Hey there, Skylark Families!
Hope you're all doing fantastic! We've got some exciting news to share with you all. As part of our commitment to progress over perfection, we're thrilled to announce the upcoming "progress checks" happening at Skylark Sports These checks are all about celebrating your child's growth and development in a supportive and encouraging environment.
What are Progress Checks?
Progress checks are scheduled skill assessments designed to track your child's advancement in their training. They're like little milestones that help us understand your child's strengths, areas for improvement, and overall progress within our programs. Our amazing coaches will be right there alongside your child, providing support and guidance every step of the way.
Why Celebrate Progress?
At Skylark Sports, we're all about celebrating progress because we know it's the key to unlocking your child's full potential. Here's why it's so important:
Our Promise to You
As we gear up for the upcoming progress checks, know that our coaches are fully committed to providing a nurturing and supportive environment where every child feels valued and encouraged. Whether your child is mastering a new gymnastics skill or conquering a ninja obstacle, we're here to celebrate their achievements every step of the way.
How You Can Help
We encourage you to celebrate your child's progress at home and reinforce the importance of effort, resilience, and perseverance. Your support and encouragement mean the world to them!
Mark Your Calendars
Don't forget to mark your calendars for the following progress check dates:
Wrapping Up
As we embark on this journey of growth and progress together, let's celebrate the achievements of every child at Skylark Sports. Together, we can inspire a generation of confident, resilient, and empowered young athletes.
If you have any questions or concerns about the progress checks or anything else, please feel free to reach out to us anytime.
Thanks for being part of the Skylark Sports family!
We're excited to open up our doors (Lynbrook and Mount Waverley) to the community for everyone to roll, swing, climb, crawl and discover the programs we have available for children. Starting from 6months, Skylark has a program that your little one will love!
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Classes continue during the school holidays
Skylark classes continue through the school holidays, we’re open for classes for 48 weeks of the year, excluding public holidays.
If you've got make-up tokens sitting on your account, the holidays are a great time to use them! Bookings can be made 3 days in advance through the customer portal, or you can email us if you need help selecting the right class.
If you’re going to miss a class, in the holidays or at any time, it’s super helpful if you register the absence online to let us know – this way we can allow someone to borrow your place in the class as a make-up.
Your participation agreement outlines our make-up policy and all membership information.
Upcoming public holidays
Skylark Sports is closed on public holidays so there will be no classes on Friday 29th September.
Wear your footy colours these school holidays
Celebrate the end of the football season by coming to class dressed in your favourite team's colours. Don’t follow Aussie Rules? That’s okay. Wear any team colours, from any sport or any country.
You’re Invited to our Under 5’s Play Session
0 to 5-year-olds only
Mount Waverley – Thursday 5th October – 12.00-2.00pm
Lynbrook – Friday 6th October – 1.00-3.00pm
Bring a friend and let them experience how fun BabyGym and KinderGym are for themselves.
We’ll be playing lots of fun games as well as letting you explore the space at your own pace.
Forward this invitation on to any friends or family with little ones so they can join the fun!
What to expect in your class this month...
Current Theme: SILLY SOCKS
Skill Focus: CARTWHEELS
Brain & Body: VISUAL TRACKING
Visual tracking, or Eye tracking is the ability to keep the eyes on target when looking from one object to another or when following a moving object, like following a thrown ball. Strong visual tracking skills is also essential for reading.
Developing visual eye strength will help children be more successful in school and sport. Various activities are included this fortnight to develop visual tracking skills; catching balls, movements with purposeful hand and feet placement, balancing, knocking down cones and movement games.
Next Theme: HELPING AT HOME (Starts 11th Sep)
Skill Focus: TAKE OFF’S
Brain & Body: GAME SENSE
Games Sense is an approach to sport and physical exercise that focuses on the actual game, rather than the importance of the technical details. This encourages participants to use their own decision-making skills, and develop their tactical awareness and communication skills.
We are practicing our game sense regularly in KinderGym, we incorporate music and fun into our games, focusing on the joy of movement.
Information sourced from ACHPER Victoria. READ MORE HERE: https://tinyurl.com/3bbkt9t4
We have details of each theme displayed on the wall for you to learn more about each theme and what movements and milestones we’re working to develop in class. The theme info can also be found in the iClass Pro app under ‘News and Announcements’.
Skylark Sports has an established Ninja curriculum that we use to develop our lesson plans. We use our Star Tracking process to track each individual child’s progress in a way that isn’t confronting, or that takes away from the goal of developing confidence through movement.
We know that some children shy away from performance or testing, and some children are motivated by checking off skills and seeing their progress. We are doing the Star Tracking as part of their ordinary class to ensure that the experience isn’t overwhelming or negative for those that don’t like to be “tested”.
Tracking weeks will seem like every other week on the surface, but the team are working hard to record achievements, help kids work towards their next goal, and share this valuable data with you. You will receive an email at the end of each tracking period (fortnightly blocks) for an update on your child's progress.
