Page 10 - Abbey House Handbook

ABBEY

BOARDING

LIFE

students should wish to bring their items, these should be daily expenditure as well as snacks, take-away treats on a
clearly labeled. Fresh school bedding will be provided weekly Saturday night, or funds for an exeat weekend, for example.
and students are required to strip and change their own Naturally, internet banking is preferred, the individual
beds. Laundry is sent to be washed on different days, house account details pertaining to each house can be obtained
dependent and is returned three days later. It is therefore from the relevant Housemaster/mistress.
advisable to have more than one set of games kit and
sufficient school shirts/blouses. We will provide all students It is difficult to give an accurate guide as to how much pocket
with a laundry basket to keep in their rooms. Each house money each student needs but most spend between £10
has additional washing machines and tumble dryers for and £20 a week, some spend a lot more and some a lot less!
the students to use for any items that are needed urgently; To obtain goods from the school shop, junior students are
house manager is happy to assist with this and full training is required to obtain a chit from any member of the house
available for the students who wish to use this. staff; items are then charged to the end of term accounts;
goods range from pens and paper to tracksuits, deodorants
POCKET MONEY/HOUSE BANK and so on. The chit system is designed to keep a tight rein on
ACCOUNTS/SCHOOL SHOP student expenditure.
All students are encouraged to use the house bank rather
than keep large sums of money in their rooms. Pocket money MONEY
is used for spending within house tuck shops and minor There are two Abbey House bank accounts and all students

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