Come & join me in general chat all you patents of performers - be it dancers, actors, singers or musicians

I have manged to mention LSC Associates in each one - hopefully that will count for something

I did the one from October last year (lovely teacher comments) & the stats sheet from March (awful attendance)

Not much I can do really

But hopefully when they see her dance......

One want reference from dance teacher one wants reference from school

All want last years end of term report; DD's school doesn't do a yr 10 end of year report

Very individual & but the audition become more similar

Biggest stumbling block is photos for each - they all want different poses, passport/head & shoulders/full body/ballet poses

Good luck!

Can she use roughly the same application for each one or do they need very individual approaches?

Brit, Arts Ed & Laine done
Bird & Italia Conti Started
Millenium, Performers, Bodyworks to be completed
& Urdang is still favourite

We have completed 3; they would not necessarily be the 4 I was assured were completed yesterday before she was allowed to go to class & they certainly aren't the 4 that should have been completed today

But she has rejected a further 2 colleges (mainly so she doesn't have to write an application form)

Never mind only 6 to go

Good job I confiscated her favourite otherwise that one would be done & no others

Eek - that sounds a nightmare KM.

YMTuk auditions now available to book. We've gone for one. It looks good tbh. On a Sunday so doesn't clash with anything, about 2 miles away from the house & doesn't have to prepare anything. I'll tell him to treat it as a workshop.

Aaarrgghh - application forms

lol - yes it is a problem if other people see it as naughtiness. People can be so stupid

It might actually be a place for him to find like-minded souls then!

A dx might not translate into much support anyway. A dx is definitely worth getting if you need support or the child is really struggling in the school environment, but if not & you realise his issues anyway I'm never sure how much use a dx is.

Hm, I think it depends on how affected he is really. TBH there are quite a few spectrummy kids at ds2's school (he obviously is fairly good at spotting children who are on the spectrum or have those sorts of tendencies). If they understand school rules and will be quiet when necessary, hand in homework etc I think they get on fine. The problems come when it reaches the situation where they don't really understand why school rules would apply to them, or why they shouldn't just shout out the answer. Then I tend to think they might do better in a place more used to giving support to kids because the GS tends to see it as bad behaviour, rather than a struggling child.

But very individual of course.

Yes - the current year 1 is a mahoosive year. Am pleased we're not in that cohort!

So far we haven't found the GS pressurised tbh pictures. Obviously it might vary from school to school & might become more pressurised, but ds2 is having a whale! TBH his current recording work is more of a constant work type commitment than his homework or school.

we have a couple of years to go yet. It'll work out....

We're done now (DS didn't want to try for the GS and is at the comp which their primary feeds into). I am SO relieved. I'm sure your DS3 will be fine though.

I think it will be more fraught with ds3. Mainly because he really wants to go to the same school as his brother, but also because ds2's second choice school was a performing arts specialist academy so we could big up that side of it. Ds3's strengths really are not in the performing arts so it's a bit more of a struggle to find a second choice.

It's also going to be more competitive in ds3's year (higher birth rate). Deep joy!

Thanks It seemed MUCH more fraught with DD2 than with DD1 - mainly because it was only after DD1 got in but other children we knew didn't, that we fully realised what a lottery it could be.

Oh well done with the 11 plus - we were in that situation last year. DS2 is loving his school so the pulling of teeth required to get in was worth it!

Dance is definitely ds2's weak spot, although he is getting a lot better. He's very left handed and tends to turn the wrong way when first learning something. If he auditions that's the one reminder I'll give him as I drop him off 'WATCH which way everyone else turns'

DD2 won't be 11 by the cut off date. She actually won't be 11 by the date of the shows either (late August birthday). It's a real shame. DD1 is considering whether she wants to audition as a musician (or even a musician performer - she has a stellar voice, but her movement is skrot (dyspraxic - although actually that's not the only reason, DD2 is severely dyspraxic too but a decent dancer) - she was an excellent Audrey 2 earlier this year because the movement required was completely in her comfort zone. But prowling isn't always the right 'look' for a part ).

Good luck for your DS whatever you decide. DD2 had some good news yesterday - category A in the 11+ results, so she will definitely be going to DD1's school. Which is what she wanted.