Block one: Monday 4th to Sunday 17th September
Block two: Monday 2nd to Sunday 15th October
Block three: Monday 30th October to Sunday 12th November
The Ninja Curriculum includes skills and movements in "Journeys” rather than levels as we know that each child's progress isn't liner, so the journeys are structured to allow children to develop their skills across all journeys at a pace that's right for them. These Journeys are;
Each skill in the curriculum has been filmed and uploaded into the Customer Portal and once a ninja can perform a skill confidently and controlled, we will check it off as ‘achieved’. Parents will be able to view the skills achieved in the customer portal (along with an example video) so you can celebrate your child’s progress with them.
Any questions about the Ninja Program, the Journeys, or how to access the Customer Portal, speak to staff member.
We look forward to celebrating everyone's success!
Wave a new program at Skylark Sports, designed to help gymnasts continue to progress while having the opportunity to learn routines, perform for friends and be part of a team.
GymTeam classes are an extension of the Skylark Education Program.
Gymnasts will continue to develop skills and progress through the Skylark Levels, while learning routines and additional skills from the GymTeam competitive levels.
Each person is an individual and an integral part of the team. When one succeeds, we all succeed!
Entry and eligibility for a place in Skylark’s GymTeam is based on the current curriculum your child has been learning and mastering in their regular gymnastics class.
Who can join?
Entry to a GymTeam class requires successful completion of GymSkills levels 1 & 2 or GymFun’s complete skill matrix.
Participant Requirements/Commitment:
Interested to learn more about GymTeam? Email admin@skylarksports.com.au to discuss entry requirements and class options*.
*Classes currently available at Lynbrook.
*Taking expressions of interest for Mount Waverley.
The 2023 Australian Gymnastics Championships served as the grand finale, concluding the senior competition season and marking a significant milestone in the journey of Skylark Sports acrobats.
(more…)Attention Ninja Families!
We have an exciting Ninja program update that rolled out this week!
(more…)Skylark Sports Lynbrook is excited to open up our doors to the community for everyone to roll, swing, climb, crawl and discover the programs we have available for children. Starting from 6months, we have a program that your little one will love!
(more…)What a wonderful year, a full and uninterrupted year, of gymnastics, ninja and acrobatics!
Congratulations to everyone that overcome a challenge, went to their first competition, learned a new skill or tried something new.
At Skylark we create each lesson for your children with the mission to 'Teach Confidence Through Movement', we hope that you have enjoyed and valued this year as much as we have.
We're looking forward to watching each child's confidence continue to grow in 2023.
The last day of classes for 2022 is Sunday 18th December.
We will resume for 2023 on Monday 16th January.
Your enrolment carries over to next year so you don't need to re-enrol.
If you aren't returning or would like to change your class please let us know as soon as possible.
January statements will be sent out on 11th of January, tuition will be debited on the 16th of January.
See a full list of the 2023 billing dates here.
We are always trying to update our schedules to be continue to grow and allow more people to experience our programs. This means that some class times will change as the timetable is adjusted.
Any changes to your current enrolment will be communicated to you directly.
The Skylark Educational Programs are structured as 'age-based' classes. If your athlete is eligible to move up to the next age bracket we'll be in touch to make arrangements and celebrate their next adventure.
When your child is ready to move to the next age group throughout the year we encourage you to contact us to discuss a suitable time for their new class.
Children graduating from the KinderGym Program at the end of 2022 to join a GymFun or NinjaFun class will be contacted by the admin team to arrange their transition to a suitable new program.
Need some last minute stocking stuffers for your Skylarkian? We've got you covered!
T-shirts, singlets, jumpers and the multi-coloured club leotard are on sale until the 18th of December.
Head to the Customer Portal to purchase online and collect at your next visit, or see our customer service team to purchase next time you are in.
We are asking all Skylarkians to make a donation to the Salvation Army Christmas Cheer Appeal to help them put together food and gift hampers for families in need at Christmas time. Please give generously if you can as we know this year has been tough for many. Donations can be dropped off at Skylark Mount Waverley or Skylark Lynbrook on or before Wednesday 14th December. We are collecting the following items:
Items should be new and unwrapped because they will be put into gift hampers. Thank you for your generosity and helping to put a smile on someone's face this holiday season.
Join us for a FREE fun-filled day with the opportunity to experience all of the programs Skylark has to offer. Bring a friend, cousin or neighbour, and learn more about our programs for babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers, and school-age children.
Saturday 14th January 2023, doors open 10am to 4pm.
7 Raylee Place, Lynbrook.
Did you know that Skylark has an app? Head to your app store and search for 'iClassPro' mobile app.
Your organisation name is 'Skylark Sports'. Login with your Customer Portal details and set your location and you are ready to go. Don't create a new account - if you don't know your password hit 'forgot password' and enter your email address.
