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How many of us have DS or DD going into year 6 and so having secondary transfer this year?

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RTKangaMummy · 31/08/2005 21:16

How many of us have DS or DD going into year 6 and so having secondary transfer this year?

How do you feel about it?

DS goes back to school next Monday into class 6.

He has been at same school since Jan 1999, so sort of 7 years this year.

There is one class per year and they are a very close class, have got 26 children.

How do you feel about them entering into their last year at Junior school?

I feel sad that he is going to be leaving.

Is there anybody else who is going through this especially for the first time?

DS doesn't have any younger siblings so when he leaves primary school that will be the end for the family as well. IYSWIM.

Added to this is the secondary transfer issues.

I am sure when it comes to next summer he will be ready to leave as will probably grown up alot by then.

I was just wondering if others were thinking the same as me or whether it is just me being a silly neurotic mother again

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frogs · 02/09/2005 15:19

Marslady, we're looking at the CoE girls' school in Victoria too! Maybe see you at the open day. Did you go last year?

roisin · 02/09/2005 22:46

Tigermoth - did you visit schools during the working day? And if so were your requests handled graciously? I suspect daytime visits round here are very unusual, but I'm sure they are more revealing than open evenings.

MarsLady · 02/09/2005 22:49

I did, but I didn't take DD1. What day are you thinking of going?

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RTKangaMummy · 06/09/2005 21:02

did you all get the MOVING ON book today????????

with all the details on applying for senior schools

I am in herts btw

It has all the forms in the back or how to apply online

I am going to apply online cos quicker reply on MARCH 1st

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kcemum · 06/09/2005 21:31

No we didn't (unless she's hiding it!)

DD has changed her mind (again) as to which school she wants to go to (the one we initially wanted). But tomorrow is another day!

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RTKangaMummy · 06/09/2005 21:36

it is a huge blue book A4 size but if not in herts will prob be different iyswim

This just covers herts schools

it shows how oversubscribed they are though and soooooooooooo many places going to siblings

about 2/3 going to siblings

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RTKangaMummy · 06/09/2005 21:44

so she now wants to go to the one without her friends?

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kcemum · 06/09/2005 22:03

Well it's like this......

2 of her "new" best friends are now going to this school but she also thinks that her very best friend may be going as well although her elder sibling goes to the special measures school.

But as her "best" friends seem to change on a daily basis tommorrow will be a completly different story!

When will your DS sit his entrance exams? Is it before or after the deadline for applying?

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RTKangaMummy · 06/09/2005 22:11

november and january

final date for applying is 21st october IIRC

hope she decides finally in time for forms to go in

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RTKangaMummy · 06/09/2005 22:14

If DS goes to DH school none of his friends will be there

if he goes to the grammar then some of his friends will be there cos they have siblings and others cos of the exam

I suppose you will have to get her to sit down and make a final decision asap when you get into octonber

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kcemum · 06/09/2005 22:22

Which would you prefer him to go to?

At school 1 all the children are split up from their peers from the primary which seems like a good idea in one sense, they also assess them on a very regular basis and move them up or down forms accordingly.

In school 2 they are encouraged to name 2 other children they would like to stay with, they stay with these children and have mixed ability classes.

If she doesn't make up her mind soon I'll just have to make it for her

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RTKangaMummy · 06/09/2005 22:38

he is desperate to go to DH school

so are we

but it is very academic so we have to make sure it is right choice for him iyswim

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kcemum · 06/09/2005 22:41

Oooh I know exactly what you mean! Who says parenting gets easier as they get older?

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RTKangaMummy · 06/09/2005 22:44

so in DD school 1 she will be away from friends all day

would she travel with them if they all went?

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kcemum · 06/09/2005 22:55

No because most of her friends around us are going to school 2, the ones who may be going live on the "otherside" iyswim.

kcemum · 06/09/2005 22:57

Sorry yes she will be away from friends all day and now I'm concerned that she may fall in the wrong crowd.

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RTKangaMummy · 06/09/2005 23:01

so school 1 if you put the "bad" kids on her friends list then the new school would split them up

how many forms does it have?

so when do they oput them into sets in year 7 ???

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kcemum · 09/09/2005 21:26

Hello ladies, well we got our "applying for secondary school pack " today.

We thought we were a little clearer as to which school to put for first choice, but we keep finding reasons to change our minds,so now we just don't know.

We have decided to attend both open evenings, have a private visit, turn up unannounced, loiter outside the schools at the start of the day and the end of the day and to attend any PTA meetings that we can. Hopefully this will address lots of the queries that we have and help us chooe the right school.

How do other parents feel about their child attending a school that doesn't have a 6th form attached?

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RTKangaMummy · 12/09/2005 11:05

Waiting outside the school at home time is good idea so you can see how children behave when out

I went to comp that didn't have 6th Form so we went to the 6th form college {which was the old grammar school}

I think it was very good as we were treated more grown up ie, not uniform and had to have more responsibility for ourselves iyswim

I am a very proud mummy today

One of the jobs the year 6 children have is to ring the bell {a large brass handbell} at the start of school and playtime, lunchtime and going home time.

They run round the outside of the school ringing it as they go.

Anyway this week DS is on duty with 2 of his classmates and today DS did it himself

This is the most prized job in year 6

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whitecloud · 12/09/2005 13:45

I too only have one dd to transfer to secondary. I am heartened by how much she grew up and blossomed in Year 5. Both the comps in our town are good - one is stronger on PE which is her great love, but the other one is good, too. I am influenced by her having the support of friends and being able to walk with them to school. Independence and security ! Also, she is small for her age and suffered from exclusion after being seperated from friends in Year 3 - we have already done one transfer from infant to junior in a biggish primary school. Yes, I am sad and identify with FeelingOld - she will only be just 11 as she is a summer birthday - it is scary. I often think that we are far more worried than they are !!! But we will all miss the primary school - many years of school walks will be over !! Thanks for the tips from mothers who already have been through this as to what to look for at the schools.

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RTKangaMummy · 12/09/2005 20:32

whitecloud it is sad to think about leaving primary school isn't it

I know I will be a complete basket case at the end of term services at church and the last harvest festival etc

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RTKangaMummy · 18/09/2005 12:45

Has everybody received the senior application and info pack now?

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MarsLady · 18/09/2005 12:52

I got mine on the first day of term

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RTKangaMummy · 18/09/2005 13:36

I am going to do the ONLINE forms, are you?

The reply comes on march 1st via email

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