BAPP Course Blogs

So Tuesday was a very interesting and exciting day.  I went to London to train and gain!  With a colleague of mine, we went together to get our circle dance in  dementia training.  We both already work with dementia participants in the care homes we go to for dance classes so we know most of the benefits this has on people.  For those of you who don't know what circle dance in dementia is. Here is a link to look at: http://dementiapathfinders.org/circle-dance-in-dementia.html It was such a fantastic day. There was a huge variety of people there, from dancers, to care workers to administrators and people from the alzheimer's society too! We really bonded well as a group. So much so, that we now have a facebook page to share our experiences/ ideas etc so we can all keep in contact.  Circle dance is highly beneficial to those with dementia, and it is also a class which can be altered and developed depending on who you have come to your classes. This is my opinion

The next 'task' was to create a special interest group and join others along the way too. This idea is to find people who are working along the same sort of lines as your inquiry, so that you can share and discuss ideas/ literature and help each other along the way.  So I've created my SIG on google groups. I am hoping this works!  As I am looking into community dance and how it has changed over the last 20 years or so, I would really like anyone from any background to join and share their ideas/ opinions of community dance. Also looking into how in a lot of schools now dance is part of their education whether it is a core subject, or they do this as a whole term subject. I know I myself go into primary schools for a cross-curricular approach to their lessons etc.  So yes please all feel free to join my group, and I am going to look at some others to join myself to.  Here is the link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/special-interest-group-community-dance

As you can see, I've had a very slow start to Module 2. But that is all about to change!  I was quite stuck to begin with. I work for so many companies doing a variety of things I was really struggling to find a path to go down but after discussions with Paula and a colleague that has also done the BAPP arts course previously, it started to make more sense. I need to start simply by looking at what I know.  So currently in my profession I work for 3 different companies, as well as running my own fitness classes and volunteering in a Secondary school to gain some experience.  For one of the companies I work for I am a Level 2 teacher, where I take on various classes from street to rock and roll to creative dance to line dancing and many more! I am also and Educating Dance teacher, this is where we go into school and do cross-curriculum classes, and the subjects could be anything! I even had to teach gumboot dancing last week which was brilliant. I am also a Level 2 Active a

Goodness,  It's been quite a while since I last blogged!  After having a very hectic few months - new jobs, finishing old jobs, looking at new training courses and to top it all off moving house!, I can finally start to focus myself onto the next part of the course. I am very keen to get started with the next few tasks in module 2, which will then lead me onto my final module.  After the skype session the other day, it really got me thinking, where do I want to lead this module to? What is my main focus going to be? Most importantly, what will give me the best outcome for myself? I have been looking at other peoples blogs from my course and they all have some fantastic ideas and are really doing well so far. This is good as reading them has not only helped me, but really encouraged me and got me excited to get started!  Today I will be starting my first task and I am looking forward to focussing back on the course and continuing my development as I enjoyed the first modu