at the end of term, if they didn’t inform us at the start if term and set goals.

WHAT SHOULD THEY WEAR?
Leggings, close fitting tracksuit pants or something comfortable that you can move in that covers the backs of your knees. Nothing too loose or baggy so it won’t fall down or get caught. On your top half, we recommend wearing a t-shirt or leotard that is long enough so it covers your mid-section and doesn’t go over your head when you go upside down. The venue has heating but working on the aerial equipment can be hot or cool so different layers are a good idea. Thick socks, leg warmers or ankle straps (like the elastic or neoprene ones for ankle sprain) to cover and protect your feet are good to bring, especially when repeating certain moves. If you are doing straps then bring some protection for your upper arms such as Tubi grip.

Clothes without zips are preferred. We ask students to remove rings, watches and bracelets. Leaving jewellery and strong perfumes at home is good idea.