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-   -   Everyone wants our money! (https://britishexpats.com/forum/new-zealand-83/everyone-wants-our-money-806673/)

jmh Aug 21st 2013 5:21 am
Re: Everyone wants our money!
 
You shouldn't send your kids to such posh schools. My mum runs a decile 1 school - no voluntary fees and stationery all provided. :)

Catchafire Aug 21st 2013 6:29 am
Re: Everyone wants our money!
 
Originally Posted by marblep (Post 10861324)
$450?!?!?!?!?! where the heck is that school? Auck primary schools ask for a donation of $120 maximum. Don't pay it.
Yes I was shocked by that figure. We pay $110/year. Our school is a decile 8.

pippalonghorn Aug 21st 2013 6:31 am
Re: Everyone wants our money!
 
Originally Posted by jmh (Post 10861327)
You shouldn't send your kids to such posh schools. My mum runs a decile 1 school - no voluntary fees and stationery all provided. :)
I am not sending my child to a posh school :eek: I am renting a mouldy old 2 bedroomed shed which happens to be in a nice area. I have taken her into the school which is nearest to us. It is still nearly half a mile away. I have no transport so we will be walking so its the nearest school or nothing. :(

Don't mean to bite but this rich - poor thing drives me crazy. :eek: we're poor and were not trying to be anything other. :amen:

chc4me Aug 21st 2013 6:37 am
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Originally Posted by pixiewink (Post 10861274)
I love that PIXIEWINKLE....I truly do...i'm not being sarcastic....I may just change my user name to that...:p
It's a great name !!! (Sorry for adding the 'LE'). I also think PippaLongHorn is a great name too.

Back to the discussion ....

chc4me Aug 21st 2013 6:49 am
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Originally Posted by pippalonghorn (Post 10861257)
She starts school in sept so they want $250 plus $50 trip fund. After Xmas they want $450 plus $100 trip fund.
That school's hav'n a laugh! If you daughter starts in september then it works out at $40 per month therefore a maximum of $150. As others have said, $150 is commonly an annual amount.

marblep Aug 21st 2013 9:02 am
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Originally Posted by pippalonghorn (Post 10861380)
I am not sending my child to a posh school :eek: I am renting a mouldy old 2 bedroomed shed which happens to be in a nice area. I have taken her into the school which is nearest to us. It is still nearly half a mile away. I have no transport so we will be walking so its the nearest school or nothing. :(

Don't mean to bite but this rich - poor thing drives me crazy. :eek: we're poor and were not trying to be anything other. :amen:
I hope it all works out for you. Feel free to bite - sometimes we all need to. Could you look at other schools on the bus route? I do think you should name and shame this school though. State schools have a maximum they can 'request'.

MrsFychan Aug 21st 2013 9:04 am
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your child is only 4/5 legally you don't have to send them to school at 5 and as you are going back to the UK I personally wouldn't send and spend the next few months having fun.

MrsFychan Aug 21st 2013 9:11 am
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did you lose your job?

previous post said that your work with pay for uniform and the contributions.

marblep Aug 21st 2013 9:12 am
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I agree with MrsF. Also, I just saw on your avatar that you live in Glendowie. Very, very, very expensive place to be. You need to be bringing home 100s of thousands a year to live there comfortably.

Robbie2010 Aug 21st 2013 9:42 am
Re: Everyone wants our money!
 
Originally Posted by marblep (Post 10861567)
I hope it all works out for you. Feel free to bite - sometimes we all need to. Could you look at other schools on the bus route? I do think you should name and shame this school though. State schools have a maximum they can 'request'.
Is it this one?
http://www.churchillpark.school.nz/WebSpace/57/

marblep Aug 21st 2013 10:22 am
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Originally Posted by Robbie2010 (Post 10861610)
Woah! ****ing woah!!! That's extortionate money. Absolutely absurd. Don't live in those parts of Auckland. You'll get a shit house for loads of money. Whereas you could get a shit house for cheaper just a bit further out. But your school fees will be reasonable ;)

pippalonghorn Aug 21st 2013 7:27 pm
Re: Everyone wants our money!
 
Originally Posted by marblep (Post 10861583)
I agree with MrsF. Also, I just saw on your avatar that you live in Glendowie. Very, very, very expensive place to be. You need to be bringing home 100s of thousands a year to live there comfortably.
It was the cheapest place we could find to rent that was in an ok condition. Hubby has asthma and so we needed to find the least damp place. The rent is really cheap. It's close to his work too. :(

pippalonghorn Aug 21st 2013 7:28 pm
Re: Everyone wants our money!
 
Originally Posted by Robbie2010 (Post 10861610)
Yes it is that one. :(

pippalonghorn Aug 21st 2013 7:29 pm
Re: Everyone wants our money!
 
Originally Posted by MrsFychan (Post 10861580)
did you lose your job?

previous post said that your work with pay for uniform and the contributions.
Hi,

I am still getting messed around with my job. Heard from them last week to say they would be back in touch with a start date but nothing! I'm actively looking again. :)

Chippy Giles Aug 21st 2013 8:18 pm
Re: Everyone wants our money!
 
Originally Posted by MrsFychan (Post 10861174)
as already pointed out it is Voluntary so don't pay it or let them bully you into paying. Piano lessons is not part of the required curriculum so tell them to ask those parents to pay for it.

I pay for my daughters piano lessons and do not pay school fees. Pay enough for all the odds and sods they continue to ask for through out the terms so not paying that as well
Its the same here in the UK too. Never had so many requests for money from one place since the kids went to school!


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