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Marking schemes for pre-primary to grade 4

Everything in an exam is marked out of 10. The mark of 10 is linked to an adjective: Exceptional ability (10) Excellent ability (9) Very good ability (8) Good ability (7) Fairly good ability (6) Fair ability (5) Adequate ability (4) Limited ability (3) Very limited ability (2) Extremely limited ability (1) This means that if, for example, you are a grade 4 student who got an 8 out of 10 on your barre. This means you demonstrated a very good ability to show the barre

Nov 15, 2025

Common corrections: grade 4

I always encourage my students to practice at home. However, it can be hard to practice if you don't know what to work on. Below I have listed my common corrections for each exercise in Grade 4. For all exercises: -remember to smile -keep your body straight (think of stacking yourself like a Jenga tower) -keep your chin slightly lifted -tuck your thumbs away and keep your fingers together -turn out your feet as much as possible -point your feet as hard as you can when necessa

Oct 3, 2024

Ballet beyond the studio

Ballet history for beginners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEekFTj5PvU https://australianballet.com.au/ballet-101/short-history-of-ballet?srsltid=AfmBOopuYg-ovo2_opPySrBT1iUcqRCcQ0N6eBoj_aVwkC_jVA3R-cxY Ballet terminology https://www.abt.org/explore/learn/ballet-dictionary/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiFK4Df1hx8&list=PLwS6egmcnvtOw0_A2NNUprDjP062JLJYM Different styles and schools of ballet These are some the major schools/syllabuses that are used around the world for b

Mar 17, 2024

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