Better Understand our Colour Skill Levels
In preparation for our progress checks this term, we want to bring your attention back to this educational passage about our colour skill levels: At Twisters, we use different colours to represent different skill levels. Each skill level has between 15-18 skills across different apparatus’. For example, Badge & Stars focus is on the Olympic events (vault, bars, beam, and floor), whereas our NinjaGym focuses on parkour events such as wall, vaults, and rolls. All of our programs have a trampoline and body preparation component to ensure every member is building strength and spatial awareness along the way. Placing students in colour levels allows coaches to monitor their progress, and provide safe and challenging progressions based on the lesson plan for that specific level. The skills get harder as the levels go on, and each level has progressions and drills to achieve the final skill – whatever that may be! Beginner levels focus on basic movement patterns and body awareness, while intermediate and advanced levels start to see more skill development. We encourage our gymnasts and ninjas to try something new each time they come to the gym, whether it is a small progression, or a brand new skill, new things and exciting things are happening every day at Twisters! For more information on colour levels, please check out this blog by our Education Coordinator, Caylie!
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Parent Surveys
We truly value the feedback we have been receiving through our surveys sent to you via email. When you do receive a survey, we kindly ask that you take the 1 to 2 minutes to complete it, and please be open and honest with your feedback regarding our venues and our coaches. Surveys are distributed in batches to ensure we can thoroughly review each response. We sincerely appreciate your responses to these surveys!
🌟Core Value Coach Award🌟
Congratulations to the following coaches for being the March winners of the Core Value Coach Awards!
NORTHCOTE – Coach Asher was awarded for the core value ‘We Make our Mates Better’. Asher has been doing lots of covers lately and has shown flexibility and a great attitude in adjusting his shift to begin earlier or finish later, based on what is needed on the given day. He has also recently joined the Tiny Tornadoes coaching team and has already received excellent parent feedback on his work with his Tinies classes!
SHOWGROUNDS – Coach Christie was awarded for the core value ‘Fun and Energy is Contagious!’. Christie is always engaged in her classes and connects so well with all of the kids. Her classes always look fun and energetic, and all of the kids are focused and interested in what they are learning. Christie’s classes adore her!
TORQUAY – Coach Courtney was awarded for the core value ‘Dedication to Go Beyond’ in her role as our Inclusion Officer. She has worked particularly hard this month to be available as a resource, as well as create resources to enable coaches and gymnasts to have great classes! A prime example of “We know what we are doing and we do it well. We care about EVERY person!”. Kudos, Courtney!
Northcote Car Park Reminder
A quick reminder to please only park in our marked Twisters car spaces. Our undercroft is a drop off/pick up zone only, for after school and weekend hours. Now that the cold, darker weather is in full swing, please consider your fellow Twisters attendees by using the drop off/pick up zone wisely so that everyone can be dropped off close to the door.
If you intend to stay for longer than 5-minutes we kindly ask that you find a spot for your car outside of the undercroft, or park on Beavers Road, or surrounding streets. During our daytime Tiny Tornadoes classes, parents are welcome to park in the undercroft car spots. We really appreciate your help with this!
MEMBERS HOODIES – ORDERS EXTENDED!
Due to requests for additional time, we have extended the member hoodie order period for an extra week. Orders will now close on Sunday, 4th May. We understand that it was a busy time over Easter and the two short weeks with all of the public holidays, and appreciate that not everyone has had a chance to get their order in.
Here’s the details:
👉 hoodies are $55 each (kids and adult sizes available)
👉 to order, click here
👉 we expect to be handing out hoodies to members who placed an order in 4-5 weeks
👉 a detailed email has been sent to all parents with additional details, if you didn’t get it, please check your junk mail (orders can still be placed using the link without the email)
We hope you love your new hoodies!
Important Dates
👉 May 1st | Monthly membership fees will be charged!
👉 May 19th – June 1st | Mid-Year Progress Checks
* If you ever need to check important dates to pop into your calendar or to plan accordingly, you can find those on our website, here.
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Loads of great content, so come and follow along!
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Gymnast of the Month
Congratulations to our Gymnasts of the Month!
Northcote GoM | Natalia
Here is why Coach Zoe voted for Natalia…
I’ve only coaches Natalia since February and she has already improved so much – it’s so impressive! Natalia is always willing to help out other students when needed and is consistently showing our core value “We make Our Mates Better”. Natalia is an amazing listener and constantly strives to improve and progress no matter what – and her hard work does not go unnoticed. Natalia is an absolute pleasure to coach and I can’t wait to see what she achieves this year in our class and in the future! Keep up the amazing work, Natalia!
When did you start gymnastics? When I was in grade 1
What is your favourite thing about gym? Handstands and cartwheels
Do you do any other activities? Dance and Netball
What is your favourite food? Mums homemade Japanese Curry!
Favourite skill? Cartwheels
If you could have any superpower, what would you choose? Mind reading
What gymnastics skill have you always wanted to learn? Holding a handstand for a really long time
Showgrounds GoM | Lorelai
Here is why Coach Elena nominated Lorelai…
Congratulations Lorelai! I nominated Lorelai for Gymnast of the Month for being a great listener, even when the class is a little chaotic! Lorelai will always do the right thing and follow the correct instructions. She always demonstrates our core value of ‘Make our mates better’ as she is always helping other classmates that are struggling to remember what to do and tries her best with every new skill. Well done Lorelai!
When did you start gymnastics? One year ago
What is your favourite thing about gym? Swinging
Do you do any other activities? Swimming
What is your favourite movie? Frozen
What is your favourite food? Noodle soup
Favourite skill? Cartwheels
What skill have you always wanted to learn? A one handed cartwheel
If you could have any superpower, what would you choose? To be able to stay under water for a long time!
What do you want to be when you are older? Swimming teacher
Northcote GoM | Zain
Here is why Coach Bella nominated Zain…
I have nominated Zain for Gymnast of the Month because of his dedication to go beyond! Zain’s determination and can-do attitude towards learning new skills and tricks at gymnastics is amazing! Zain has shown great improvement in both his coordination and class participation over the past year, which has been really rewarding to watch. Zain always shows up to class with a happy vibe and loves to proudly show me his skills (and drink bottle)! Keep up the amazing work Zain, I can’t wait to keep watching you improve in the future!
When did you start gymnastics? 1 year ago
What is your favourite thing about gym? Coach Bella and jumping!
Do you do any other activities? Swimming
What is your favourite movie? Madagascar
Favourite skill? Jumping
If you could have any superpower, what would you choose? Bouncy legs!
What do you want to be when you’re older? A fireman
