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mine ask for a contribution wich we always pay even if were on a tight week but they tend to do funraisers every few weeks to cover things like school trips

i do sumtyms think they expect far to much fromt he parents

however from workign in a school i no they do have a tight buget

It's a big old house somewhere that does Tudor role play days for kids. It will be a great day out for them. No question of that......just seems a bit steep when a trip to London to the King Tut exhibition was the same price !! xx

Same here and theres always some that dont pay despite the fact that they are not that badly off

It happens at our school too..................they aren't allowed to charge, so ask for voluntary contributions.

Almost everyone pays and those who genuinly can't afford it speak to the headteacher and it gets paid for some other way.

Muffy it happens everywhere. The schools can't insist on payment if the trip is educational so have to ask for the money as voluntary donations. There will be some who won't be able to pay but there will also be some who will refuse to pay even if they could afford it.

Where on earth are they taking the class that it costs that much?

No it's a nationwide thing. My kids schools did it years ago. It changed while they were at school. I think there was some legal thing which stopped schools asking for payment per person and had to rely on donations instead.

At my daughters school you are under no obligation to pay for any school trips but it's a case of if not enough pay then the whole thing is cancelled.
Even if you don't pay.........as long as sufficient contributions are made then your child can still go.
Not sure how I feel about this to be honest. Not only does she have to get a Tudor costume sorted for the trip but the cost of the trip itself is £20.
NOW half of me hates the idea of a little one sitting alone or having to blend into another class because funds are low at home. HOWEVER surely it shouldn't be up to other parents to cough up? Using the money from non uniform day to cover it is surely more fair or am I being a bit tight here?
I'm going to pay the £20. (Bang goes my printer cartridges for another week lololol) however I just wondered if this is a nationwide thing or just something that happens at my daughters school? xx