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Winchester College

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24663664 · 17/04/2014 18:07

Help please from others more experienced than me. DS has a firm place at Win Coll but, strangely, is far more interested in Clash of Clans and Candy Crush than learning French irregular verbs. Latin doesn't quite do it for him either - with DS it is more a case of 'give up and run for it' than 'veni vidi vici'! His maths and science are brilliant though. Scared that Headmaster may free up DS's place for another more deserving! Do any other parents witness that titanic strugle between the screen and academia? How does WC manage the screen these days? DH thinks they ban it but not sure and afraid to ask. Guidance gratefully appreciated. Thanks so much. WC parent to be (maybe!)

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A1mums · 22/05/2016 11:35

Dear mums
My boy just got the Winchester admission for Sept'2016. We live overseas and I would be so grateful for some suggestions for September. I have been reading happy gardening, yotty, summer ends and all other moms post very useful infm here.

happygardening · 22/05/2016 15:53

What suggestions are you looking for?

semideponent · 22/05/2016 15:57

So did mine, A1. I'm sitting at my desk filling in the health form right now (well, halfway through and taking a little break).

A1mums · 22/05/2016 16:34

Thank you happygardening and semideponent for your response. Congratulations Semideponent for the admission. Am looking for the tips to prepare him for September in terms of what to buy and get organised generally. We are planning to arrive 10 days before 4 th Sept and get everything sorted then.

semideponent · 22/05/2016 16:43

Congrats to you too, A1. Sighs of relief all round here. We've just (Friday) had a pack in the post, with details of what he'll need, schedule for 4 September and lots of forms to fill in and return. It seems that you can pre-order a stationery pack for DS, ready for when he arrives. There's a bit of info about uniform and sports kit, but I'm expecting to get more help with that when we go for lunch at his house on 12 June. I imagine it will be arriving on your doorstep soon. There's also a CD in there to watch, but we don't have any laptops with disc drives, so not sure what's on there yet.

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