kids schools with begging bowls at the ready

dawn_rose

is it just my daughters nursery school or is every school that likes to tap you for money every single week for various ad hoc things. the way things are going itd been cheaper to send her private lol. she only started in sept and its slowly skinting me. next year my other daughter goes so itll be 2 lots its getting beyond a joke now.

milliemonster

Awww get used to it hun, wait while she starts full time school, they're at you all the time for money!!!!

jenhug

our daughters school is always after money.

Buttonmoons

My DD's nursery never asks for money. I pay £2 a week to cover their snack and that's it. All the parties they have had and the Xmas one soon, they never ask for money for it, they have had trips to the Science centre and fire station since she started in September, no money needed there either, not even for the bus.

tandraig

my daughter actually counted up how many requests for money her sons school made in one term - i cant remember the exact number but it came to over £70! times that by two as his sister was in same school too. oh and she excluded the school trips etc - this was just the odd couple of quid for charity events - dress down day - dress up day - pj day etc! can remember thinking when daughter and sons were all in same school that the head must think i got a money tree in back garden!

moggitymog

It's the same at dd school, so far this term we have had £15 for swimming bus, £6.50 for a trip to the art gallery, £5 theatre bus, £5 for cancer coffee morning, £16 dance club, £2.50 shoebox appeal and gifts to fill it, then tomorrow can they take money for children in need!
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flippin36

We're thinking of giving school our school a direct debit so they can just take what they want. Never have enough change for two children.

moggitymog

flippin36 wrote: »

We're thinking of giving school our school a direct debit so they can just take what they want. Never have enough change for two children.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:that is so funny, they would take the lot though! always makes me laugh that they ask for a voluntary contribution of £x and then harass the kids if you don't pay up!

Indie_Kid

My secondary school was like this too.

Fly_Baby

moggitymog wrote: »

It's the same at dd school, so far this term we have had £15 for swimming bus, £6.50 for a trip to the art gallery, £5 theatre bus, £5 for cancer coffee morning, £16 dance club, £2.50 shoebox appeal and gifts to fill it, then tomorrow can they take money for children in need!
forgot to add £15 for photos

The only thing that sounds excessive to me is the £5 cancer coffee morning. Mind you, I am a PSA Treasurer. All the rest activities are for your child's direct benefit and development. Would you rather s/he didn't go to the theatre, to the art gallery, didn't have swimming and dance lessons (by the way, the prices you are quoting are about a half of what I pay for my son's activities on Year 2). It is great that they have so many useful experiences at the young age.

Shoebox is supposed to be an educational and rewarding project for children - my son was very excited about putting together a Christmas present for some unknown boy in the far away Eastern Europe who wouldn't otherwise have proper Christmas. And they are voluntary and nobody knows who brought/didn't bring one - or do the boxes get registered at your school?

Zziggi

The school my kids go to wants £2.50 from each of them tomorrow for the "privaledge" of not going in uniform tomorrow. I've already told them both to politely remind their respective teachers that uniform isn't compulsory anyway, so there's no £2.50 to pay.