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Welcome Dreamers and In-betweeners!

Looking for creative fitness classes, play based learning and a local community to share that with? Run away with the circus and join us in our 1st year of exploring the possibilties of Head In The Clouds; Circus School!

We are offering dynamic, inclusive and social circus classes to help you develop fitness through aerial skills in trapeze, rope, silks and hoop. We will simultaneously have a whole host of ground based skills to learn including juggling, unicycle, stilts, hula hoop and cyr wheel. These skills help develop co-ordination, self guided learning, goal setting, strength and cardiovascular fitness. All interspersed with games, dance, and some silliness.

The class is adapted to suit your age, ability, class dynamic, and personal interests. We aim to create a supportive and nurturing environment to empower young people through autonomous learning and inclusive approaches. All levels, bodies and beings are welcome!

Free Class. Thursday 22nd January at Backwell Parish Hall.....

Booking required by email hitcloudscircus@gmail.com

Please provide:

Your child/ children's name/ or your own name(adult class)
Their age and class they want to attend
Anything we need to know about them/ or you that we can help facilitate learning
- if you would like to be kept upto date about our intensive circus schools happening in 2026

More free sessions due to take place in our new (hopefully permanent venue) in March. So don't worry if you are unable to make it this time.

Intensive courses to take place in April, July and August. If you wish to be kept up to date, email us at hitcloudscircus@gmail.com with the subject; up to date

Update: Dreamers Class is Fully Booked. Email us: Dreamers waiting list to be prioritised for the next free taster in March.

Backwell parish hall: Station road, Backwell, Bristol, BS48 3EQ

Amenities: the space in wheel chair accessible with disabled toilets, there is also a small room to sit and wait (if not being used), please note parking spaces are limited so drop offs are preferred

Little Dreamers.

Fully Booked for 22nd Jan. Email us to be placed on waiting list for free session in March.

Age 6-10

4-5:00pm

Our after-school sessions offer a mixture of aerial skills, object manipulation, balance and performance skills. Intertwined with silly circus games to keep them on their toes. Circus helps develop co-ordination, build physical and mental resilience and make friends in a relaxed, creative environment.

The innovators

Age 10-17

5:15-6:30pm

This class offers a mixture of aerial skills, with an heavier focus on fitness. You’ll also learn object manipulation (hula hoop, Diablo, juggling, stilts and potentially cyr wheel) as well as performance skills ready to use for future showcases.

The focus is on autonomous learning guided by personal interest, physical empowerment through skill acquisition and making a community through play and games.

No previous experience required, everyone is welcome!

Classes

Adult CIRQUE fit!

Age 17+

6:45-8:15

No previous experience required, all levels, bodies and mindsets welcome. These recreational adult classes will focus on aerial and ground fitness to improve strength and endurance. It will be mixed with ground skills more suitable for adults including cyr wheel, unicycle and larger stilts. Whatever your personal interests are is what we will teach.

Expect group fitness introduction with feel good music, aerial technique for trapeze, hoop, silks and rope with additional ground skills whilst you wait and take a break. Therefore the class is both lead and autonomous with a game or two for giggles!

Venue

Age cusp clarification: If your child finds themselves on the age cusp we have given some freedom of choice as to which class they may feel more comfortable in. Do they learn better with older children? Or younger ones?