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Re: How do you deal with another mum who blanks you?

Just a thought: the OP might find Kate Fox's Watching the English a useful read. Fox is an anthropologist and explains 'negative politeness' - the theory that, here and in crowded islands such as Japan and Madagascar, politeness is driven by a desire not to intrude. There's a brief explanation here:...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: How do you deal with another mum who blanks you?
Replies: 62
by PeppermintPatty
Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:08 pm

Re: 100% pass mark for Graveney!??

It is a tough test, but it's only verbal and non-verbal reasoning - not English and Maths as the Sutton grammars and independents include. Which arguably makes it fairer for those children whose primaries haven't covered every area of the syllabus presented in a test. The thing to remember with the ...
Forum: Schools
Topic: 100% pass mark for Graveney!??
Replies: 4
by PeppermintPatty
Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:49 pm

Re: 100% pass mark for Graveney!??

No, it's not true. In previous years offers have been made of selective places to those with scores of as low as 96% and above. But the first round of offers might be made only to those with 100%. Remember the marks are percentiles - so the offers are made to those in the 100th percentile - not the ...
Forum: Schools
Topic: 100% pass mark for Graveney!??
Replies: 4
by PeppermintPatty
Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:03 pm

Re: Thoughts on the new Wandsworth Prep School

Is the ill-will from local residents to do with the fact that the building used to be a community library? If that's the case and from their point of view, closing the free library that everyone could use at no cost in order to open a school they can't afford to use must be irritating in the extreme...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Thoughts on the new Wandsworth Prep School
Replies: 20
by PeppermintPatty
Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:10 am

Re: Honeywell vs Belleville school

My son went to Belleville, and a huge advantage in our experience was that year 6 classes were small - four classes of just 20 children each.

I think those small classes were a factor in so many children going on to selective senior and grammar schools, certainly in his year.
Forum: Schools
Topic: Honeywell vs Belleville school
Replies: 15
by PeppermintPatty
Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:56 am