visited high school today

[karen perry]

Had to take my little boy to see high school today that he will be going to next september,he was really excited he has been waiting for this day for a while now and is planning his pencil case bag etc already bless him

 

[scrapsandsass]

Ugh. Did it bring back horrible memories for you? Or was high school good for you?

 

[MrsPeel]

is great that he is excited

I remember when we did the secondary applications, because she may not had a place where she wanted to be, we had to apply to another 3 schools, but she got the place. The open evenings were a bit boring but I have that as a great time in our life
Tell him to enjoy his first couple of years to the maximum, then the GCSEs come ....and is work work work work!!!!!

 

[amandac]

Thats wonderful that he is excited about going!

 

[Dalis]

Ok, why do you go so early in the year?

 

[cfile]

wow.. I never remember the tour! Glad he is excited!!!

 

[karen perry]

Ok, why do you go so early in the year?

ive no idea really,i had to fill in the forms and choose what school send it back then go look at the school (bit backwards if you ask me) then wait to see if he gets in which he should as Rhys is already there,actually it maybe be so that they have time to do appeals etc cause rhys didnt get in and we had to go through the appeal route so maybe thats why.he has his exams in may will leave primary in july then start senior school september and while this is going on my baby will start nursery at the same time

 

[MrsPeel]

Ok, why do you go so early in the year?

The lack of realistic places in schools, paired with the overpopulated cities in the UK.

There is a very, VERY old system in place to give kids the right to be in one school or another, and the selection is done early as (like Karen pointed out) there are a lot of appeals.
So, they give you a form, much much earlier in the year,
you fill in, up to 5 schools choice and send, then you can go to what they call "open morning/afternoon/evening , in which headmistresses and other form tutors speak and explain why their school should appeal to you as a parent, to the child as a student.

Kids here get into secondary school at 11 years old, which I think is too young for such an abrupt change, they also are, in a way, forced to choose what they want to do later in life, as secondaries here are divided into specialities that will give them more of one subject or another...
I was lucky enough that Sarita knew what she wanted to do since she was 8, but I saw many of her friends collapse because of this early choosing....I think the index of students who change carriers even within the first 2 years of Uni is very high here because of the system in place for secondary...but hey, am talking too much again....
soon you all gonna wish I wasn't in such good health to spend time in the forum

 

[karen perry]

The lack of realistic places in schools, paired with the overpopulated cities in the UK.

There is a very, VERY old system in place to give kids the right to be in one school or another, and the selection is done early as (like Karen pointed out) there are a lot of appeals.
So, they give you a form, much much earlier in the year,
you fill in, up to 5 schools choice and send, then you can go to what they call "open morning/afternoon/evening , in which headmistresses and other form tutors speak and explain why their school should appeal to you as a parent, to the child as a student.

Kids here get into secondary school at 11 years old, which I think is too young for such an abrupt change, they also are, in a way, forced to choose what they want to do later in life, as secondaries here are divided into specialities that will give them more of one subject or another...
I was lucky enough that Sarita knew what she wanted to do since she was 8, but I saw many of her friends collapse because of this early choosing....I think the index of students who change carriers even within the first 2 years of Uni is very high here because of the system in place for secondary...but hey, am talking too much again....
soon you all gonna wish I wasn't in such good health to spend time in the forum

lol i think you summed it up pretty well i think in a way knowing what they want to do is a good thing cause theres far to many children leaving school with no job prospects or any intention of getting a job im lucky too because my eldest wants to be an artist (and his teacher last year couldnt praise his art enough) which we are trying to tell him that thats all and good but maybe teaching art would be a better thing to aim for but we will see

 

[lmccandless]

High school can feel like such a big thing. It's a huge transition for sure. I am glad he's excited.

Oh Karen, I'm with you on how strange it is to have one at each end of school time. Last year, my oldest was a freshman and my youngest was in kindergarten. It was a very emotional start to school for me. Lots of

 

[Dalis]

OH wow, that is different. We don't have a say which school our kids go. If they are public schools you get to which ever one is the one for the area you live. No switching. So when you are looking for a house you are also looking for the school that the house is appointed too.

What's nursery, like Kindergarten? If it makes you feel better hubby just mentioned adopting a kid while he walked away with his breakfast on hand.... I literally chocked!!!!!