Habs school for Girls

[youlookalotlikeme]

Hi,

Does anyone have a view on this school - positive or negative?

Considering for my DD (yes, yes, PFB before anyone asks). Have tried asking in Education, but not getting any replies.

TIA

[rainonmyparade]

just ridiculous

[rainonmyparade]

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[Djembe]

she canters at 3 and taught herself a second language?!?!

OP that just sounds bonkers, although you sound level headed in your posts I think you/she needs to chill out and enjoy her childhood a bit!

[IvorHughJackolantern]

Why argue with the Op about how 'ambitious' her daughter is? It may be a daft word to use in association with a 3 year old but it doesn't sound as though the Op is pushing these choices on her or lying about her abilities. Not sure what the face is for, at 3 I was playing grade 6 pieces on the piano. I'm not a genius but my family thought I was; I'm just very musical. The Ops daughter clearly has an aptitutde for languages.

[Djembe]

Ah I see, cross post. Good old Dora!

hopes my son is 'that child' when he gets to 3 as it sounds ace

bog standard local primary will have to keep up with him

[Djembe]

!

I'm a pro pianist and am vehr impressed. Are you pro now?

[Sushiqueen]

I'm not the only MN then that went to the Monmouth version ( I had to do the entire senior school there though). Just about survived it !!

Showing my age - it was Askes when I was at school so we knew which Habs school people were on about.

[ATaleOfTwoCities]

The problem with the assessment at 4+ may be her shyness. Habs and nlcs do look for confident girls.

[seeker]

My dd wanted to be a palaeontologist when she was 3. Just sayin'.

[Bathsheba]

I'm looking at my nearly 3 year old, sitting having her lunch, watching Alphablocks whilst I scream "DD3, where is your AMBITION"...

I can't be the only one, surely...

[FunnysInLaJardin]

lol, I have NO IDEA whether my 2yo is ambitious and neither I suspect does he

[youlookalotlikeme]

Look, I appreciate that this is AIBU, so I'm largely responsible for any ensuing bunfight... however...

I am not looking for comment on my 3YO. She is, I grant you, not your average 3YO.

I'm looking for comment on whether a particular school would be suitable for her, given that - while she patently has a very many talents, she is still young and is shy and is used to a more 1-2-1 environment.

[Clytaemnestra]

So, if she's three, and a summer baby, she is 3 and 4 or 5 months?

If you don't speak spanish, how on earth do you know she's speaking spanish and not just some happy nonsense with a spanish accent interspersed with an occasional "Hola". If that's the criterea then I can speak

She's too young to play the piano, her hand span isn't wide enough and I doubt she can touch the pedals. Again, is what you're trying to say that she hits he keys with her fists and elbows happily? Then great. Start her on Suzuki for violin if you're desperate to get her to learn an instrument at three. But she can't "play the piano" in any meaningful sense. Which is fine. Because she's three.

[BarnYardCow]

I smell horse poo.

[JakeBullet]

No and nor should you be getting this much comment OP. Your Dd sounds lovely and bright too.

I reall don't know enough about th school to comment but my advice as parent of a nine year old is to visit any schools you think might be good for her and get a feel for them yourself. Hopefully a parent or two will be on here to give advice about their experience of the school.

[KellyElly]

she taught herself the second language if you are for real and she really did that at three she is EXCEPTIONALLY gifted and I wouldn't be asking any of us on here about potential schools for her. I would be seeking advice on schools for gifted children. I am going to now google if a three year old has ever taught themselves a language because she may be the most gifted child in the world!!!

[givemeaclue]

Wanting to be a vet and learning Spanish on Dora seem pretty average to me? Am I missing something?

[AvonCallingBarksdale]

oooh, ooh, my DS wanted to work at NASA when he was 4 - I never realised that made him ambitious!

[Melpomene]

If she has managed to teach herself to speak Spanish 'quite fluently' then maybe she'll be able to teach herself everything else and won't even need to go to school

[AvonCallingBarksdale]

In all seriousness, OP, two close friends of mine went to HAbs in Elstree. They both loved it - both are very confident bossy mares and academic.

[youlookalotlikeme]

No, She is 3.3YO.

I'm really not getting into an argument about it.

But, I speak enough spanish to know that she isn't making it up and I can hear well enough to know she's not just bashing keys on a piano, though I will grant you, she's not great at putting the two hands together.

[FunnysInLaJardin]

Who does she speak to then on the basis that neither the OP or her DH speaks Spanish?

[Bonsoir]

I know nothing about Habs girls and almost nothing about Habs boys. But the one thing I do know about Habs boys is that they aren't as fantastically clever and brilliant and exciting as all that. My DSSs' school does a French exchange with Habs boys and does exchanges with some other schools in England, Canada, Spain and Germany. The Habs exchange has the reputation of being the dull one with the boring boys!

[rainonmyparade]

OK OP, do you or do you not speak Spanish because I'm getting a bit confused here.

[youlookalotlikeme]

I can speak spanish. I did not speak spanish to DD. I have taken her lead and I do sing and talk to her in Spanish now, but it was utterly her lead.