Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Hi everyone, wish I could write something positive to you all, but after watching this site for months and following all your blogs, have to add that my twin DS did not get in either!!! Also both level 5. One in tears, the other OK about it and I am devastated, having invested 15months on the proce...

mine said he had to think towards the end of the paper ( as in he felt it got harder as it went on) he said he checked over and corrected a few questions and well he just said it was like the sats that the content was pretty much all covered in school... english side he said he kept to the time fram...

i know thats what i want to hear.. even if my child didnt make it its nice to hear about the ones that do x

ANd think of it this way, at least you'll have him home with you all the time. Boarding school would have deprived you of some of his growing up time and things you can do together as they'd all have had to be crammed into the holidays. Uhoh, is that how I feel? A bit. So, in a way, if my DS doesn'...

CHDad wrote:It is probably not much consolation but in life I invariably find that "as one door closes - another one opens" and quite often the second door is the right one.

Thankyou comforting words x

i think thats what it is having ben a ch pupil .. i actually cried at what his going to miss ( i need to except that times have changed) from going to the open day pupils expressed the financial difficulty and the places like you say .. this may be a blessing in disguise ( although i feel im saying ...

Do you think that they got the chance to observe the kids enough socially in 2 hours? It would be a bit mean to exclude a child on two hours of meeting them, as they could be behaving very badly or very well! Or out of character under stress. Maybe your DS was stressed and didn't perform to his pot...

as you can note from post befor by ( E) is not reliable lol x

I really feel for you all, I remember exactly how you all felt. It was a thin letter that arrived, I nearly didn't notice it :shock: If I remember rightly, before these initial tests you do also have to send off all the personal information about your lives, and I wonder if that is also taken into ...

he was a level 5a ( birthday in july) in mock exams so i just thought that would be good enough. but having ralised after going to CH myself its not about levels its about attitude mixing how youtackle things social situations .. my son through bordem in school has erractic behaviour and i far this ...

letter here .. bad news for us gutted considering his a 5 a .. congrates to all those who made and and best of luck in the future xxx

eeeekkkk friday it must be then .. i was hoping today
another 24 hours im sure i can hold it together xx

nothing either :( was trying to remember my letters.. when i got in there was a big envolope for all the forms you have to fill out although this was after all the tests :shock: ... my ds soesnt want me to open it ( he wants to do it together) am wondering if it comes whilst at school if i had xray ...

i keep thinking what if he doesnt ... ooo he will be so dissapointed . . my son said the same .. but i dont think its just exam ch throughly pick the children there capability to thrieve given the chance xxx good luck every one and to all the children well done xxx also i think secondary school is t...

thanks new to site wasnt sure how it all works x