You can use the app to:
November already!
As we slide into the final months of 2022 we wanted to update our Skylark families on what’s happening in the gym, celebrate some fantastic achievements and share some community initiatives we would love you to take part in.
(more…)How is it September already???
Skylark classes continue through the school holidays. If you've got make-up tokens sitting on your account the holidays are a great time to use them! Bookings can be made 3 days in advance through the customer portal.
All families have a two week membership pause available each year. If you haven't used your pause and you are going to be away, get in touch.
Your participation agreement outlines our make-up policy and membership pause information.
Skylark Sports is closed on public holidays so there will be no classes on Thursday 22nd* or Friday 23rd of September.
Credits will be applied for classes cancelled on Thursday. The credit will be applied to your October tuition.
*Athletes travelling to the National Club Championships - your coach will contact you regarding training on Thursday 22nd September.
Back by popular demand, we will be running 3 holiday program sessions at Mount Waverley this September. Open to members and guests 5-12 years, sessions will be a combination of games, gymnastics, ninja and tumbling.
$60 per session. Bring a snack and a drink bottle. Children who attend both sessions on Friday will be supervised during the lunch break.
Bookings are now open through the customer portal.
Celebrate the end of the football season by coming to class dressed in your favourite team's colours.
Don’t follow footy? That’s okay. Wear any team colours, from any sport or any country.
Good luck to the Skylark Acrobats and coaches that are heading to the Gold Coast to compete at the 2022 National Clubs Carnival this September.
Gymnastics Competitors from across the country will travelling to participate in the multi-sport event.
31 Skylark athletes, 12 groups, 4 days of competitions, Australian and International levels! GO SKYLARK!
Your enrolment continues until you let us know you would like it to end. To drop your enrolment please let us know before the end of the month so we can update your details, 7 days' notice period applies.
Additional information about your enrolment can be found in the participation agreement.
2021 has been tough, but we want to take a moment to focus on how proud we are of the resilience that our Skylarkians have shown as they navigated the ongoing challenges of the pandemic this year. We are seeing first hand the impact that the pandemic has had on some kids confidence, and we want to give a massive shout-out to all the parents that are persevering and supporting their kids as they get back into their weekly classes. Getting them through the door can be a challenge, but seeing the smiles on their face as they jump, climb and roll makes it all worthwhile.
The last day of classes for 2021 is Sunday 19th December. We will resume for 2022 on Monday 17th January.
Your enrolment carries over to next year so you don't need to re-enrol. If you aren't returning or would like to change your class please let us know as soon as possible.
January statements will be sent out on 12th of January. Payment will be debited on the 17th of January.
As a reminder, our enrolment policies have recently been updated and will come into effect for current members from 2022. Most policies have not changed, they have been reworded for clarity. Significant changes are outlined below:
Your participation agreement and other policies can be found on the Member Documents page of our website. If you haven't yet, please login to the Customer Portal to accept the updated policies.
If you are a member of our squad program, your participation agreement can be found here.
We are asking all Skylarkians to make a donation to the Salvation Army Christmas Cheer Appeal to help them put together food and gift hampers for families in need at Christmas time. Please give generously if you can as we know this year has been tough for many. Donations can be dropped off at Skylark Mount Waverley or Skylark Lynbrook on or before Wednesday 15th December. We are collecting the following items:
Items should be new and unwrapped because they will be put into gift hampers. Thank you for your generosity and helping to put a smile on someone's face this holiday season.
Need some last minute stocking stuffers for your Skylarkian? We've got you covered!
From today until the 19th of December, all Skylark t-shirts are only $10! We also have some great savings on our club leotard and jumpers. Head to the Customer Portal to purchase online and collect at your next visit, or see our customer service team to purchase next time you are in.
We will be running our popular Summer Holiday Program at Mount Waverley on Monday 10th, Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th of January. Sessions will run from 8.30-11.30pm, then 12.00-3.00pm. Book individual sessions or back-to-back sessions for a full day of fun. We look after the kids during the lunch break if they are staying for the full day so you don't need to come back.
Holiday program sessions are open to both members and guests and include action packed workshops and activities including gymnastics, ninja, parkour, trampoline and acrobatics.
Find out more, or book online.
Skylar, the Skylark elf, has a new friend! Meet Brooke-Lynn. These cheeky elves comes to spread Christmas cheer and they often seem to get up to a little mischief. See if you can spot Skylar at Mount Waverley and Brooke-Lynn at Lynbrook. They love watching the classes and learning new tricks from the kids!
Did you know that Skylark has an app? Head to your app store and search for 'iClassPro' mobile app. Your organisation name is 'Skylark Sports'. Login with your Customer Portal details and set your location and you are ready to go. Don't create a new account - if you don't know your password hit 'forgot password' and enter your email address.
You can use the app to:
