Circus Skills Workshops

Circus Skills Workshop Days & Big Top Days for Schools &
Events. Educational, Entertaining and Fun!
Fundraisers click here!

Circus skills plate spinning in our Big Top
A girl learning circus skills in school
One of our Big Tops on the school field for a day of Circus shows and workshops

Big Top Days

Days with our Beautiful ‘baby’ Big Tops, including Shows and Circus Skills Workshops for all Events. From £1475+VAT.

One of our Big Tops on the field for a School Fete
The Brothers Sensible performing their comedy circus show at a Girl Guide camp
Our Big Top Days can be during the school day or as part of a Festival, Fair or Fundraising event. If it's during the school day, we start with a 60 minute Show for everyone, followed by workshops in the Big Top AND in the School hall for up to 35 students at a time.
If necessary we can perform another show to start the afternoon and, if there’s time we can all get together at the end of the day so that some of the children can show off their new skills. For school time events or weekend school fairs and PTA fundraising events. Fundraisers click here!
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Big Top Days during the school day start with a 60 minute Show for everyone, followed by workshops in the Big Top AND in the School hall for up to 35 students at a time. If there’s time we can all get together at the end of the day so that some of the children can show off their new skills.

For school fairs and PTA fundraising events, we can perform up to three Shows for 250 people, plus run a drop in Circus Workshop outside.

All we need for a Big Top day is a piece of well drained grass with no underground pipes or cables and with direct access for our van. We arrive about 2 hours before the start of the day to set up.

For school time activity days or weekend school fairs and PTA fundraising events. Fundraisers click here!

Circus Workshops

Learning to Hula Hoop at a School Fair
Circus skills workshop in the school hall
Children enjoying a Circus Skills workshops in the school hall

Circus Skills Workshops are suitable for Schools & Academies, nursery ages and upwards. £295+travel+VAT

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A day of Circus Workshops starts with a 30 minute Show/demonstration for everyone, followed by workshops class by class throughout the day. To end, we can all get together so that some of the children can perform their new skills.

Circus Skills workshops are suitable for activity days and arts weeks, plus School Fairs, after school clubs and fundraising events, as well as festivals, Fun days, Corporate events etc.

What does a Circus Skills workshop include? Our workshops are tailored to the event and age group and can include:

- Juggling with balls, scarves and clubs
- Chinese diabolo (spinny thing on a string!)
- Devilstick or flower stick.
- Poi and Chinese ribbon
- Beginners stilts and bucket stilts
- Hula hoop
- Plate spinning
- Feather balancing
- Cigar boxes, fun wheels, unicycle and tightrope.

  • “ Easy to book and totally reliable, I can't praise them enough! “

  • “ They did more than just teach they entertained, inspired and went ‘above and beyond “

  • “ We all had such a ball and I haven’t laughed that much in ages “

  • “ It was interesting to watch the 'cool' Year 6's drop their guards and throw themselves into the activities with such gusto! “
  • “ One of our younger children came up to me at lunchtime and shouted at me “this is the BEST DAY EVER!!! “
  • “ The performances and workshops fully supported our creative curriculum making learning fun and exciting “

The Science of Circus

Recent Scientific research has shown the value of Circus Skills and other physical skills in the school environment. It has been recognised that the core skills which are utilised and developed when we learn and practice a challenging and creative activity such as Circus skills, can then be carried over into the more academic areas of education.
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"Complex tasks such as juggling produce significant changes to the structure of the brain, according to scientists at Oxford University.
In the journal, Nature Neuroscience, the scientists say they saw a 5% increase in white matter - the cabling network of the brain." BBC News

Circus skills workshops and the skills learnt there have been used with great success as an educational tool, as an aid to learning as well as therapeutically with children at risk and with children with special needs. Autistic children have been observed to respond particularly well to physical performance skills in schools, and that includes Circus Skills, Dance, drama etc.

Circus workshops in schools are an opportunity for children to discover and develop skills such as Concentration, Information retention, Concept visualisation, hand eye co-ordination and self awareness. These skills can then be used in many other settings including social situations and in conventional educational settings whilst learning the core subjects.

