Hello Everyone,

We are almost at the half term break. There will be NO classes on Friday 30^th and Saturday 31^st October 2026.

Welcome to the new children who joined the Babel Family and to our new teacher Becca, a great addition to our team.

Update on Sara’s health

Following a surgical procedure to remove a cancerous kidney, Sara is now undergoing regular immunotherapy treatments every six weeks for just over a year. Unfortunately, the side effects are unpleasant and unpredictable. She will be at class on alternate weeks. One week she will be in on a Friday and the following week on a Saturday. It will not interrupt the smooth running of the school.

Because of this adjustment to Sara’s lifestyle, a few changes will be made to reduce her workload.

Showtime

Many of you are aware that this would normally be a show year, with a performance at the end of the Spring Term in 2027. Sadly, Sara has had to postpone for one year. It isn’t a decision taken lightly, but the workload to produce a show is challenging at the best of times. She is truly sorry for the disappointment this will inevitably cause.  We will make more of our Presentation afternoon next Summer, to give the children more a sense of performance.

Term Dates

This term will finish on Saturday 12^th December 2026. We have cancelled the weekend of 18/19^th December. All invoices will be adjusted to reflect this.

Uniform

We will be allowing parents to order uniform through Class Manager, we have put together the price list and the shop will go live soon! Outer wear, such as hoodies, t-shirts etc. will be available to purchase very soon through a separate company. You will be able to order directly from them, and they will send the items to your home address. More details to follow.

Promoting Babel

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For the first time since the pandemic, we returned to the stage. We went to Bishopshalt School and put on BGT. The show was all about awards – Brits, BAFTA’s, Grammies, Golden Globes and Tony’s. July 2023 was our big return. Congratulations to all those who took part and thank you to our past students who returned to support us, either by performing or helping backstage.

Huge CONGRATULATIONS to Rekha Lakhanpaul, Carolann Rogers-Moore and Ruby Fortune on their GCSE Dance results 2021.  Our best results ever. It has been a challenging  2 years, with the adverse conditions through the pandemic. But, the girls rose to the occasion.  It wasn’t plain sailing by any stretch of the imagination, there were struggles, but success prevailed!

Carolann – Level 9

Rekha – Level 8

Ruby – Level 8

I can’t really put how grateful I am for everything that Sara and Babel did for me into words. I’ve always struggled with self confidence and the idea of actually believing in myself, but I never had to worry about that during those incredible year of dance. Sara always made sure that I felt safe and included, no matter how I looked or what my skill level was and don’t think I am ever really going to be able to thank you enough for that.

Charis has qualified as a FitSteps Instructor. She passed her assessment at GOLD standard.

Well done for setting up such a fabulous dance school. My girls have learnt so much and flourished under your care and I truly wish we could take you all with us. Thank you for believing in them and for all your loving support. We will miss you.

Emma Leaman

At the end of my first year we had feedback tutorials on all our classes and when I went to one for movement, my teacher was so impressed. She said she could see that my body has had an excellent training and being able to move comes naturally. She said I could apply everything from that training as a dancer to having a free body when acting. Although she never does this in the first year, she awarded me a “First” for movement. I just wanted to say thank you for everything over the years, a lot of this feedback is down to the time and patience given to me as a dancer. The skills I have learned will continue to serve me now and in the future.

Georgiana Casbarra

We shall be performing at theTheatre Royal Windsor in November 2018.

Jasmine Dotiwala, one of Sara’s very first students, a Producer at MTV, has her own Radio show and travels the world to interview  the stars of music and screen has declared Sara Ridley (nee Halder) her favourite teacher!