All About Ballet

[FantasyLandDreams]

Hi

For those with dd who skipped one grades, can I check with you, does your dd still need to attend the extra coaching class for the grade you skipped? Is this a must attend thing, and still need to pay for the coaching class for grade one despite not taking grade one exam for example?? And if no need to attend, any difficulty faced when joining the regular class for higher grade? Or it is fine and will not lagged behind as long as put in more hard work?

Reason for asking is becos some school still want my dd to attend the coaching class even if not taking the exam for that grade whereas some don’t when I asked.

Thanks for sharing if you can.

[FantasyLandDreams]

Another question, can we take 2 exams at one sitting? For example, take grade one exam under teacher A and grade 2 exam under teacher B? Any requirements stated in RAD website that strictly prohibit this? I have heard of taking two exams under same teacher but not different teachers, so want to find out.

[Oh My Gosh]

FantasyLandDreams:

Another question, can we take 2 exams at one sitting? For example, take grade one exam under teacher A and grade 2 exam under teacher B? Any requirements stated in RAD website that strictly prohibit this? I have heard of taking two exams under same teacher but not different teachers, so want to find out.

Yes, can take 2 exams for the same year (same or different teachers is not a concern). But problem is your DD have to remember 2 sets of dance steps and 2 character dances. So if possible, just skip Grade 1, unless you really wish to have the Grade 1 certificate as well.

[Oh My Gosh]

FantasyLandDreams:

Hi

For those with dd who skipped one grades, can I check with you, does your dd still need to attend the extra coaching class for the grade you skipped? Is this a must attend thing, and still need to pay for the coaching class for grade one despite not taking grade one exam for example?? And if no need to attend, any difficulty faced when joining the regular class for higher grade? Or it is fine and will not lagged behind as long as put in more hard work?

Reason for asking is becos some school still want my dd to attend the coaching class even if not taking the exam for that grade whereas some don't when I asked.

Thanks for sharing if you can.

Glad to share as that's what kiasuparents site is all about...

DD still did the regular and coaching class (with her class) for Grade 1 as if she is taking the exams. Except she cannot take the Grade 1 exam but went on to Grade 2 with the same class after their exams. In other words, she did not \"skip\" as if she did 2 grades in 1 year, but rather, she could not take Grade 1 as she is underaged and did not meet RAD age requirement. She is now Primary 2 and is learning Grade 3 (youngest in her class). But her foundation is strong because she already learnt ballet for 4 years when she took her Grade 2 (she got a distinction).

Hope it helps.

[fatmamalove]

My girl of 5 years old this yr, been asking me about going to ballet classes.

I checked with the cc near bukit panjang but timing doesn’t suit my working schedule.
Any recommendations for Town area school or Choa Chu Kang ballet school on weekend evenings or weekdays evening ballet classes?
Usually how is the course fees like?

[nicnac]

fatmamalove:

My girl of 5 years old this yr, been asking me about going to ballet classes.

I checked with the cc near bukit panjang but timing doesn't suit my working schedule.
Any recommendations for Town area school or Choa Chu Kang ballet school on weekend evenings or weekdays evening ballet classes?
Usually how is the course fees like?

Cc usually charges about 110/+-. Private schools such as Crestar will start from over $200.

[FantasyLandDreams]

Hi oh my gosh

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[FantasyLandDreams]

Hi oh my gosh

:thankyou:

[FantasyLandDreams]

Hi oh my gosh

:thankyou:

[paperprata]

hi mummies, just like to get a rough idea on what other ballet schools are charging for grade 3 exam coaching classes... i enquired with crestar and they are charging ard 680++ for 22 lessons excluding exam fees and honestly i feel its on the high side....



sometimes i wonder if I'm quite sure my girl will not be a ballet teacher in the future, is it alright to just let her learn ballet for leisure without stress and not take exams which are so costly? its really quite a long road ahead to reach grade 8... what are your thoughts on this? in a dilemma..... :slapshead:

thanks in advance