Piano Lessons with Lisa

18/09/2026

Heyyyy!

I can’t believe I haven’t done a post since 3rd May oops, where has the time gone! 😳

Too much to post about really for 4 months past, so let’s just pick up here haha it’s September hello everyone, how’s life?! 🤣

I can’t believe the summer holidays are over! Mixed feelings about that haha. 🤔

I got lots of productive things done with my time off, except I didn’t manage to squeeze in the mammoth task of sheet music filing, I think I need to hire a ‘sheet music filer person’ anyone want to earn some £?! 🤣

But here we are, times up, summer has left us, and I’ve taken that gentle stroll into the new term excited for the months ahead. 🤩

Students are back on board, we’re banishing those holiday blues, and behind the scenes ‘Halloween Week’ plans are pending! 😬

But I bet you’re still wondering why I posted a picture of A B C D?

Fancy a quiz before you exit this post?!

You’ve got 48hrs as of now then it’s game over and no more entries will be accepted as I will be revealing the correct answer in the comments.

Several years ago I purchased a hanging sign/plaque and it’s been in the teaching room since. But it’s not there anymore as I recently saw something I wanted to put in its place for a change!

And so the question is 🥁💥

What did the sign/plaque say?

FIRST person to send the correct answer via comment on this post or sending me a message will win £2.50.

Those who comment or message after the winner and get the correct answer will still win a 40p in-room spend but only if you provide the correct answer within 48hrs. 🏃‍♀️

If you want to keep your answer top secret, send me a message instead rather than comment on this post. 👍

The sign/plaque in the teaching room said…

A
Teaching is like a walk in the park, Jurassic Park

B
Wake me up when you’ve chosen a sticker

C
Misbehaving children will be sold to the circus

D
It’s not that I’m ignoring you, it’s just that this is a really good song

A, B, C, or D?

And for an EXTRA 40p win, write the letters of 2 other signs I liked the most and might have to source one day, get one correct and you’ll still win 20p! ☺️

For example you could respond with something like -

Sign in the room was… X✍️
You like… Y & Z ✍️

ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO! 🏃‍♀️The timer has started!

03/05/2026

‘Piano Lessons with Lisa’ is celebrating…

🏆NOAH🏆

Noah was recently awarded a DISTINCTION in ABRSM Grade 1 Music Theory for his amazing score of 74/75. 🤩

Well done for all your hard work and achievements in your piano journey so far. Grade 1 Piano, we’re ready for you and we mean business! 🙌.

Proud of you Noah, and I’m delighted with your wonderful result! 👏

Onwards and upwards dude! 🚀

01/04/2026

🎶 Time flies by in the ‘yellow and green’, stick around and you’ll see what I mean 🎶 (George Ezra)

That’s our Easter-theme week over in a flash!

Thanks to all the students for coming along to celebrate last week, I hope a fun time was had by all.

But it’s official, I’m all Eastered out! 🤪 (I’ll still gladly accept chocolate or Easter cards this week though haha not hinting or anything 😉!)

Results for the following competitions will be revealed over the coming weeks -

* Music Trivia Mega-Multi
* Slick-Chick Colouring Competition

I reckon all my students have dived into their treat bags by now and I think that the next time someone says to them ‘have you got a pen I can borrow’ they should laugh (but more like a snigger) and say ‘a pen’ who just has ‘a pen’ these days, I have a ‘carrot pen’ and no you most definitely can’t borrow it 🤣! Pen thief’s are everywhere, you can never be too careful 👀!

I hope all my students have a lovely Easter-break and will return ready to get back to business because we have some busy months ahead and with theme-weeks over until later in the year there won’t be any additional chocolate to fuel you!

And to close our ‘eggcellent’ Easter-theme week here is my Easter poem to all my students -

Happy Easter to my class,
The Easter-vibe check you easily pass,
And before long, like an egg-laying hen
Our Easter-theme week will be happening again!

We’ll be looking forward to hop til’ we drop,
Games, competitions, and fun props the lot,
I’ll be working really hard hoping to make,
Another week memorable, cool, and great.

You’ll think you’re most funny,
Having me spend lots of money,
And though I’ll be spoiling you rotten, it’s never forgotten,
Being part of your piano journey means more than any Easter bunny.

💛💚 Easter 2026 💛💚

18/03/2026

💓 MORE COMPETITION RESULTS !!! 💓

‘Design/Make something lovely for Miss Lisa to keep’ for Valentine’s Week. 💌

🥇 Laura, Saskia, Ece, Noah .A.
🥈 Caroline, Michael, Annabel, Emma
🥉 Riva, Ewan
Runner up - Zosia, Noel, Debbie

All winnings have now been collected ✅.

Thanks to all those that put time and effort into making something for me, I will treasure all the things you made and will add these to my collection of cards/drawings/gifts that I’ve been given over the years. 🥰

So that’s it folks, it’s now time to reset the theme-week and look to the future because next week is ‘EASTER WEEK’!

More goodies, more competitions, more details to follow, you won’t want to miss it! 🐥

Meanwhile I feel like I’m on a theme-week rollercoaster and so after Easter I’ll be glad to get off this ride and send it on its way until Halloween! 😬

The next event coming up will be the BIGGEST event of the year and it’s happening in July! Students will begin to prepare for this as of April. 🎶

“There’s no time to rest when you want to give the best” and I am forever focused on making every student’s piano journey fun, happy, calm, and cool, and I don’t think it gets much cooler than times like this! 💝

08/03/2026

I’m a little late with the rest of the ‘Valentine’s Week’ COMPETITION results 😬 (there’s literally so much to do for a theme-week I need to clone myself to handle my own event haha! 😅)

Ok so let’s start with the ‘Cupid’s Colourers’ competition…

The entries were grouped into -
* Age 5-9
* Age 10-14
* Adults

Here’s the wonderful entries (except ‘adult entries’ as there are some delays in submitting their work so this will be revealed at a later date).

