and as the term kicks off in state schools, what cheques have you written already?

[lordnoobson]

me:
6th form common room subs
Gum shields
Trip to London
Trip to theatre
A level text books
Deposit for trip to NY( i know but its his only foreign one the whole time)

Outside school
rugby subs - £90
Rugby new kit £50
Music lessons

Nothing in school yet.

About to do brownie subs
Brownie pack holiday balance of payment
Scout subs
Music lessons direct debit about to come out of bank account

oh yes music band subs too
its never ending

School photo plus £4 p&p (robbery).

Everything else on Parentpay so no actual cheques but-

Instalment for trip abroad for DS1
School bus for year for DS1
Money on DS2's thumbprint for school meals

Outside school-

££££s to 3 different football clubs for the 2 of them, plus monthly subs by standing order.
Goalie gloves
Footy boots

Nothing for secondary just yet, guitar lessons for primary DS.

Pretty much a whole new wardrobe for DS1 as he's had to swap to a different sixth form with a stricter dress code than we were planning for. Couple of A'Level maths text books for him too plus a new 16+ Zip card.

DS2's just started Art GCSE so there's a whole list of things for that, but luckily his school does a very reasonable package for £20 - far cheaper than I could source myself although I'll top it up as and when.

Nothing for DD as yet.

Oh god. Haven't had the photo bill. Wah

Oh yes Sparkers. I meant bills generally. Not just cheques I liked allpay. That's the best app. Parent pay and Scopay are crap

This is the first time the photos have had to be sent to your home rather than being delivered to the school for free. £4 though? Plus my order is only £6 because I only wanted a small one to keep as it's his first year.

Ds1's are being taken on Thursday.

No one wants the big pic. Ever

Parentpay (or whatever it is called) is great. you can use your credit card.

YY who needs a school photo that big ?

No cheques accepted, but I have (in the last week) 'Wisepayed'

£60 DofE enrolment
£25 locker hire
£10 tech department contribution
£36 geography text book (but first school book I have ever bought & he's in y12)
£40 for 2 lots of biometric payments for lunches
£80 guitar lessons
£12.50 for french comic subscription

And this is just school stuff!

Not sure I want to think about it but here goes:

Swimming for the term x 2 - £180
Instrumental lessons for term x 3 - £600
Explorer/ Ranger subs - £60
Band subs - £25
Lunch finger top up - £100 (another £300 will see them through till Xmas)
Field trip - £30
French trip installment - £100 (£250 to go)
Theatre trip - £20

I must get through £3000 a year.....

Photo. Music lessons (not all of them though, some of the teachers are a bit slow on that thank fuck). History trip. Art set. I agree - it's never ending. The Y7s have also been told about the skiing trip so that was a difficult (if brief) conversation. Can I go? No. Please. No.

Theatre trip - don't yet know how much
5 text books off Amazon - approx £50
Possibly about to sign up to Gold Dof E, which was a lot of money.

Bus - £100
Music lessons x 2 £350
Trip installment £120
Swimming subs £25

Mine are in Y8 and Y9 and we just had a refund on one of last year's trips as it came to a bit less than anticipated.

Nothing to pay out yet.

Apart from uniform for DS2 just starting Y7 and ordinary clothes for DS1 just starting 6th form.

GCSE books/ kit for DD £25
Bus fees for all 3 (£180/month)

To come very soon:

Photos for DS1 and 2 (taken yesterday)
School music lessons x 4 for first half term (£180)
First instalment on school band trip

Out of school:

Trombone hire £75
Music Centre fees x 3 £45
Weekly out of school music lessons
plus monthly direct debits for Scouts/clubs etc