suniil

Thank you Lucy, she got into both Chethams & Purcell but we are going to accept Purcell school for young musicians. I'm sure you know how hard to get in with Piano / singing as first choice of instruments in early school years, where she has to compete with the far east / eastern european Child prodigies. It's just her hard work and determination coupled with best mentoring. lucyA1308 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > as a freelance musician and music teacher, I am > also very impressed by Suniil's daughter. That > amount of practice has clearly paid off. 100% agreed with the comment below. It should be a perfect balance between hard work and fun (aka enjoyment) > It doesn't have to be that much, but there does need > to be encouragement at home to keep up with the > practice. I start all my pupils off from the same > beginning, and it is very easy to spot the ones > who do the practice and those who don't. > > What ever age you are when you start, it has to be > the right combination of hard work and fun. The > more you put into it, the more fun you will get > out of it.

Yes, she is local but takes students who are seriously committed and Grade 6 level above. She is also a touring pianist, who debuts her US tours with Carnegie hall performance next month. Campbelltown Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Suniil, am interested to find out who your > daughter's piano teacher is. Is she local ?

It depends how much success you want! At least in my daughter's case, that's way she got into country's one of the finest Specialist Music School. She starts there in September (to year 7), in school they will have to do more than 5 hours of supervised instrumental practice (including after school practice hours). Also, it is down to the instrument choice. She is in similar-ish level in singing, but only spends time during singing lessons & Choir.

6 is a good age to start but not later than 8 years. Also the progress they make is all down to how good the teacher is and what level of support parents provide at home. If your child is seriously interested in music / piano, then a practice of 45 minutes per day is minimum to start with and should go upto 2-3 hours before they hit secondary school!! Daughter was a late starter, at 8 years and now at 10+ she is close to grade 8 standard. Practices around 3 hours every day and has a wonderful teacher.

I've visited various schools for my 10 year old daughter. 1 hour is not good enough to judge, but Prendergast is the one I'm most impressed with. Music facilities are not close to Haberdashers but still a good school.

Thank you westof / brezzo for the help. I'll look into that as well. Tomorrow I'm visiting Haberdasher's for open day. I understand it is one of the most oversubscribed schools but optimistic that daughter can pass the audition / aptitude tests.

Thank you prickle / Renata for the pointer towards Kingsdale.

Thank you Reneta for posting the necessary info. My daughter is in year 6 and the research started a while ago. Sadly no schools with music specialisation in southwark, so we just have 2 schools in lewisham and 1 in westminister. Other option is 4 schools that support MDS. I hope something will workout in her way, will keep you all posted with updates in the thread

:) I thought the same after seeing this pic of a guy looting Tesco Value Basmati Rice!! http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/09/article-0-0D5C421400000578-88_634x663.jpg *Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Looting Poundland?! > > I mean, really. Our London looters will be the > laughing stock of the looters the world over.

Skip to timestamp 5:15 and see a good representation of the community!

I'm watching this live feed for more than 20 minutes, and just now only fire engine turned up!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14449675

We are also seriously considering this as an option for our daughter, if she doesn't get into a (music) school of her choice

Minimum age for Gym is 13/14 as far as I know. Other option is to join in Gymnastics club, there are many around ED / Peckham area.

Well done Daniel! He was my daughter's teacher.

Had a break-in yesterday via my rear vent. Complete mess inside the car, as it looks like they were looking for something specific. Had some coins, couple of phone holders, iPod etc. Nothing has stolen from the car, but need to replace the Glass. AutoGlass quoted ?230, which is equivalent to compulsory excess of insurance. Need to find something cheaper, any tips other than ebay? Thanks

Is barry road good to drive? thanks

St. Anthony's - Open today

St. Anthony's primary school - Closed

Thanks. I rang up and got an automated announcement stating the same. Fliss Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've just phoned - St Anthony's is open.

SilverFox: Any news on St.Anthony's today? thanks

I'd say yes. The recent news and postings across the forums underlines that Apple admits the problem http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10490572.stm Apple hiring antenna engineers http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/apple-hiring-iphone-antenna-engineers-for-some-reason/ mazza7103 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > very glad i didnt get the upgrade. i love my 3gs > anyhoo

O2-BE are best IMHO, most of the time they have ?100 cashback (via cashback websites) + 3 months service free of cost which is hard to beat. They can take over the line rental also from BT (saves few ?), but I suggest to stay with BT for your line rental. SKY don't do SKy or SKY+ boxes anymore, the basic box itself is SKY HD and many offers are floating around

Question (email to S Jobs from a fellow member on MR) What's going to be done about the signal dropping issue. Is it software or hardware? Answer from SJ : Non issue. Just avoid holding it in that way. lol, lucky I didn't queued up this time

An interesting article, for those who has IOS4 http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/leaked-apple-stealing-all-facetime-information-att-locks-user-via-ota-updates/

Camberwell / peckham to paddington --> 36 / 436 Paddington to Heathrow --> Heathrow connect (?5ish, cheap)