… Behold ‘Cupid’s Gallery’! 🤩

The students already know the results of this competition and have collected their Gold, Silver, and Bronze cash prizes this week! 💵 💰

A huge WELL DONE to all those that took part, your finished products were so great! A few of you really blew me away with your entries and I’m so pleased so many of you got stuck into the challenge! I loved seeing all the different interpretations of the pictures, lots of creativity all round and it was a real treat to see. 👏

Still to come… the RESULTS of the ‘Design/Make Miss Lisa something lovely to keep’ competition, so keep a look out 👀 for another post soon!

🩷❤️🩷❤️🩷❤️🩷❤️🩷❤️🩷❤️🩷❤️🩷

27/02/2026

22/02/2026

Whilst most of the population would be happy with 1 Valentine, me on the other hand managed to bag myself 20 of them! ❤️🩷

Enjoy our fun ‘Valentine’s Week’ photoshoot! 🫶

Keep your eyes peeled 👀 for more posts containing 4 x Valentine’s Competition results… I will be revealing the WINNERS for these over the next week and you’ll be treated to snapshots of their lovely entries 🤩.

🩷🌹❤️🩷🌹❤️🩷🌹❤️🩷🌹❤️🩷🌹❤️

Next up… Easter Week 23rd - 28th March 🐥

Coming soon… Concert prep starts in April 🎵

It’s all busy, busy, busy!

🎶 … and we can’t stop, and we won’t stop, it’s a party in the UK yay! 🎶
(stole a bit of Miley there and tweaked the lyrics a bit haha, a throwback to 2009 makes me feel a tad old, main reason being that 80% of my students weren’t even born then 😅!)

And here’s the lovely crew I speak of. ☺️💟⤵️

20/02/2026

Don’t skim or you’ll miss the good stuff!

Hey, Miss Lisa here 👩‍🏫…

Last week myself and the students enjoyed a lovely week of VALENTINE’S celebration!

Photo-dump to follow! ❤️🩷.

This event is 1 of 4 fun weeks that I host throughout the year where students partake in games, competitions, fun photos with props, and are given themed activity homework and treats/gifts.

After organising the above, the students leave loving life, and I leave penniless and tired 🤣, but hey, as long as they leave feeling lovely and loved then that’s what love is all about right, putting others before ourselves 💞.

I hope my many students enjoyed VALENTINE’S WEEK 2026, now it’s your turn to pass on the love to your family and friends and make them feel just as special. Go spread love and kindness, I insist!

Now… even though I’m regretting the amount of admin work needed to finalise my competitions I’m crazily going to add yet ANOTHER, yes that’s right I’ve got one last surprise up my sleeve…

I’m looking for ‘straw selfies’! All students were given a love heart paper straw in their treat bags. Those that send me a fun selfie featuring the student using their straw or posing with their straw will be in with yet another treat! The first person to send their ‘straw selfie’ via Facebook messenger or email will win a free 30 min lesson with me (choose between art and craft/ukulele/singing). All other ‘straw selfies’ received after this can choose between a £1 Snack-Shack spend OR a no-homework week!

If you’ve already used your straw for Valentine’s Day and binned it, then a red or pink straw would be an acceptable alternative (but it must be fully red and/or pink).

On your marks, get set, GOOOOOOO!

20/01/2026

When you buy a whole book of ballads just because you discovered one of the songs features your name! How could I resist, it had to be done! 🤣

It’s the last song in a book of 19 songs and I refuse to let myself play it until I’ve played the other 18 first, 12 down 6 to go, save the best for last and all that 😉. It’s looking easier than some of the previous songs in the book though so by the time I play it I’d of earnt it and it had better be worth the wait! 😬

30/12/2025

🎹 EXAM RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT 🎹

Happy New Year’s Eve eve! 💥

Christmas aside 🎄(hope it was a gooden!), I have a final post to share this year, bringing another cause for celebration, it just keeps on coming haha… 😬

I’d like to share with you all the wonderful achievement of 2 of my awesome students. 👥

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to -

CAROLINE 🏆 and MICHAEL 🏆

At the start of December both Caroline and Michael did an ABRSM Piano Practical exam. 😬

CAROLINE was awarded a MERIT for Grade 2 ⭐ 🌷

MICHAEL was awarded a MERIT for Grade 1 ⭐ 🌻

Much time and effort was put into preparing for these significant milestones and I’m so incredibly proud and pleased with the outcome for them. ‘In person’ exams can be a nerve wrecking experience but you still both went and smashed it! That’s another shiny certificate each that you’ve both grafted for and thoroughly earnt. 👏

For Caroline and Michael 💐 -

Success is sweet
Your playing’s neat,

That’s how I know you’ll always shine
Til’ one day your playing could be better than mine,

I’ve seen you improve and my have you grown
I hope your piano lessons feel like part of a home,

So after the treats … 🍬
And after the times… 🕰️
We have always known… 🙌

You can defeat… 👏
No matter the climb… 🧗🏼‍♀️ 🧗‍♂️
You’re in the zone! 💪

- written by moi!

A well deserved rest now for you both and just in time to bring on the New Year in style! 😎

A final ‘Well Done’ to all ‘Piano Lessons with Lisa’ students for all your practise and effort this year, I’m seeing lots of good progress and I’m rather excited for the times ahead! 😊

And my closing line has just gotta’ be ↙️

‘So… I… say… thank you for the music’ 🎶 (Abba)

Here’s to 2025 🥳⌛️🥀🌘
Bring on 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ 🎉🎇🌹🌔