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Bombshell 
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 9:34am |
DId you know private school fees work out cheaper than Daycare?????
had a look at strathallen fees this morning on some paperwork and turns out it is $40 a week cheaper for her to go to a private school at age 5 than current day care fees!!!
Good grief!! Although if you dont pay oen lump sum and pay weekly it is $4000 more so about the same price then! 
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Bizzy
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 9:49am |
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yeah but at daycare they have to change nappies and feed them and dont they supply food too?...
are you looking at schools already?
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 10:13am |
And the fees get bigger and bigger the older they get. At Charlottes school its only £900 a term this year but by junior year its £3800  When we move back the school we have them enrolled at is relatively cheap to begin with $3995 p/yr, but increases to $6843 p/yr by year 11/12!
We had to enroll them now even though we aren't coming back until 2010- the application form for Kate had her picture from when she was 2 months old. Looked so ridiculous but they have a 3 year waiting list so we only just snuck in.
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 10:18am |
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Yeah there is a great private school down here that we are looking at enrolling Noah in. They have early childhood too and take them from age 2 and it is around the same price as daycare. I was a bit shocked as I thought it would be waaaaaayyyy more expensive.
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 1:36pm |
I didn't know that, BS... I've been starting to think about schools for Emma Rose and really like the idea of a private school. DH doesn't much care, but I'm particularly attracted to all-girls' schools because I had such a good experience at an all-girls' uni. Where is Strathallan? Maybe I'll come with you to the open days! 
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 1:56pm |
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Strathallen is out Karaka way
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 2:13pm |
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If we're still in the school zone we're in now when Joshie goes to school we'll be applying to get him into others on the "out of zone ballot". If those fail then he'll be going private.
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 2:33pm |
Go the private schools! I went (as did both my brothers) to a private, single-sex school and had the most awesome education there. I've taught in a co-ed state secondary school for the past 3 years and have just got a job at a private school next year and CAN'T WAIT! State schools are so under-resourced and the class sizes are stupidly big. I know when I eventually have a bubs I'm going to be very picky, just because I know what schools are like. Although I'm talking from a secondary school point of view here - I'm sure that a lot of state primary schools do fantastic work. 
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 2:39pm |
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I actually hated going to a single sex high school. Lots of catty girls in their little groups.. but I guess that happens anywhere you go. I'm not impressed by the co-ed schools around here though.. def will not be sending DD there. The only frustrating thing is that we are renting so don't know where we will be living in another 1.5 years, so we can't decide on a school yet (due to zoning).
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 3:13pm |
I like the idea of private schooling - mainly for the resources available and the smaller class sizes. I also think that they offer kids different opportunities to state schools. I dont like single sex schools though - I went to an all girls school for forms 3-5 and hated it, I was bullied and didnt do well academically, but when I moved to a co-ed school for 6th / 7th form, I became top of my class...go figure! I just wasnt part of any of the "in" crowds at the all girls school so never really felt like I was fitting in. I also think that single sex schools dont teach kids to socialise with the opposite sex without it being about romance / sex...does that make sense. In the real world (work / uni etc) you have to be able to have relationships with boys / men that doesnt involve flirting and I think that if you dont learn how to do that at school then it can be hard once you leave! Does that make sense?
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 4:16pm |
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LOL Katherine - sure thing. Heaps of kids from east auckland and south auckland now go there! It is both male and female!
I went private for a year and single sex school for entire high school in any event....I was actually a good candidate for it cause mum had to keep the boys away from me at home let alone at school! LOL!!!
We will see - I am not a fan of private for primary but after that it is up for grabs depending on how Miss Ella does - if she has genius IQ (like mummy!!!) then we weill look at it as a possibility...DH never went single sex or private so not a huge fan...so her abilities will probably be the make or break as to where we send her....think for primary we will be in cockle bay zone by then Katherine.
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 4:17pm |
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BTW Strathallen is $10000 per annum (or thereabouts) fro primary and $12500 for college per annum
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 4:28pm |
I was a private school girl right from 5 years of age. Single sex school and all. Yes it could be catty etc but it was still the most awesome education and has given me a lot more advantages and opened a lot more doors being part of the "old girls" network.
Would love to send Maddie to my old school but given the fees are currently sitting around $10K I believe I think that might not be an option for us. 
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 4:29pm |
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But then again doing the maths....maybe we will......
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 7:23pm |
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I'm amazed that they work out cheaper than daycare!
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 7:54pm |
I went to an all girls school and while I spent a fair amount of time at the boys school I was really glad my parents sent me there. I would love to private school Andrew (Huntly here we come for intermediate) but there aren't any around here that I know of that aren't Catholic.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 7:58pm |
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We'll be going public, I have no desire to send my child to a private or a single-sex school. I've studied the benefits/disadvantages to both and I really don't like the "old girls network" that paws talks about. I would rather my child learn life skills and get by on merits alone (not saying you don't Paws, it's just my experience). Plus, I'll be working in a public primary school as a teacher, and IMHO its the passion of the teachers, not the resources or how much money you throw at the school that will help your child get ahead. And in order to find those passionate teachers? It's luck of the draw really.
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 10:20pm |
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In private schools girls are still expected to work hard, generally a darn sight more is expected of them, (at least by parents considering how much they are paying!!).
Old Girls network only opens so many doors, ultimately you still have to have the skills behind it. That's my experience. Certianly the girls in my year who didn't achieve still got nowhere, and they weren't eligible for the old girls network anyway unless they graduated.
I've contacted my old school today to see what the process is but B and I are thinking along the same lines as you BS...primary school she could go public and then we could look at her going to my old school.
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 10:21pm |
hmmm you obviously dont live in south auckland then EM!
I dont think I would have survived from primary school...most girls i knew that went from age 5 are not working and married straight out of school etc! and most had no clue about life...and amazing how much my old High school HAS as far as funding goes
However having been a south auckland girl I see a lot of my primary colleagues have not raised themselves up at all...and I think the school had nothing to do with it...it was the social skills of the parents etc...my old primary school had me as the only kid of divorced parents when i went there...now it is a decile one school full of HNZ and WINZ kids!
We are kinda lucky to be in zone now for some good primarys and also a college that is well up there next to the private schools if we need it....
so we will see.....interesting the difference in views tho....
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 10:32pm |
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we only have a boys and a girls college here and both of them suck, so unless they change a heck of alot in the next 12 years, I'll be plumping for boarding at a private school in CHCH. Education is a ticket to the world, and you only get one chance to do it well. Interestingly, our intermediate here is really really bd as well, so I want to send the children to a school that goes through to form 2. The one we have in mind, I have to put Jakes name down next year, and Char's as well, although if he goes, she will get in anyhow. So much tothink about, but so far away!!!
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