#SmallPupil: "Mr.Thompson, do you work in London often?"
Me: "Yes, three times in September"
#SmallPupil: "Do you drive there in a car?"
Me: "Usually, sometimes train"
#SmallPupil: "You should cycle".
Me: "Yes, three times in September"
#SmallPupil: "Do you drive there in a car?"
Me: "Usually, sometimes train"
#SmallPupil: "You should cycle".
October 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
#SmallPupil: "Mr.Thompson, do you work in London often?"
Me: "Yes, three times in September"
#SmallPupil: "Do you drive there in a car?"
Me: "Usually, sometimes train"
#SmallPupil: "You should cycle".
Me: "Yes, three times in September"
#SmallPupil: "Do you drive there in a car?"
Me: "Usually, sometimes train"
#SmallPupil: "You should cycle".
#SmallPupil "Can I play God save the dead queen or is it called something else now?"
November 25, 2024 at 5:29 PM
#SmallPupil "Can I play God save the dead queen or is it called something else now?"
#SmallPupil: "Sir, can we record 'Happy Birthday' together for my mum?"
Me: "Yes, of course!"
We rehearse, record, send the video to his mum and delete it from my phone.
Me: "Is it her birthday today?"
#SmallPupil: "No. January 1st."
Me: "Yes, of course!"
We rehearse, record, send the video to his mum and delete it from my phone.
Me: "Is it her birthday today?"
#SmallPupil: "No. January 1st."
March 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#SmallPupil: "Sir, can we record 'Happy Birthday' together for my mum?"
Me: "Yes, of course!"
We rehearse, record, send the video to his mum and delete it from my phone.
Me: "Is it her birthday today?"
#SmallPupil: "No. January 1st."
Me: "Yes, of course!"
We rehearse, record, send the video to his mum and delete it from my phone.
Me: "Is it her birthday today?"
#SmallPupil: "No. January 1st."
#SmallPupil: "Mr Thompson, I looked you up on the internet and I think you're a little bit famous!"
November 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
#SmallPupil: "Mr Thompson, I looked you up on the internet and I think you're a little bit famous!"
Me: "I was looking for Mrs.Needham, but she's clearly not here!"
#SmallPupil: "No Sir, that's her, she's just dressed like #Shakespeare."
#WorldBookDay
#SmallPupil: "No Sir, that's her, she's just dressed like #Shakespeare."
#WorldBookDay
March 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Me: "I was looking for Mrs.Needham, but she's clearly not here!"
#SmallPupil: "No Sir, that's her, she's just dressed like #Shakespeare."
#WorldBookDay
#SmallPupil: "No Sir, that's her, she's just dressed like #Shakespeare."
#WorldBookDay
Me: "This is really strong work!"
#SmallPupil: "It's because we're year 6".
#SmallPupil: "It's because we're year 6".
June 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Me: "This is really strong work!"
#SmallPupil: "It's because we're year 6".
#SmallPupil: "It's because we're year 6".
#SmallPupil
Yesterday, a school girl who is profoundly vision-impaired, asked me:
"Ant, what's your hair like?"
Me: "grey and spikey at the front"
Her: "SPIKEY!?? That's a rubbish hairstyle, you should have it gelled back."
Yesterday, a school girl who is profoundly vision-impaired, asked me:
"Ant, what's your hair like?"
Me: "grey and spikey at the front"
Her: "SPIKEY!?? That's a rubbish hairstyle, you should have it gelled back."
June 5, 2026 at 5:36 PM
#SmallPupil
Yesterday, a school girl who is profoundly vision-impaired, asked me:
"Ant, what's your hair like?"
Me: "grey and spikey at the front"
Her: "SPIKEY!?? That's a rubbish hairstyle, you should have it gelled back."
Yesterday, a school girl who is profoundly vision-impaired, asked me:
"Ant, what's your hair like?"
Me: "grey and spikey at the front"
Her: "SPIKEY!?? That's a rubbish hairstyle, you should have it gelled back."
Me: "Do you know what # means?"
