Anyone else starting Yr 5 now & beginning the journey?
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 1:34 pm
Hello
I was just wondering if there was anyone else out there like us, so that we could have a bit of mutual support on the forum through the next 18 months or so.
We live in N London and the only (non-private) selective schools we can apply to for our DD are HBS and Latymer. DD really wants to go to HBS, as she loves the idea of a school without boys (she may change her mind when she's older!) We also have a DS in year 2, he's already knocking spots off his sister academically, but we'll cross the bridge for him when we come to it!
Our local comprehensive is not too bad, so we have a reasonable fallback if she doesn't get into a selective school, but she really wants to try so we're encouraging her. I thought about tutoring her myself, but don't think I'd be any good at the English, so she starts with a tutor next week.
The ratio of applicants to places is terrifying, but she wants to try anyway. She's a bright girl, but sometimes lacks confidence, hopefully the tuition will help her with that. However, she is surprisingly competitive which may be the spark that gets her through this.
I have been told that I'm not pushy enough as a mother so I'm trying to up the ante on that, without turning into a demon parent watch this space!
Anyway, I just wanted to know if there was anyone else out there, like us, N London based with a yr 5 dc, pref dd looking at HBS & Latymer and starting or thinking about starting with a tutor? I don't want this to be a competition btw, so no compare and contrast progress reports please, but more an emotional rollercoaster sanity check and practical advice sharing, while going through the process of the next year and a bit would be most welcome
Lemondrop
I was just wondering if there was anyone else out there like us, so that we could have a bit of mutual support on the forum through the next 18 months or so.
We live in N London and the only (non-private) selective schools we can apply to for our DD are HBS and Latymer. DD really wants to go to HBS, as she loves the idea of a school without boys (she may change her mind when she's older!) We also have a DS in year 2, he's already knocking spots off his sister academically, but we'll cross the bridge for him when we come to it!
Our local comprehensive is not too bad, so we have a reasonable fallback if she doesn't get into a selective school, but she really wants to try so we're encouraging her. I thought about tutoring her myself, but don't think I'd be any good at the English, so she starts with a tutor next week.
The ratio of applicants to places is terrifying, but she wants to try anyway. She's a bright girl, but sometimes lacks confidence, hopefully the tuition will help her with that. However, she is surprisingly competitive which may be the spark that gets her through this.
I have been told that I'm not pushy enough as a mother so I'm trying to up the ante on that, without turning into a demon parent watch this space!
Anyway, I just wanted to know if there was anyone else out there, like us, N London based with a yr 5 dc, pref dd looking at HBS & Latymer and starting or thinking about starting with a tutor? I don't want this to be a competition btw, so no compare and contrast progress reports please, but more an emotional rollercoaster sanity check and practical advice sharing, while going through the process of the next year and a bit would be most welcome
Lemondrop