Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Mine arrived today.

The shoes were a disgrace

Agreed. DS brought his home in a shocking state. He has shoe cleaning kit at school but when questioned says he only does it if there are special occasions. No-one ever mentions the state of his shoes.

Now clean and gleaming for return to school.

Congratulations to all involved in the excellent grading.

Did any current parents receive a parent questionnaire?

In the state inspection system, parents are surveyed on their opinion of the school. I certainly wasn't even aware an inspection was going on.

It does seem strange that the older pupils were deemed to benefit from a CH education, but the younger ones aren't.

This is just one reason why the school should be providing parents and children a reason for their non-acceptance.

Hello INeedACoffee!! Happy New Year to you too!

Can confirm the pizza (and sometimes hot chocolate!) in DS's house (same house as PinkHebe's son). We used to look mostly at the effort grades pre-GCSE but are now looking more at the grades. But without being given predicted grades, finding it difficult to understand what the grades actually mean -...

They were 4 weekly grades this time I think. Certainly DS didn't get them before LW but got them last Wednesday.

I'd ring the house parents if you want some clarification on what is going on.

I've just had a look on the parent portal. I'd suggest that they simply haven't been uploaded there yet.
Students have had them - speak to your house parent perhaps if you haven't had them from your child.

Some of you might be interested that Joe was back at CH recently:

http://www.christs-hospital.org.uk/surp ... aunchbury/

I've seen laptops on Freecycle - and we've got other computer equipment there too.

I've said this before elsewhere, but the Ubuntu thing reminded me - Open Office is free, downloadable office-compatible suite that includes word processing, spreadsheets and presentation software. Or students could create a Google Drive account and use Google Docs. There's no need to buy any softwar...

anyone can opt to take exams on a computer IF they are good enough at typing to make it worthwhile.

Are students offered this facility at CH? Who decides if their typing is fast enough?

Ah, I see. So not a short cut to the report this year.

We'll just have to wait until after Christmas - although as they broke up on the 8th I don't really understand why it takes so long to get the report and all the letters out.

Is it possible for parents of older students to access the reports online via the portal?

Not that I know how to access the portal but I'll cross that bridge if I need to.

We are away for a week now and still no report in the post.

They got them last Thursday. I got my copy in the post on Saturday.