#SmallPupil: "Is it lamb?"
Me: "Lamb?"
#SmallPupil: "Well the other one is called a beef."
Me: "B flat!"
#SmallPupil: "Is it lamb?"
Me: "Lamb?"
#SmallPupil: "Well the other one is called a beef."
Me: "B flat!"
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Me: "Do you know what # means?"
#SmallPupil: "Is it lamb?"
Me: "Lamb?"
#SmallPupil: "Well the other one is called a beef."
Me: "B flat!"
#SmallPupil: "Is it lamb?"
Me: "Lamb?"
#SmallPupil: "Well the other one is called a beef."
Me: "B flat!"
Me: "Can you miss R.E. period 10 next week please?"
#SmallPupil: "Yes. Actually no - we're doing #Christianity and I need a #Redeemer."
#SmallPupil: "Yes. Actually no - we're doing #Christianity and I need a #Redeemer."
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Me: "Can you miss R.E. period 10 next week please?"
#SmallPupil: "Yes. Actually no - we're doing #Christianity and I need a #Redeemer."
#SmallPupil: "Yes. Actually no - we're doing #Christianity and I need a #Redeemer."
Tutor: Does anyone know what an #accelerando is?
#SmallPupil: Is it my sister?
Me: ?
#SmallPupil: She plays the 'cello.
#SmallPupil: Is it my sister?
Me: ?
#SmallPupil: She plays the 'cello.
August 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Tutor: Does anyone know what an #accelerando is?
#SmallPupil: Is it my sister?
Me: ?
#SmallPupil: She plays the 'cello.
#SmallPupil: Is it my sister?
Me: ?
#SmallPupil: She plays the 'cello.
#SmallPupil "Can you play this piece with me and can you put on the metric gnome? Is it called a metric gnome?
June 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
#SmallPupil "Can you play this piece with me and can you put on the metric gnome? Is it called a metric gnome?
First day back teaching following broken knee 3 wks ago.
First #SmallPupil forgets and I have 4 staircases to deal with to find him. I'm so slow the lesson is 2/3 over by the time we get going!
First #SmallPupil forgets and I have 4 staircases to deal with to find him. I'm so slow the lesson is 2/3 over by the time we get going!
May 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
First day back teaching following broken knee 3 wks ago.
First #SmallPupil forgets and I have 4 staircases to deal with to find him. I'm so slow the lesson is 2/3 over by the time we get going!
First #SmallPupil forgets and I have 4 staircases to deal with to find him. I'm so slow the lesson is 2/3 over by the time we get going!
#SmallPupil: "Are you the trumpet teacher?"
Me: "Yes, my name is Mr. Thompson."
#SmallPupil: "Do you have a xylophone?"
Me: "Yes, my name is Mr. Thompson."
#SmallPupil: "Do you have a xylophone?"
March 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#SmallPupil: "Are you the trumpet teacher?"
Me: "Yes, my name is Mr. Thompson."
#SmallPupil: "Do you have a xylophone?"
Me: "Yes, my name is Mr. Thompson."
#SmallPupil: "Do you have a xylophone?"
#SmallPupil "Does Mrs.Thompson hide under the pillow when you practise the trumpet?"
March 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
#SmallPupil "Does Mrs.Thompson hide under the pillow when you practise the trumpet?"
#SmallPupil "Sir, can I skip this rest?"
Me: "It's 3 quavers long, takes less time than the question!"
Me: "It's 3 quavers long, takes less time than the question!"
December 11, 2024 at 11:04 AM
#SmallPupil "Sir, can I skip this rest?"
Me: "It's 3 quavers long, takes less time than the question!"
Me: "It's 3 quavers long, takes less time than the question!"
A #smallpupil and I enjoyed finishing our lesson this week with him on #ClashCymbals, me on #BassDrum, both singing at the tops of our voices #SilentNight!
December 10, 2024 at 5:48 PM
A #smallpupil and I enjoyed finishing our lesson this week with him on #ClashCymbals, me on #BassDrum, both singing at the tops of our voices #SilentNight!