Ah, no! He proved me wrong. Last Friday he told me at pick-up, "I've got 124 in Piano exam."
And I let off the loudest scream I've screamed for a long time. (Actually I don't usually scream at all, it's true, I'm a rather repressed person!)
Why? On the morning of the exam he could not play his scales properly. He was going, "I don't want to do the exam."
We're now looking forward to his Piano concert at school in a couple of weeks' time.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Distinction in Music Theory
Head of Music phoned us this afternoon to say son had attained 97% in his Grade Three Music Theory exam which is a Distinction.
Excellent!
Just the Piano result to go now, which I suspect is going to be a Pass.
Excellent!
Just the Piano result to go now, which I suspect is going to be a Pass.
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Merit in Clarinet
End-of-term assembly yesterday and he was awarded his Band badge as well as being presented with his Grade 2 Clarinet Certificate (ABRSM) with Merit. On the whole the boys had done very well with two boys gaining distinctions (one in Grade 1 Oboe and one in Grade 5 Trumpet).
Have I mentioned that he was fantastic Mr Fox in the school production? I had lots of mums come up to me to say how wonderful they thought he was. I was embarrassed because I didn't know all their names. Most of the parents know me/us from when I was chair of the PTA.
Grade cards also came home and it was A1 and A2 in all academic subjects with Bs in Games and PE and C in Swimming. BUT, big BUT, no '3' in Effort.
Boy done good, we thought. We are not concerned with the 2's in some subjects (like Maths) which indicates that he does not actually put much of an effort in it. This next term's grades will be based on exams, I think. There is revision to do this term break.
Can't wait!!!
As if.
Have I mentioned that he was fantastic Mr Fox in the school production? I had lots of mums come up to me to say how wonderful they thought he was. I was embarrassed because I didn't know all their names. Most of the parents know me/us from when I was chair of the PTA.
Grade cards also came home and it was A1 and A2 in all academic subjects with Bs in Games and PE and C in Swimming. BUT, big BUT, no '3' in Effort.
Boy done good, we thought. We are not concerned with the 2's in some subjects (like Maths) which indicates that he does not actually put much of an effort in it. This next term's grades will be based on exams, I think. There is revision to do this term break.
Can't wait!!!
As if.
Friday, April 03, 2009
4:24
Cross Country was run on Wednesday and son's new improved time is 4 minutes 24 seconds. Eighth in his Form. (His time was 5:55 last year but we're not sure if the distance was exactly the same.)
His House came in first overall. Well done!
This was what I wrote for the school bulletin whether it gets published or not:
Cogito ergosum run (I think, therefore I run)
There’s no [bulletin] for the last week of the Lent Term, but I feel I have to write this, even if it only goes to print in the Trinity Term.
With a few other parents I was at the Cross Country. Overheard:
Mother 1: J was not keen on his breakfast this morning.
Mother 2: Our lot (6+) cannot do the distance.
Me: O yes! They’ll be alright.
They were ALL alright. I believe everyone who started finished, and that is very good.
The small group of parents were cheering every boy on, whether or not we knew their names. By the end of the session we had very painful palms and quite sore throats.
What was heartening was to see the young men stay the course. Not all are Haile Gebrselassie-shaped. Running for a bus/train might be a struggle, let alone the distances some of these young men were doing.
Several stopped after a lap or two and thought they could get away with it, but Mr B coaxed them on and somehow from somewhere deep inside them, they found the reserve to cross the finish line, running.
I think distance-running builds character. Training for such distances requires great discipline and is a lonely business (I know this only too well). Quite often it is a question of mind over matter (ie legs of stone). It gives one time to think, and one must think to finish. When so much of modern life is ‘instant everything’, staying the course when the going gets tough is a lesson that distance-running helps us to learn.
I was less interested to see who finished in medal positions as to observe how those who are not quite 2012 material (or 2016, 2020, etc) completed the course, many in some degree of pain. To these young men: you have done it once, you can do it again. Remember what a certain quiz-master used to say, “I’ve started so I’ll finish.”
One word of advice to the more competitive runners: Pace.
Many thanks to Mr B and other staff for organizing this event. Perhaps we could have a few more parents to join the cheer team next year???
P.S. How does one say ‘run’ in Latin?
His House came in first overall. Well done!
This was what I wrote for the school bulletin whether it gets published or not:
Cogito ergo
There’s no [bulletin] for the last week of the Lent Term, but I feel I have to write this, even if it only goes to print in the Trinity Term.
With a few other parents I was at the Cross Country. Overheard:
Mother 1: J was not keen on his breakfast this morning.
Mother 2: Our lot (6+) cannot do the distance.
Me: O yes! They’ll be alright.
They were ALL alright. I believe everyone who started finished, and that is very good.
The small group of parents were cheering every boy on, whether or not we knew their names. By the end of the session we had very painful palms and quite sore throats.
What was heartening was to see the young men stay the course. Not all are Haile Gebrselassie-shaped. Running for a bus/train might be a struggle, let alone the distances some of these young men were doing.
Several stopped after a lap or two and thought they could get away with it, but Mr B coaxed them on and somehow from somewhere deep inside them, they found the reserve to cross the finish line, running.
I think distance-running builds character. Training for such distances requires great discipline and is a lonely business (I know this only too well). Quite often it is a question of mind over matter (ie legs of stone). It gives one time to think, and one must think to finish. When so much of modern life is ‘instant everything’, staying the course when the going gets tough is a lesson that distance-running helps us to learn.
I was less interested to see who finished in medal positions as to observe how those who are not quite 2012 material (or 2016, 2020, etc) completed the course, many in some degree of pain. To these young men: you have done it once, you can do it again. Remember what a certain quiz-master used to say, “I’ve started so I’ll finish.”
One word of advice to the more competitive runners: Pace.
Many thanks to Mr B and other staff for organizing this event. Perhaps we could have a few more parents to join the cheer team next year???
P.S. How does one say ‘run’ in Latin?
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