For Parents

Welcome to Pole Attack Kids. We're so glad your child is joining us. Here's what you need to know before their first class. If anything isn't covered here, just get in touch.

Who Our Classes Are For

We run classes for different age groups, from 6 to 16. You'll find the age range for each class on the timetable. No experience is needed, and classes are small, with no more than two children on a piece of equipment.

Your child's first taster is free. Further tasters are £10 and are booked through the studio.

Finding Us and Parking

We're at Studio 3, Units 8, 9 and 18, Duck Farm Court, Station Way, Aylesbury HP20 2SQ. The kids studio is on the second floor.

The entrance is via the outside wooden stairs between the baby scanning unit and Cherry Feet Physio. Turn right at the top, walk past Top Specs, and follow the balcony to our door. Please wait outside until the instructor collects your child.

Our small free car park is shared with other businesses, so please don't wait there after drop-off. Morrisons, just across the road, has two hours' free parking.

Drop-Off, Collection and Waiting

Please arrive on time and wait outside the studio door. The instructor will collect your child, and will bring them back to the door at the end of class.

For safety and insurance reasons, a child who misses the warm-up may not be able to join the class.

In line with our safeguarding policy, parents don't watch classes. If your child has severe additional needs and you feel it's best to stay, please contact Helen first.

Please keep phones put away while you're at the studio.

What to Wear and Bring

A Pole Attack Kids T-shirt, or any T-shirt, vest or long-sleeved top until your child has one. A sports bra if needed.
Aerial (silks, hoop, trapeze, sling): leggings or joggers, not shorts, because the apparatus can rub bare skin.
Pole gymnastics: shorts or a leotard.
A bottle of water. Snacks aren't needed for our short classes. If your child does bring one, it must be nut-free, as we have a strict no-nuts policy.
Hand grip made for pole and aerial. Climbing grip isn't suitable for our equipment. Recommended brands include Hang Tight, Dry Hands, Sticky Molly Liquid Chalk (not the body spray), Make Me Dusty, Monkey Hands and PD Grip. You can buy grip on our website, with free studio pick-up: https://www.poleattack-circus-kids.co.uk/category/all-products

Health Forms and Injuries

Before the first class, please complete our health form (PAR-Q): https://form.jotform.com/202032046415339

It's compulsory, it tells our instructors about any medical needs, and it is valid for 12 months. Please tell us about any new injury or change in your child's health before class, either through the health form or by speaking to the instructor.

Photos, WhatsApp and Social Media

Each class has a private WhatsApp group. Instructors take progress photos in weeks 4 and 8 and share them only in that group.

We'll only use images of your child on our social media if you've given written consent: https://form.jotform.com/230562423465049

You can also find us here:

Facebook: Circus Kids Aylesbury — https://www.facebook.com/circuskidsaylesbury/
Instagram: @poleattackkids — https://www.instagram.com/poleattackkids

Missed Classes, Make-Ups and Holidays

Make-ups are free in any of our children's classes, except workshops, and your child can try a different discipline. Please use them within the same term, unless your child is continuing with us next term. To arrange a make-up, message the instructor on the day of the class you want to attend. If a class falls on a bank holiday, it won't run, so please arrange a make-up instead.

We take two-week breaks at Christmas and Easter, and we don't break for the October or February half terms. You don't pay for the break weeks.

Safeguarding and Safety

Our instructors are qualified, insured and DBS checked, and they specialise in teaching under-18s.
All our teachers are first aid trained.
There are safety mats under all the rigging, and the beams have had weight safety checks.
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is Helen Walker, and our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead is Diana Walker. If Helen is unavailable, contact Diana on info@poleattack-circus-kids.co.uk or 07799 424381.
All our policies are on our Policies page.

Payments

Course places are non-refundable and non-transferable once paid, including if your child is injured or moves away.

Contact Us

Email info@poleattack-circus-kids.co.uk or call the studio on 07799424381.