Prima School of Performing Arts

Classes in Washington & Newcastle, for children aged 2+ and adults

Blog

Ongoing news for our students and other interested parties (started in February 2008):

Festival4Stars Liverpool

Congratulations to Amber and Charlotte (aged 6 and 7) who reached the Regional Final of Festival4Stars in the Liverpool Heat in the Duo Dance section. You danced beautifully girls!

Festival4Stars York

Well done to Charlotte Atkins who reached the Regional Final in the Solo Dance section. Also congratulations to one of the troupe mothers who won the regional final in the adult Solo Singing section!!

Washington Wetlands Centre Demonstration

Thank you to all the Troupe members who took part in this event. The day went well and I hope you all enjoyed performing the animal themed dances!

Festival4Stars Newcastle

Well done to all the troupe members who took part in the festival, Kitti-Katz, Dancing Dolls and vocalists too. I hope you all had a great day. The standard was very high this year and we were up against three large groups from Edinburgh and York as well as a couple of local schools, most of whom travel the country competing regularly…

Awarded Recognised School Status

Following a successful application we have now been awarded Recognised School Status by the Council for Dance Education & Training. This ensures that we meet high standards of quality and service. This is the first stage in the development of a national standard for dance schools and I am thrilled to announce that we are the FIRST school…

Decision made to change to BBO

Most of our IDTA exams will now change to BBO as these are accredited whereas the IDTA withdrew from the accreditation scheme some time ago. Click here for further details.

Photographer's visit

Ivan Wicks Dance and Performing Arts Photography visited us at Oxclose School on Saturday 29th March. Photographs will be available to view and purchase (if desired) after the Easter holidays.

Galleries Demonstration

Well done to the Dance Troupe who performed at the Galleries on Saturday 22nd March. The performances went very well and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves!

Cancelled Classes

All classes at Oxclose Church and Farringdon School have now been cancelled.

Ballet School Acceptance!

One of our 15 year old students, Charlotte, has just been accepted into Northern Ballet School in Manchester and Ballet West in Scotland to train to become a professional ballet dancer! This is a superb achievement as they are both excellent schools. They were considering moving to Australia in the summer so they now have a difficult…

Considering changing from IDTA to BBO for some exams

We need your opinions before a decision is made. Please click here for details.

Galleries Demonstration

The Dance Troupe, along with selected vocalists and Cheerleaders will perform at The Galleries shopping centre throughout the day on Saturday 22nd March in 'Wessington Square'.

Application for Registered School Status

The Council for Dance Education & Training (CDET) last year introduced a new mark of recognition for dance and musical theatre pre-vocational schools. It is called Registered School status and provides a high level of quality assurance for schools with the mark. It ensures that teachers are qualified or training to qualify with highly…


Tel: 0845 094 6460 (local rate)  e-mail: info(AT)primaschool.co.uk   Postal address: 84 Featherstone Grove, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 5RJ