The Trinity-Whitgift thread of 2013 continued

this girlish chatter

I suspect it is more to do with bored people looking for gossip than the fact that they are female.

kima of course you can join the gang the more the merrier

burnt please don't leave our posts crossed. I agree its handbags at dawn but am I the only one to see the funny side??

Croydon - have I didnt realise but no one wants to be known on here so maybe if I gave it all then would have been busted
I'm seriously not trying to wind anyone up but some people are beginning to get VERY personal which isn't on !!!! I would love to know there real identity just giving out info which as a parent would want to know , so when the boys start you can put it RIGHT

Er... The relevance as that you seemed to think it was odd of him to PM me and you were questioning why he wouldn't post on the open forum. I was simply pointing out that he was far from the only one to do so.

As for "how did it come to this", well, you haven't helped by spreading rumour and gossip about a poster have you?

Oi croydonmum I'm fun! Can I join the gang? Even if I am the T Camp?!

soup I think you might be right!
yummy turn your tears to tears of laughter as you think about reading this again in a years time.
burnt comments please!!

Ha ha ha lol - i dont know whats happening here and why it has had to turn nasty but ladies pls keep me out of your squables!
Shazz - im flattered that my musings here have made me famous and the talk of the mums at the front gate, in fact i find it unbeliveable, i keep laughing to myself now. What a let down to all when u actually see me and realise i am only just a new parent. I do take offence to your presumption of my perfect ride through addmissions. It was no easy ride, far from it and my DS worked hard every morning and afternoon with me with him to get him through.
And i am most certainly not a member of staff. Do you really think a member of staff would be able to post here throughout the day. What is wrong with you people??
You have given a usefull insight into how these rumours are started though which is quite ironic (and sad ). Remind me never to stand around the school gates and get caught up in this girlish chatter!
This forum really has taken a turn for the worse from when you guys started the negativity.
I dont want to get involved in handbags at dawn so think its time for me and my donkey to sign off.
Good luck to everyone, well done and best wishes to DS's starting new schools in Sept. .

"4 different posters pm'd you" Not sure of the relevance of that? In any event was just me opining on one poster after another questioned another!!!!

As yummymummy says how did it come to this, and my fault for allowing myself to be dragged into a pointless argument. I genuinely hope that everyone has got the places they desired.

Not stirring, delusional

Oh wow this really is getting a bit mad. Just in case anyone was wondering I work for the FBI when I'm not posting on mumsnet!!! LOL re Burnt - if you are an insider well done still hope you have a ds who's good at football as we need him for the team.
kylep you have to admit you have been very inconsistent with your info.
nothingyummy can I have that wine now please.
hott
Have to say the peacock brigade seem far more fun - or am I just stirring????

Having looked through my messages, 4 different posters PMed me about the admissions process.

Why wouldn't he PM me? At least two other posters also did so in order to ask specific questions.

First 2 years at school you are allowed to park in Big side car park and wait for DS and parents obviously talk!!

Soup - he pm'd you? Was it something that could not have been shared everyone benefited from?

very confused about all the mentions of 'talk at the school gates' at W... how many parents seriously pick up their children from secondary school???? I picked ds up after his first day in Y6 and thereafter have only been back for parents' evenings, plays, matches etc ...

There are a lot of existing parents at W (and T) and I don't think anyone on this thread could claim to be speaking on behalf of the majority

As for the claim that lots of dc get forced to sit their GCSEs at Croydon College, ds is in Y11 and got less than stellar results in his mocks (purely his fault for using the novel revision technique of doing no revision ...) and there's been no suggestion that he drops anything or doesn't sit all his exams at school. None of his friends have been told anything similar either. The boys have all been told that they need to perform at GCSE if they want to stay on for 6th form and they are all very well aware that not all of them will be there come September - am hoping that will make ds buck his ideas up a bit (why does he choose y11 of all years to take his foot off the pedal academically?? I blame hormones ....)

Am actually sitting here in tears. How on earth did it get to this?

Hott, ok apologies, as said not my intention to offend and hoping I did not!! simply giving my views on current issues. Now where is Burnt?

Why did he PM me asking about the admissions process then?

That's my point Burnt was remarkably well informed........and reported every twist and turn in great detail. Soup I believe you are a T parent but ask around W and you will find someone who has heard of the legend of Burnt!

whose writing style seems remarkably similar to a well known member of staff at Whitgift - coincidence

Are staff members generally uninformed about how the admissions procedure works then?

Somelikeithott, may I also go around looking for a particularly hot mum to invite over for wine?

Personally, I really don't mind some advice, some misgivings and even a good old rant. I detest gloating, though.

We have made our decisions and, come hell or high water, we have to make the best of it. We have actually tried repeatedly to move on on this thread, only to be yanked back. I think it is unfair to do that to parents who have also only just tried to do the best for their kids (along the same lines as somelikeithott )- as I'm sure everyone has set out to do. I, for one, am not going to get into a slanging match. I am not looking for any negatives at T. That will be too awful. I hope everyone who chose it, will be really happy and get the most out of it.

The threads of last year and the year before helped inspire me to become part of one of two amazing schools. I really hope the 2014 intake will not be put off by this. And I certainly hope that we will be able to inspire next year's parents with constructive input, encouragement and sound advice.