Junior School

Our junior school programme starts at two years of age, with either our Ballet Babes ballet class or Moovers & Shakers creative dance class for girls and boys up to the age of 6. Children aged from 7 years can then progress to our wide variety of classes on offer from 6 years and up. At WAPS it's never too late to learn something new and students have the opportunity to advance at their own pace under the guidance of our expert and caring teaching staff.

Current junior students have been accepted into PEAC and other specialist primary school dance and vocal programmes as well as having the opportunity to join our young performance troupes performing at the Channel Seven Christmas Pageant, Telethon and other local/charity shows.

Moovers & Shakers® is a wonderful and fun introduction to music, dance and drama. If your child loves to move and groove to the music like the Wiggles, Hi-Five and Disney, then this is the perfect class to learn all the basics in one fun filled, confidence building class.

Ballet Babes® is the perfect way to develop the love of classical ballet and music in an enchanting fun introductory class. In this class your child will learn their very first dance steps such as pointing feet, plies, little leaps, role playing, short dances plus much more.

Fun & Funky Grooves is a great introduction to Hip-Hop Funk for first time dancers who want to learn basic fun and funky dance moves that will help improve their coordination and fitness.

Modern Jazz is a upbeat and stylistic form of dance that varies to suit modern and popular music. This class involves a warm-up routine, stretching, flexibility and dance technique.

Hip-Hop Funk is fast, energetic and very funky. This style of dance combines the latest cutting edge dance moves and combinations as seen on current music videos. This class is perfect for beginners to advanced and after a few classes you’ll be dancing like a pro.

Tap Dancing. Learn to make music with your feet in our fun tap classes that combine both the traditional and more modern funky tap routines. In this class you’ll learn various tap techniques, combinations and time steps to get you into the rhythm of this exciting dance style.

Singing is a essential attribute for any performer and in this class you will learn breathing, phrasing, diction, pitch, microphone work and movement, which is all essential to becoming an accomplished and confident entertainer.

Classical Ballet (RAD) is an essential part of any dancers training and brings additional grace, strength, technique and poise to a dancers presentation. It’s never to late learn!

Acting (AMEB) is a great way of developing confidence and in this class you will learn skills such as improvisation, characterisation and voice work. In these classes students are able to work towards the renowned AMEB speech and drama exams.

!MPACT Junior Dance Company is for the serious young dancer who wants to train at a junior professional level to gain real industry experience.
!mpact dancers train in both Modern Jazz and Classical Ballet together as a company and attend a weekly repertoire class. From this they perform two annual company performances, compete in dance eisteddfods, perform live on stage for both corporate and charity events and audition for televised events including Telethon and the Christmas Pageant. New company members are invited to join in 1st Term and 3rd Term of every year.

Cheerleading You’ll learn various dance sequences, acrobatic tricks, chants and cheers with opportunity to also to be part of squads that perform at games.