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Re: What does prep offer in terms of study skills?

This is not a question about study skills. First it is a question about money. We are just about to pay our last terms school fees for our second and last child. It has been a very long haul. Unless you are asset rich, in a high paid job and cash rich or have help from grandparents it is a bloody st...
Forum: Schools
Topic: What does prep offer in terms of study skills?
Replies: 20
by HightreesHouse
Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:01 am

Re: Is having a 'bump' o a class night out usual?

People who take drugs are boring and immoral. They talk nonsense and their supply chain is followed by the stench of death.
Forum: Schools
Topic: Is having a 'bump' o a class night out usual?
Replies: 16
by HightreesHouse
Mon Jul 10, 2023 7:35 am

Re: Finton or Newton Prep

I live quite close to you. Both are excellent schools. NP is extremely urban. FH has the Common nearby and uses Trinity Fields daily for games, fixtures and lunchtime play.  You need to think through the journey. With a primary school child ( which gets very tired in the early years) you might be ma...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Finton or Newton Prep
Replies: 6
by HightreesHouse
Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:15 am

Re: My son suffers from symptoms of ADHD

My understanding of this area is only amateur however I would avoid self diagnosis and when he is old enough ( aged 8 ?) I would get a good educational psychologists report. Some  characteristics you identify might for example be poor working memory or processing issues. He may have a learning profi...
Forum: Health, Beauty & Fitness
Topic: My son suffers from symptoms of ADHD
Replies: 9
by HightreesHouse
Wed Sep 01, 2021 1:32 pm

Re: Differences between Honeywell and belleville, Thomas's or Broomwood Hall

Considerations :  you are choosing between State and private. Private will cost you c. £120,000 in todays money to Year 6 for each child. Is this an issue ? Outcomes: private schools aim for kids to be 1-2 years ahead of state school kids by Year 6. This sets them up for exams to secondary level. Th...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Differences between Honeywell and belleville, Thomas's or Broomwood Hall
Replies: 2
by HightreesHouse
Mon Aug 09, 2021 8:41 am

Re: Can't afford a second set of schools fees, not sure what will be least harmful

Hello. It is a good question and one which is very painful for you  to confront. If you are in the vachement of a good primary state school and there are no known special circumstances ( like SEN) I would unhesitatingly put your daughters in a state primary. I would use the money saved to spend on e...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Can't afford a second set of schools fees, not sure what will be least harmful
Replies: 16
by HightreesHouse
Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:03 am

Re: For Sale. New England Style bunk beds

this is from the catalogue ! Also for sale including truckle which is pictured under the lower bunk.
They transfer into two identical single beds and the guards/ladder are removable. 
Forum: Buying, Selling and Wanted
Topic: For Sale. New England Style bunk beds
Replies: 4
by HightreesHouse
Mon Jun 01, 2020 2:12 pm

Re: For Sale. New England Style bunk beds

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Forum: Buying, Selling and Wanted
Topic: For Sale. New England Style bunk beds
Replies: 4
by HightreesHouse
Mon Jun 01, 2020 2:11 pm

For Sale. New England Style bunk beds

for sale New England Style bunk beds. Solidly made from wood and painted white in good condition. Dismantle and separate into two separate adult sized beds. With guards and step ladder. Two immaculate and barely used mattresses included. £450 ono. 
Forum: Buying, Selling and Wanted
Topic: For Sale. New England Style bunk beds
Replies: 4
by HightreesHouse
Mon May 25, 2020 10:37 pm

Re: Tooting MP, Dr Rosena Allin-Khan recreates Love Actually scene in quirky election video

It is utterly disingenuous and doesn't actually represent Labour policy. 
Forum: Local News
Topic: Tooting MP, Dr Rosena Allin-Khan recreates Love Actually scene in quirky election video
Replies: 5
by HightreesHouse
Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:58 am

After caring for two parents lovingly in their own home for a decade I would not recommend it. Caring has to be the most difficult job that you can undertake and unless and even if your heart is in it - at times next to impossible. It puts great strain on marriages.  I would suggest that you look at...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Elderly father to move in?
Replies: 7
by HightreesHouse
Mon Jun 10, 2019 7:43 am

Re: Where do you send your child if you want private but not selective?

Try Finton House which is a lovely school or Hornsby House.
Forum: Schools
Topic: Where do you send your child if you want private but not selective?
Replies: 10
by HightreesHouse
Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:31 am

Re: C-section dilemma

I found recovery from an elective C section with my second to be very quick - a few days of discomfort at most. Had help from Husband at home though for that time. Biggest bores are 1) staying in hospital for 2- 3 nights; and 2) not driving for about 3 weeks or so. My second C section was due to the...
Forum: Pregnancy and Birth in Nappy Valley
Topic: C-section dilemma
Replies: 11
by HightreesHouse
Mon Feb 19, 2018 8:01 am

Re: Help/advice 6month old doesn't sleep through the night

hI there, the same thing happened to me. both my children were exclusively breast fed and the first slept through the night from six months old. Other friend who had given formula and breast feeding seemed to get their babies sleeping through the night from 16 weeks old or so. MY second child didn't...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Help/advice 6month old doesn't sleep through the night
Replies: 16
by HightreesHouse
Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:42 am

Re: Trinity Fields secured. (from the guardian)

Further to my post above, there is no public money available to run Trinity Fields. A form of funding is required to keep these beautiful fields open to community and charitable use. The recent deal means that independent school usage will in fact be reduced allowing more use by state schools and ch...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Trinity Fields secured. (from the guardian)
Replies: 5
by HightreesHouse
Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:05 pm