Extra Curricular

We have specialist members of staff who run extra-curricular sessions in various rooms. All extra-curricular sessions are included in the fees.

Monkey Music

Monkey Music has been nurturing a love of music in babies and young children for over 30 years. Each fun, interactive class features our much-loved original songs, beautiful percussion instruments, and live singing from fully trained teachers. Through singing, movement, instruments, and playful musical games, our award-winning curriculum supports early learning and development tailored to your child’s age and stage while inspiring creativity and confidence, all while sharing precious time together.

Mini Me Yoga

Staff at Chrysalis have been trained to deliver the ‘Mini me Yoga programme’, exploring mindfulness, yoga and positive thinking and creating fun yoga classes for children using games and exercises designed to make it fun and engaging.

Studies have found that kids yoga helps them learn how to release stress, retain more information, and increase confidence and happiness, among other benefits. Positive thinking techniques increase a child’s awareness of the power of their own thoughts and give them access to being the author of their own life.

Lingotot

My name is Mandy and I teach French to the children at Chrysalis. Having been born and raised in a bilingual home in the South of France, my love of languages developed from a very young age.

I am really excited to share my passion through this award-winning programme and open up the world of modern languages to children living in our community. Lingotot classes are packed full of songs, games, stories, crafts and most importantly, they are fun!

I love teaching children, and watching them grow, develop and learn. It is so rewarding to help them experience a new language and watch them progress. Learning a language at a young age is so valuable as children truly are like sponges. The younger they learn a second or third language, the more likely it is to become second nature to them, and a skill they can maintain forever.

Mandy

Movin’ Monkeys:

Hannah is the Owner of Distinct Dance Classes and runs her popular Movin’ Monkeys classes for the children at Chrysalis. Hannah trained in Performing Arts at Masters Performing Arts College where she graduated in 2014. Since graduating she has been lucky enough to have a performing and choreography career spanning the stage, tv and music videos. It was during these times Hannah started teaching alongside auditions and hasn’t looked back since. She is a popular and well known teacher, teaching all over Essex and London for multiple dance schools and well as co-owning Loughton’s very own Top Hat Performing Arts. Hannah teaches multiple genres of dance but her specialty is ISTD classes, Acro and Early Years.
Movin’ Monkeys is the culmination of Hannah’s years of experience in a class designed to deliver fun, creative and engaging basic dance and movement sessions for children from walking. A typical MM class at Chrysalis starts with a funky monkey warm up and stretch before the children wake up their favourite monkey puppet friend Marvyn. Hannah and Marvyn then dance and sing their way through the sessions that match Chrysalis Nurseries term themes. Through the use of props, puppets, role play and instruments each session has been designed to work with the children to improve their rhythm, confidence, coordination, strength, balance and team work in line with the EYFS. Sessions end with cuddles from Marvyn and plenty of smiles.
Hannah is incredibly proud and grateful to bring her programme to Chrysalis and has thoroughly enjoyed dancing with the children.

Phonics with Robot Reg

Phonics with Robot Reg Classes provide fun, high energy classes which open a world of Literacy to children and teach early phonics skills. A Phonics with Robot Reg Class is fun, varied and educational, and the best part is that children don’t even realise that they are learning. Each class includes games and activities that teach sound recognition, alliteration and oral blending and segmenting the necessary foundations for reading and writing. This high energy class also includes activities to improve gross and fine motor skills which support a child’s handwriting.

Incredible eggs

Incredible eggs are a responsible and ethical company who provides eggs for our very own hatching programme. The children absolutely love watching the eggs crack and the chicks hatch in their incubators. Live births have been witnessed creating an incredible ’Awe & Wonder’ moment for the children. They then enjoy caring for the new hatched chicks and have the opportunity to hold them before they are returned and rehomed through the programme.

Emergency First Aid Ltd

All of our staff at Chrysalis are paediatric first aid trained. We use Emergency First Aid Ltd established 2012 as our training provider. “First Aid Industry Body” Member Director and Instructor Danny Hyde has nearly 20 years experience in the Emergency Services and over 10 Years as a First Aid Instructor. Training is direct and hands on, leaving students to work quickly and efficiently under pressure.