Our Classes

Class from Parent and Toddler up to 9+ years old.

Parent and Toddler (18 months - 3 years)

Start your child's gymnastics journey as early as 18 months old with our parent and baby classes. You will be responsible for your child during these sessions and will be able to see their development. During these 45 minute sessions, your child will develop their fine motor skills, learn structure and routine, and develop their balance, co-ordination and reflexes, all while smiling, laughing and participating in our fun and colourful learning environment.

These sessions are semi-structured. We begin with a song or a game before practicing some very basic gymnastics skills or lifts. We then use different hand apparatus like balls, ribbons or scarves before using our equipment to practice balancing, rolling or jumping. Each session finishes with parachute time and a sticker and stamp for their hard work!

Preschool (3-5 years) - Nursery age

We run preschool classes for children in nursery between the ages of 3 and 5. The sessions run a similar structure to parent and baby classes although your child will be completing the class independently. We do ask parents to remain in the building while your child is in the class.

Our coaches start the class with a game, followed by some simple gymnastics skills to develop their balance and coordination, and introduce some gymnastics concepts. Then the children use different hand apparatus, with the coaches encouraging them to try new things and build confidence.

The coaches then lead the children through different equipment set ups to begin introducing different concepts at the start of their gymnastics journey.

Level 1 (P1-8 years)

Our school age gymnastics classes begin at level 1 where we develop gymnastics foundations across different artistic gymnastics pieces as well as learning floor skills and working with others to achieve partner or group balances and dynamic skills. We develop our beam skills through working on various balances, presentation, and basic jumps, as well as working on mounting and dismounting the beam. We use the bar to build strength, teach gymnasts how to grasp the bar and use different shapes for swinging on the bar safely.

Our coaches develop the gymnast's power through encouraging explosive movements on springboards and trampettes to introduce vaulting movements and using vaulting blocks to practice basic vaults such as squat on and straddle on before taking skills up to the higher vaults. Strength and flexibility foundations are also introduced at this level, with the focus being on building the physical fitness required to achieve different gymnastics skills.

Level 1 (9+)

Our school age gymnastics classes begin at level 1 where we develop gymnastics foundations across different artistic gymnastics pieces as well as learning floor skills and working with others to achieve partner or group balances and dynamic skills. We develop our beam skills through working on various balances, presentation, and basic jumps, as well as working on mounting and dismounting the beam. We use the bar to build strength, teach gymnasts how to grasp the bar and use different shapes for swinging on the bar safely.

Our coaches develop the gymnast's power through encouraging explosive movements on springboards and trampettes to introduce vaulting movements and using vaulting blocks to practice basic vaults such as squat on and straddle on before taking skills up to the higher vaults. Strength and flexibility foundations are also introduced at this level, with the focus being on building the physical fitness required to achieve different gymnastics skills.

Our Classes

Parent and toddler.

Preschool 3-5 years old

Level 1& 2 P1-8 years old

Level 1 & 2 9+

Frequently Asked Question

How long are classes on for?

Our Parent and Toddler class and our Preschool class is 45 mins.

All other classes are 1 hour.

My child is 5, should they be in Level 1 or Preschool?

If your child is still in nursery and is 5 years old, they should come to our Preschool class!

If your child is in Primary 1, no matter their age, they should come to our Level 1 (5-8 years) class.

My child has no gymnastics experience, can they still take part?

Anyone can take part at SOLAR Gymnastics. We would love for any child who wants to do gymnastics, feel welcome, no matter their personal goals or their ability. Any child with the determination to learn is welcome to in our club.