Townley - what's it really like?
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 2:26 pm
My daughter passed last year and has just started Townley, her score was in the 230s but I thought it might be useful for you to hear what my perception of her first few weeks has been.
Well she absolutely loves it. There are so many activities to choose from each day at lunch time and after school. She loves going to school each day.
The homework is plentiful and she is sometimes up until past 10pm completing it. This is partly because she prefers to relax a bit when she gets home but it's still early days and we are trying to ensure she manages her time a bit better. I think it's realistic to expect a couple hours work each evening.
She's made lots of new friends but she hasn't yet got a "best" friend.
Overall she is getting used to it. The only downside was the cashless dinner money system didn't work at the start of term and I was topping up her card with money that she couldn't access. The school were good about it and allowed her to continue school dinner until the issue was resolved.
It appears to be a caring school with good pastoral support. She's studying Spanish and Italian and enjoying both.
Next week is the year 7 disco and this will be mixed with boys from Beth's.
So far so good!
Well she absolutely loves it. There are so many activities to choose from each day at lunch time and after school. She loves going to school each day.
The homework is plentiful and she is sometimes up until past 10pm completing it. This is partly because she prefers to relax a bit when she gets home but it's still early days and we are trying to ensure she manages her time a bit better. I think it's realistic to expect a couple hours work each evening.
She's made lots of new friends but she hasn't yet got a "best" friend.
Overall she is getting used to it. The only downside was the cashless dinner money system didn't work at the start of term and I was topping up her card with money that she couldn't access. The school were good about it and allowed her to continue school dinner until the issue was resolved.
It appears to be a caring school with good pastoral support. She's studying Spanish and Italian and enjoying both.
Next week is the year 7 disco and this will be mixed with boys from Beth's.
So far so good!