General Gymnastics
Great News! Enrolment is Open for existing members for Summer Term 2024
Our General Gymnastics sessions cater for children from four years upwards and run six days a week across five venues. They provide a fun, safe and friendly environment to help develop core skills such as balance, co-ordination, and aerial awareness. Most of our sessions run for 50 minutes for all ages, however for the gymnasts aged 8 and over with bags of energy, we do run several 90-minute sessions.
Gymnasts are split into small groups where they are encouraged to develop at their own pace on floor skills as well as a wide variety of apparatus.
All gymnasts like to receive recognition for their achievements, and that’s why at Falcon Gymnastics Club we give every gymnast the opportunity to progress through our awards schemes.
What activities will gymnasts do at these sessions?
All our sessions start with a fun warm-up to music. The gymnasts then rotate around a variety of workstations, covering floor skills such as forward and backward rolls, cartwheels, headstands, and handstands to name but a few. Each group will also work on equipment including box, beam and trampette depending on the venue.
To assist with the coaching & progression of skills using apparatus, most activities have an additional side station which allows the gymnast to safely practise any feedback the coach has given them during performing the skills on the main apparatus.
Gentle note to parents, due to space constraints within the gyms and from a Health & safety point of view parents are not allowed to stay within the gymnasium during the lessons except when first joining (please see FAQ). However, at the end of each term, parents are invited to “come and watch” sessions, where the gymnasts enjoy showing you the many skills they have learnt during the term.
We are often asked what do the gymnasts need to wear.
For General Gymnastics the following is a good guide. If you are still unsure, please do not hesitate to speak with the Session Leader when you attend your first class, who will be able to help further.
How do gymnasts progress through the club?
Falcon Gymnastics Club is committed to catering for all your gymnasts’ needs and aspirations and has an extensive array of classes for all abilities to seamlessly move between.
For those gymnasts that are aged 8+ and feel 50 mins is never going to be enough time to master all the gymnastic skills needed to become a Champion, then we run several 90 min classes on Monday & Saturday afternoon, especially for them.
As your gymnast’s performance and skill level increases over time our coaches may select them to join our Advanced Gymnastics classes held on Tuesday or Saturday afternoon, both running for 90 minutes. These sessions are by invitation only and are the stepping-stones to being asked to join our Performance Squad and Tops Squad along with our dedicated elite Competition squad.
You may also enjoy our other activities such as Acro Dance & Cheer or Tumbling, Trampetting & Vaulting, or you might have a younger sibling who would enjoy our Pre-School sessions. Whatever you would like to explore, please click on these links for more details.
This is why we do what we do
My two daughters attend Falcon Gymnastics at Maple Tree and love it, they have so much fun and have improved in all their aspects of gymnastics. All the staff are so friendly and are so caring to all the children. I would highly recommend Falcon Gymnastics club.
My daughter absolutely loves her Falcon gymnastics classes at Etonbury. I can see how much she has grown in confidence since she started with the club, and she is always enthusiastic about going to classes. It was fantastic to watch her in action during the penultimate class of the year. All the coaches are so kind, and it is clear the kids are happy with all of them.
That all sounds fantastic! – How do I join?
Please follow the step-by-step guide below:
- Click the “Login / Register Now” button. (Please note: all bookings must be completed online).
- Create an account by adding your email address to the “Register Now” section and choosing a password.
- Once you have registered an account, please log in to your Members Area and click “Add a Child” to enter your child’s details.
- Now click “Make a Booking”. If you have been sent a code by Mel, please enter this into the “Booking Code” box and then follow the on-screen instructions to complete your booking and make payment. If you have not been issued a code, please click the “Join a Waiting List”.
- You will now be on the waiting list page where you will be able to select the class / venue / session you would like to attend. If you would like to add your child’s name to more than one wating list, you are very welcome to do so
- Mel will be in touch as soon as a place becomes available. You will be sent a booking code and instructions on how to book and pay for your sessions. Typically, our wating list is 2-3 weeks long. Please note, if you are offered a place part-way through the term your fees will be adjusted automatically according to how many sessions of the term are remaining.
- Once you have successfully made your payment, you will receive an email from Stripe (our online payment partner), and a further email from Falcon welcoming you to club and explaining “what’s next”.
- If you are a new member, your first session will be on a trial basis to ensure you enjoy gymnastics with Falcon. Should you decide not to continue, please email mel@falcongym.com within 3 days who will arrange a refund less £10 to cover this first session.
- After you have attended your first session, you will be asked to become a member of British Gymnastics (BG). Membership runs yearly from September to August. The club cannot complete this on your behalf due to GDPR rules. Membership to British Gymnastics is mandatory, and no gymnast will be allowed to take part in any session without valid membership. For more information, please see “Become a member of BG”.