A Circus workshop in school can be a one off event, or a series of workshops over a week or longer. Circus Sensible are the countries leading provider of Circus skills workshops and Big Top days in schools.
  • “ Just to thank you for an AMAZING circus day yesterday. The children and staff had a fantastic time. The enjoyment and buzz around school throughout the day was inspiring. "
  • “ OMG!! What a day!! Kyle, Obby and Neil were absolutely AMAZING.  We all had such a ball and I haven’t laughed that much in ages.  The kids had a brilliant day, every single one of them was smiling.  Your guys were such a friendly bunch and very professional “

  • “ I loved the fact that 'I can't' just wasn't allowed and the grown ups were encouraged to push their own boundaries as an example to the kids- well done! Who knew I could hula!! “

  • “ It was interesting to watch the 'cool' Year 6's drop their guards and throw themselves into the activities with such gusto! “
  • “ One of our younger children came up to me at lunchtime and shouted at me “this is the BEST DAY EVER!!! “
  • “ Not only did they entertain our pupils (and staff) but actively involved them in developing a range of circus skills. The performances and workshops fully supported our creative curriculum making learning fun and exciting “

  • “ They did more than just teach they entertained, inspired and went ‘above and beyond “

  • “ Mr Sensible was fantastic. The children were captivated and found his show amazing and hilarious! “
  • “ Just wanted to say what a FANTASTIC day we have had today. I have never seen so many smiles on the children's faces for the whole day. Every child from our Nursery children to Year 6 (and the adults), have had a brilliant day. We wish we could have had longer!!! “
  • “ It was a sheer joy to see the children so engaged and enthusiastic about the event“

  • “ Easy to book and totally reliable, I can't praise them enough! “

  • “ Two amazing gentlemen, 1 amazing day. Thank you “

  • “ Just wanted to say how wonderful The Big Top and all your team were for us on Saturday at Muncaster Castle. All our children and families had an amazing day and absolutely loved the Big Top and everything that went with it. Once again, thank you a million “
  • “ Professional, flexible, funny and extremely talented they engaged children and adults alike “
  • “ No matter what the weather was like, when we were in the tent we were in a whole new place. The three guys that came were absolutely brilliant. It was so well organised and no hassle at all. One child left school saying "that was the best day of my life" “

  • “ Pete was amazing and was so flexible with the day to ensure all of our children managed to get the best of every workshop. Our staff loved it too - we all learnt something new and the children loved the fact that they could something better than us! The workshops inspired our writing for the week and we have had some amazing circus-themed stories “

  • Circus workshops reinforce positive learning
  • Circus workshops encourage creative thinking
  • Circus skills workshops promote cross curricular education
  • Circus skills workshops instil enthusiasm
  • Circus skills boost Self Confidence
  • Circus workshops aid Social & Personal Skills
  • Circus skills enhance kinaesthetic skills
  • Circus skills workshops provide physical education
  • Learning Circus skills develops language skills
  • Circus skills increase Self-esteem
  • Circus skills workshops are a lot of fun for everyone!

Circus workshops reinforce positive learning
Circus workshops encourage creative thinking
Circus skills workshops promote cross curricular education
Circus skills workshops instil enthusiasm
Circus skills boost Self Confidence
Circus workshops aid Social & Personal Skills
Circus skills enhance kinaesthetic skills
Circus skills workshops provide physical education
Learning Circus skills develops language skills
Circus skills increase Self-esteem
Circus skills workshops are a lot of fun for everyone!

Circus Sensible provide Big Top days and Circus Skills days at HUNDREDS of Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools & Events all over the UK every year. Other notable clients have included Oxford University, York University, Durham University, UCLAN, not to mention Apple, Amazon, JD Sports, Sophie Conran, Gayles Honey, CBBC, Hampton Court Palace, Festival Republic, Wales Institute for Sport, Manchester Airport, Mister Bloom, BBC Good Food Festival, Barclays Bank, Lancaster University and many more!

Circus Sensible is a trading name of INTERACT ENTERTAINMENTS LTD Director: Clive Poole Registered in England number: 4811310 Registered Office: 4, The Moorings, Mossley, A-U-L, OL5 9BZ VAT REGISTRATION NUMBER: 987 4823 57