Meet Elizabeth, a Year 3 pupil at BCS Prep, who has a super human talent for piano! Here she talks about her passion for the piano and what instrument she wants to try next.

Q: How did you first get into the piano?

A: I didn’t get into it on my own, it was my mum who taught me as I didn’t know any instruments, so she wanted to teach me.

Q: What age did you start to learn the piano?

A: I think I was around three and a half or four years old.

Q: How did you find it, when you started learning?

A: At first, I didn’t really like it as you have to start off with the basics which are quite boring and not as fun as the real stuff that you do when you get older, which I love now.

Q: How old are you and what grade are you in piano?

A: I am seven years old and I play grade eight piano. You don't normally get to grade eight until you are nine years old or older.

Q: How often do you practice?

A: We used to do two hours every day but then my eyesight got bad as both my parents are short sighted, so I am too. Now we break it up into 45 minutes a day. One day we do legato scale and then the next day we would do staccato scales as you have to do both.

Q: How are you supported at BCS?

A: People always like to listen, one of my friends Lexi, who is Mrs Wyborn’s daughter, is in the school choir and I get to play for her, and she got so excited and started jumping around.

Q: What do you think you will do next?

A: I will still play the piano as there is grades and there is one level ahead and it’s called a diploma. They split it into eight levels for England but in other countries they spilt it into 10 groups and then a diploma.

Q: Do you like it here at BCS? What is your favourite subject?

A: I have Mr Langrish and Mrs Hancock who I really like. I love DT, Art, Science and anything creative.

Q: What do you want to be when you grow up?

A: I’ve got loads of instruments at my home like the flute, recorder, violin and others. I have tried the obo with Mr Gibbs and it’s a bit like the recorder. I enjoy it and I will probably start with trying all the instruments at basic and see which one I enjoy. If I only try one, I won’t know what the other ones are like.

I also want to be in Biochemistry when I grow up like my mum who works as an expert in Biology and Chemistry.