Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

No, you don't have to unpack their things for them, though you can if you want to help them. Or maybe just do it the first couple of times, it's up to you. As for suitcases, look at your local bootfairs! There's always lots of them there, for just a few pounds, cheaper than cheap holdalls and they'l...

No, my daughters never used them either.

We leave them there, put the smaller one inside the bigger one and it just stands at the end of her bed.

Atticus wrote:Probably a really stupid question, but what email addresses do the children use - is there an @ch type one, or do they use hotmail or similar universally accessible addresses?

Atticus, I just pm'd you

If the houses have wifi then any android phone can dowload a skype applet for free and then you can talk using skype over the houses wifi without using the mobile network at all. An HTC wildfire is available on a £15 contract from phones4u and Orange do one called a san francisco which can be had ...

SAS wrote:Yeah - trouble is, we were broke BEFORE we got the letter!

Me too, I've been a member for 4 years now....

SAS wrote:Heehee! Have gone through our incomings and outgoings and conclude that we are knackered!

Welcome to the club - the good news is it's free to join (for obvious reasons!)

Surely having total control over eating makes it far easier to ensure sufficient balanced food intake than when people have help yourself buffet service There is never an issue with this, as house staff are in dining hall with the pupils from their house, and they monitor what food is being chosen ...

we've just received more info from the school (not about the fees, but I'm ignoring that at the moment) It says to give the Health form and rail travel form to the housemaster and the clothing list to matron. I remember the rail travel form, but I'm pretty sure I sent that somewhere quite a while b...

SAS wrote:You can't remortgage if you can't afford increasd repayments.

That was my point a few days ago, and/or if you're already at the limit of what you're allowed to borrow and the bank would say NO!

Cupcakemom - go to youtube and type in Peele Festival Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, and also Peele Festival Cha Cha Slide. They were the from the two previous years and are equally brilliant!

CHDad wrote: We still have Parents day and Beating the retreat to look forward to as well.

Bet that brings a tear to your eye! Especially if you see all the leaving band members afterwards crying. It's lovely to watch, and yet moving at the same time.

dinahcat wrote:My fees have gone up -no shock there but I have two so it is my own fault and when I look at what the Foundation are paying in bursaries I can't complain

Ditto! And couldn't agree more!

That's it! I've got it. Flog a lung, half my liver, my hair, teeth, a kidney and at least one eye ... I'd lose over half a stone! If everyone did that we'd gain financially clearly ... sorting out the national recession as well as saving the NHS vast amounts of money coping with the obesity problem...