BeccaL

The Daisy and the Trouble with... books by Kes Gray are brilliant - same character as previous picture books (Eat your Peas, etc) but big font so good for encouraging reading. Daisy is suitably mischief - gets into scrapes etc and is fun to read. Hope she enjoys them!

We do one cupcake per child and a couple extra for teacher, TA, etc. No need for party bag or anything else. Others have done small bag of sweets, e.g. Haribo, instead...

Agree Rigby and Peller, followed by purchases of sensible priced underwear at M&S - was astounded by the difference between what I thought I was and what I actually measured!

Worth googling for a discount code if you are going...

Might be worth posting this in the Family Room instead - lots of other parents on there in similar situation. Distance from the new entrance may not be fully relevant as there will be a "specified" entrance they use to calculate the distance so it's one set point for each school.

Hi sharls. Our daughter is in yr 1 at Goodrich and loves it. The reception classes have a separate outdoor space whic is good and the head of early years (ms collinson?) came with a good reputation last year and seems pretty dynamic from what I can tell. School isn't perfect (communication needs to improve) but the community aspect is excellent and we're very happy that our daughter is there. Sure they'd be happy for you to visit. Pm me if any questions

Some sort of armour-type thing covered with foil?

I think it also depends on how far away the wedding is and how close you are to this friend. When my daughter was 6 weeks old we went to my best friend's wedding in Somerset - we drove down the night before and stayed in a hotel near the motorway so easy access. Husband ended up taking baby outside church during most of the ceremony so I could stay in there, but I fed her in car before ceremony, then went to friends house nearby for big feed, then went to reception arriving a bit later than others. Fed her during dinner, after which she proceeded to do a huge vomit all down my back and over the floor of the venue, and hence required another feed - as I recall this was just before the speeches started so caused maximum disruption! I didn't see any of the speeches, which is a shame... Thankfully I have a very forgiving friend who was aware that I might not be very attentive during the reception! We drove home after the reception and it was the longest our daughter had ever slept in one go, I think - she went about 6 hours - to the point where we started wondering if we should wake her up for some food - we didn't! I think if there are others there who will understand if you are not very wedding focused, and the friend whose wedding it is also understands (depends whether there are lots of other babies about - if you're one of the first of your friends to have a baby they will think you are making a massive fuss about nothing!!), and you can get there/to the reception/hotel relatively easily and most importantly, in your own time, then it is possible. Having your niece there is a benefit but at that age, unless your baby is particularly early, you're not that likely to want to leave it with someone else I'd suggest.

San Francisco, no question!

We're on Overhill and had ours at least a week ago...

Yes, Harris Girls school runs 4.30-5.30 on Tuesdays - drop in, costs ?6 a session.

Food in the florence (facing park), the commercial (opposite train station) and the prince regent (nr the lido) all good - also the cafe in the lido if the weather's nice. Have a good day!

Mynamehere - not sure what you are getting at? The pupils at Goodrich have Chinese lessons in yr 5 and 6, so I'm sure the school would be interested in this. Why doesn't your teacher contact the school directly - they have an after school club coordinator who could talk to her about this.

Quite agree Molly - will up the level of nagging....

Am I right in thinking that vaccination post exposure but pre spots reduces severity. Saw niece last Mon, she got CP on fri. Less worried re daughter than husband who hasn't had CP...

Am definitely with you - stay busy... Agree that days off school sick need to be boring - realised this after spending weekend curled up on sofa with little one as she was really ill, but she then had Monday in bed as realised that otherwise she'd be *ill* at the drop of a hat!! I'd definitely have had her back to nursery today. Tell OH to stop being a wuss!!

What Sillywoman said as well - well done James!

Forgot about the Enid Blyton Adventure series as mentioned above - bought one for 8yo nephew for his birthday in September and he requested another for Christmas - this from the boy who is otherwise inundated with DS and ipods! He loved them...

It might be worth a trip to Tales on Moon Lane in Herne Hill - they have a great section at the back with lots of choices to browse, and are probably pretty good at suggesting (don't know this for a fact, as haven't asked, but they are a good well-informed book shop)

The Percy Jackson series, and poss Skullduggery Pleasant?

I think this is an issue which is being addressed by the governors of Goodrich, which is where it should be discussed. Reren has hit the nail on the head - the head should be asked to discuss the issues and address them - "given a chance to defend herself".

Photo shop next to the newsagents by Acorn is good.

I think someone said they sell helium balloons at Sally's the florist next to Moxons, but haven't bought myself and don't know if they do numbers. Hope you get one!

Farmers, just next to the Gourmet Burger Kitchen - and the salt you need to go with it as well!

Can't recommend as haven't used but there's a new shop in Herne Hill - the Illusioneer (http://www.theillusioneer.co.uk/) and they might be able to help.