How much does it cost?
All general gymnastics classes have a rolling termly subscription of £141 per gymnast.
Our Acro dance session & 8+ sessions (all recreational 90 minute classes) are £185 per gymnast.
The above prices are per term, which over 3 terms represents 36 weeks. (Please note: some individual terms may be longer or shorter, but over the 3 school terms they will always equal 36 weeks).
If you sign up prior to the start of the term, you have 2 payment options: Either pay the termly fee in full which is £141.00 or £185.00 depending on your class, or you can split the payment over 2 instalments, however this method does incur a small additional service charge from our provider and therefore the first payment on sign up is £73.00 or £95.00 with the second instalment also being £73.00 or £95.00 payable about 6 weeks into the term.
And finally
If you reenrol once the term has started, we kindly ask that payment for classes is made in full.
If you are a new member and are allocated a place part-way through the term, the booking system will automatically adjust your fees according to the point in the term at which you are starting.
If you would like to join Falcon Gymnastics Club and take part in any of our classes, click on Register Now and follow the online instructions.
What days / times & venues do you operate from?
Scott Primary – Bedford
Session | Times | Session leader (In case of emergency) |
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Monday | 16:30 to 17:20 | Cerys Davies: 07981 277247 |
Monday | 17:30 to 18:20 | Cerys Davies: 07981 277247 |
Monday Age 8+ Session | 18:30 to 20:00 | Cerys Davies: 07981 277247 |
Wednesday | 16:30 to 17:20 | Hannah Denham: 07854 789451 |
Wednesday | 17:30 to 18:20 | Hannah Denham: 07854 789451 |
Thursday | 16:30 to 17:20 | Hannah Denham: 07854 789451 |
Friday | 16:30 to 17:20 | Hannah Denham: 07854 789451 |
Saturday | 09:00 to 09:50 | Hannah Shri: 07732 397303 |
Saturday | 10:00 to 10:50 | Hannah Shri: 07732 397303 |
Saturday | 11:00 to 11:50 | Hannah Shri: 07732 397303 |
Saturday Age 8+ Session | 14:10 to 15:40 | Carly Cain: 07961 007903 |
Where do we find you?
Scott Primary School (North pole site)
Hawk Drive
Bedford
MK41 7JE
How to access the car park & session drop off
For pick up after the sessions
(There is also a doorbell on the left-hand side of the doors closest to the Falcon sign if you ever need to speak with anybody outside of entry and exit times).
Sharnbrook Academy – Sharnbrook
Days | Times | Session leader (In case of emergency) |
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Wednesday | 17:10 to 18:00 | Rachel Morrey: 07731 782749 |
Saturday | 9:30 to 10:20 | Rachel Morrey: 07731 782749 |
Where do we find you?
Sharnbrook Academy
Odell Rd
Sharnbrook
Bedford
MK44 1JL
How to access the car park & session drop off
For pick up after the sessions
Etonbury Academy – Arlesey
Days | Times | Session leader (In case of emergency) |
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Monday | 17:00 to 17:50 | Hannah Denham: 07854 789451 |
Monday | 18:00 to 18:50 | Hannah Denham: 07854 789451 |
Monday | 19:00 to 19:50 | Hannah Denham: 07854 789451 |
Where do we find you?
Etonbury Academy
Stotfold Road
Arlesey
SG15 6XS
How to access the car park & session drop off
Westfield Primary – Bedford
Days | Times | Session leader (In case of emergency) |
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Thursday | 16:30 to 17:20 | Cerys Davies: 07981 277247 |
Where do we find you?
Westfield Primary School
51 Chester Road
Bedford
MK40 4HW
How to access the car park & session drop off
Maple Tree Primary – Sandy
Days | Times | Session leader (In case of emergency) |
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Tuesday | 17:00 – 17:50 | Catriona Lewis: 07986 804215 |
Tuesday | 18:00 – 18:50 | Catriona Lewis: 07986 804215 |
Tuesday | 19:00 - 19:50 | Catriona Lewis: 07986 804215 |
Where do we find you?
Maple Tree Primary School
Hawk Drive
Sandy
SG19 2WA
How to access the car park & session drop off
Shortstown Primary – Bedford
Days | Times | Session leader (In case of emergency) |
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Friday | 16:30 to 17:20 | Jon Young: 07514 366894 |
Friday | 17:30 to 18:20 | Jon Young: 07514 366894 |
Monday | 17:00 to 17:50 | Hannah Denham: 07854 789451 |
Monday | 18:00 to 18:50 | Hannah Denham: 07854 789451 |
Where do we find you?
Shortstown Primary
Beauvais Square
Shortstown
MK42 0GS