Yesterday we returned to the doctor surgery to see the nurse with Olly.  They wanted to see if she was going to be comfortable taking blood from him for testing.  If not, then we would need to go to Pinderfields for the task to be completed.  After a brief consultation is transpired that we were good to go and that we should book a 20 minute slot to give her time to do the deed.  Out we went to reception to arrange a new appointment to do it – yes, it was not going to be done there and then 🙁  The receptionist kindly offered a suitable appointment in …. wait for it…. 2 and a half weeks…. 🙁 WHAT? But he the doctor needs the blood testing now given that Olly is experiencing the issues now – who knows what state he will be in in 2 and a half weeks, but we can almost guarantee that there will be no fever at that time….

After a little bartering, we got back in at 2pm the same day – result 🙂  So armed with the numbing gel that we needed to apply 30 minutes prior to the appointment, we set out to rearrange our appointment that was already set at 2pm with the solicitor.  The wills etc would have to wait.

We returned at 2pm and the nurse managed to get a reasonable amount of blood although   she did state that he would probably end up with a nasty little bruise on this arm.  She hoped that there was enough blood collected to be able to perform all of the tests.  We have a telephone appointment set for next Thursday to hear the results from the blood tests, so let’s hope that something becomes clear that will help us move forwards with the fever issues.

We een managed to get to the solicitor before she left for the day, so we have finally got our wills sorted out.

We have been for a tour of the Silcoates Junior School (included the Silcoates Senior School) and the Sunny Hill pre school.

The head teacher of the Junior School took us around and answered all of our questions very well.  While it is clearly a much larger school than St Hilda’s, much of the feel of the smaller school is retained and we feel that Elliot would not find himself in a huge class that was too overpowering.  Years 1 and 2 are very much kept together with a specific shared playground for their sole use as well as their being in the same building together for pretty much all classes.  They would then use the remaining school facilities such as Chapel and Sports facilities as the need requires.  There are some prefab buildings that are hidden behind the school that are used for Years 4 and 5 that were meant to be temporary but look to have been there 10 years.  Here’s betting that they will be there another 10 at the very least.

All in all, we left feeling pretty good about the school and were somewhat surprised at this as we half expected to walk out feeling at a loss.

Sunny Hill also gave us an impression of solidity which again was unexpected.  Our main issues were that the school appears (from the road) to look like a bit of a borstal and that it is right on the busy road a problem.  Internally, it was actually way better organised than the St Hilda’s nursery section, and the road does not look like it would pose much of a problem as the school playground is opened up in the morning and in the afternoon for drop off and collection purposes.

As the dust settles on the way in which the news was delivered to the parents at St Hilda’s on Saturday morning and the idiot (Bursar) that was in the St Hilda’s school to take questions on Monday morning (even though he did not really answer anything that he was asked) becomes a distant memory, it seems that we have certainly got a reasonably good plan of action if we decide to stay with the Silcoates School 🙂