House Groups

[Theskyisblue1]

I've just found out today that my Daughter is in a different house group to her older Sister, do you think it's OK?

What are your concerns about them not being in the same house group?

I thought that they always went in the same one so they're part of the same team in school. Just feels like it's putting a division between them?

in every school I have know, families are always given the same house - some even check the house of any parents, cousins, aunts&uncles or grandparents as well as siblings to ensure there are no divided loyalties when people come to cheer on sports day. but if this school doesn't do that, they probably just don't put much emphasis on the house system. if it doesn't matter to the school then it probably doesn't actually matter much at all.

I'm guessing this is an independent school thing?!

Please don't bother a state head with this rubbish.

Mine were in two different ones in a state school. Did it matter? Not one bit.

My youngest is in a different one to her two older siblings. Middle child left (early) just as youngest was allocated. It doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things but my older two are horrified and the youngest hasn’t developed any house loyalty. I didn’t question it with the school as it seems petty but I do think it is a shame they didn’t keep the consistency through the family.

WHAT?

What self respecting secondary school child cares what entirely pointless 'house' they are in? Unless your child is Harry Potter?

If your children are bothered by this utter nonsense then they need some perspective urgently.

DS2's stare grammar school asks if there is a preference for a particular house (being quite sure that the answers won't make any difference at all to them being able to allocate 45 to each one). We asked for DS1's old house for DS2 on the basis that skinflint Mum had held on to quite a bit of uniform, house colour specific included, when the former left, against the possibility that the latter would be starting there a couple of years later.

Is she going to Hogwarts? 😀 In my school it wouldn’t make a bit of difference. There’s only 1 day a year they’re in ‘teams’ which is sports day and it’s often rained off anyway.

My twins were in different houses. Not a problem at all. No events for parents to cheer at though.

My DC's school deliberately puts siblings in different houses.

What are house groups used for at their school? They might actually like having a division between them!

It's a massive thing at my son's state grammar. I know a family who have had four generations attend the school and they have all been in the same house. They even have different school ties and pe uniform depending on which house they are in.

They have houses at my daughters school but it's not such a big thing and no one would care if siblings were in different ones.

My DCs were in different houses in state comp. It didn't matter one jot.

The school we we going to send dd1 to said they try to put siblings in the same house, but that this is not always possible. Which I think is fair enough 🤷‍♀️

I was in a different house to my brother (state grammar). The Houses were form allocations, so they were balancing a lot more than preferences. Didn't matter to us, the only time a big deal was made of it was Sports Day.

At DDs last Primary School, they reshuffled Houses each year to balance numbers. They kept siblings together though.

The school my girls currently attend does put siblings in the same house. But then it's not a secondary school, so the numbers are obviously smaller!

I think that's odd. At DS's school, Dad's school, and the school I work in siblings all go in the same houses. Does the school know they're siblings? (Different surname perhaps?)

Erm. DD's school, not my Dad's! His school would definitely have put siblings in same house too though...had it not closed down

I was in a different house to my brother at state comp, but my 2 DC have been put in the same house as it’s school policy. Saves a lot of competitiveness over the table at tea time

My two are in different houses at state comp, its fine.

DD is at state grammar, and the house system is so important to them. An old lady at church in her 70s was so excited to hear that DD was in the same house that she had been in all those years prior.

Just occurred to me that my twins are in different house groups - they couldn’t care less - the school do try to whip up loyalty and competition between houses, think the sporty kids might care a bit, it’s a bit of a joke really.