Level 1 - Skate Tots

The first level concentrates on the very basics of ice skating. It gets your child used to wearing skates and moving about in them – both on and off the ice. In order to progress to the next level, your child must be able to sit and stand in skates, as well ...

Level 2 - Skate Tots

The second level is purely ice-based. Now they’re more comfortable on the ice and wearing skates, things get turned up; a notch. To move up a level, your child must be able to march forward 10 steps, sit and stand on the ice with help, as well as march aroun...

Level 3 - Skate Tots

The third level takes things up a gear again. In order to progress to the fourth and final level of the Skate Tots programme, your child should be able to march forwards and do a Little Man, as well as march backwards for five steps. They should also be able t...

Level 4 - Skate Tots

This final stage of the Skate Tots programme is designed to prepare your child to take on the next level – the basic Skills scheme. Therefore, in order to pass, kids are expected to be able to march the full width of the rink and march half the length of the...

Level 1 - Basics

To begin with, you’ll start with the very basics. You’ll be getting comfortable in the skates and used to being on the ice. In order to pass this first level, you must demonstrate that you are able to sit down and stand up, march forwards across the ice an...

Level 2 - Basics

As we reach the second level, things start to get a little trickier. To move up to level three, you must be able to complete the following skills: a backwards march across the ice, some forward swizzles and a forward two-footed glide on a curve (both left and ...

Level 3 - Basics

Once we reach the third level, things start to get a little more technical. In order to pass this level, you must show that you can do forward stroking, showing the correct use of the blade as you do so, as well as doing a moving two-footed turn (both backward...

Level 4 - Basics

With things starting to get a little more serious, at level four, there’s a greater focus on speed and skill on the skates. In order to progress to level five, you must be able to demonstrate that you can do forward continuous chasses around a circle (both l...

Level 5 - Basics

We’re now in the second half of the programme and you’ll be becoming a competent skater. With this, you’ll be asked to try some slightly trickier skills in order to progress to the next level. These include backwards inside and outside edge circles on bo...

Level 6 - Basics

In order to progress to the penultimate level of the Basic Skills scheme, you must first be able to master these skills. For starters, there are three forward inside turns from a standstill – on both left and right feet. Next, there are backward outside edge...

Level 7 - Basics

The penultimate level of ice skating lessons in the Basic Skills programme involves some even more complicated moves. In order to move up to the final level, you must be able to demonstrate a forward inside open Mohawk on both left and right feet, as well as b...

Level 8 - Basics

In order to complete the Basic Skills ice skating lessons programme, you must be able to demonstrate the ability to do three continuous turns around a circle, on both your left and right feet and either the inside or outside edge of your skate. You must also b...

Bronze - Skate UK Star - Free Skate

At the bronze level, kids will learn to do forwards and backwards crossovers in a figure of eight, as well as a forward outside spiral on a curve – on both their left and right feet. They’ll also try spinning on one foot for a minimum of four revolutions, ...

Silver - Skate UK Star - Free Skate

Moving up a stage, at the silver level, kids will learn how to do a single salchow, as well as do a one-footed spin for a minimum of four revolutions with an entry from backwards crossovers, stepping into a forward outside edge, with a landing position exit. T...

Gold - Skate UK Star - Free Skate

In order to achieve the Gold award, you must be able to demonstrate a backwards outside one foot spin (for the minimum of one revolution) and a single toe loop with the correct take-off. You must also be able to complete this spiral sequence: a forward outside...

Bronze - Skate UK Star - Ice Dance

This is where you begin learning to dance on the ice. In completing this level, you will learn how to do forward open and closed chasses continuously round a circle, on both left and right feet. You’ll also try a left forward outside Mohawk, cross in front o...

Silver - Skate UK Star - Ice Dance

In order to attain the Silver grade, you must learn to do the following: forward progressive runs in a figure of eight, backward open chasses (three on each foot) in a serpentine sequence) and backward progressive runs in a figure of eight. You must also le...

Gold - Skate UK Star - Ice Dance

Finally, in order to pass the Gold grade and be able to move on to the next stage, you must be able to demonstrate basic backwards crossrolls, a solo novice Foxtrot with music, as well as forward inside double twiddles on both left and right feet. You also nee...