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Thanks for the info Saffron. My niece contracted TB at the age of 10 likely from contact with children at her primary school in SE4 (located in a middle-class owner occupied area). She had never left London, albeit for a trip to the seaside, and the GP could not explain how she managed to contract it. She didn't live in poverty and was a girl who generally liked to keep herself clean and washed her hands before every meal. That was 10 years ago but I can't see how conditions are any more improved now.

My children had BCGs at 2 weeks and 14 months. They are now adults and do not have scars. I would recommend BCGs at an early age if you want to avoid a scar later. The injection is done differently.

If you think about it compost is essentially rotting material...which is still rotting. Safer to get a bag of top soil which is different to compost. (I'm a qualified Early Years teacher) Also try soap flakes in warm water with whisks...they absolutely love all the bubbles they make.

Hi I had a look at your video and it's simple and colourful so would be attractive to toddlers. However as a qualified teacher I would say that learning grapheme-phoneme correspondence at this age is not appropriate. Very young children need lots of experience of exploring and playing with sounds, such as with nursery songs, sound discrimination, rhyme and alliteration. Your video jumps a very important step in the phonics program and is perhaps why you cannot find videos for toddlers on YouTube like this. Have a look at Phase 1 of the government's Letter and Sounds document for the 6 strands appropriate for toddlers. However, there is hardly any media on teaching phase 1 and I'm sure would be a much more profitable venture for you as every nursery in the country is a potential customer. You are welcome to PM me if you would like more information.

I teach in Year 1 but the same would apply to Reception at my school. We give a new book every week because that's all we can manage in the timeframe as the admin takes up more time than we can spare for it. Your teacher is doing well if she can find time to write a comment. However we also have an online book club where the children work through an unlimited amount of books. They can listen to phonics sounds appropriate to the book and answer questions to check their comprehension. We ask parents to use it daily but they rarely do and we recognise it is a challenge in busy family lives. What is really crucial, though, is your children regularly hears stories being read to them. A bedtime routine that ends with a story is well worth building into day.

I have a child at a grammar school and he reports that most of his top maths set still have to have a tutor even at gcse. So it seems that if you start with a tutor you have to keep paying to keep up.

You can buy cheap wooden letters from amazon which u can do loads with such as draw around, trace fingers around the shape, hide in sand or around the room for treasure hunt, put in envelopes for a posting activity, line them up in order, make the childs name or other words, press into wet sand...the possibilities are endless. However at 3 the focus should be on hearing the sounds rather than linking the sounds to letters. So just makng up silly sounds is a good start.

There seems very little in it this year; perhaps because BTech qualifications no longer count towards 5 GCSES's incl. maths & English.??? Who knows! Harris Crystal Palace 77% Charter 77% Kingsdale 76% Sydenham Girls 71% Harris Boys East Dulwich 70% Prendergast Hilly Fields 70% Deptford Green 70% Aske's New Cross (Haberdasher) 70% Bonus Pastor 67%

I heard this second hand so not sure how true it is but it is very funny if it is because it just sums up how arrogant they are. At Harris CP they have a receptionist who is extremely rude. A parent was at reception when the receptionist spotted a man walking about outside in the school grounds. She then asked a colleague 'how did he get in? Go and get rid of that dirty old man'. It turned out to be Lord Harris .

My son had constipation when he turned 18 months. The doctor said it was from having a cows milk intolerance. He was on 20ml of lactolose and 10ml of senna . He had half a bottle of prune juice twice a day and that lasted two years. I saw a private consultant who said that he probably had internal fissures that were making him feel uncomfortable and I was also messing about with his diet and medication which wasnt helping him. She pointed out that lactolose isnt absorbed by the gut so to keep giving it with lots of fluids. My son one day sat on the potty and happened to do a poo. I think because of the seating position it helps it come out easier. I know yours is v young but it might be worth trying the potty if he is making a fuss. It was very stressful so I feel your worry. Its not pleasant but it does get better over time.

Why don't you just ask him? He might hate dinosaurs. If he's not sure then you could take him to Hamleys or other toy shop as a treat and let him choose something there. He will be more likely to play with it then.

You could try 'deep root killer'. It is so good it even killed japanese knotweed that sprouted in my garden. Two years later it has not grown back.

Get a least 5 quotes as they vary widly. Check they offer a guarantee and that it is insurance backed.

I've learnt never to use a builder for gardens. Always get a gardener or landscape builder otherwise you end up with straight red brick walls and no character. They probably could redestribute the soil as part of the design rather than get rid as that is cistly.

The problem is not so much the friends issue as they don't take long if they have good social skills. The problem is how much learning they miss and how they then feel when everyone knows what is going on and they don't. I have a couple of jan starts in my class and they were happy at first but then they realised that they can't do the stuff the rest can and their morale has slumped. And its simple things like not knowing how to use the number fans, which are things you can't really teach at home, as unless you teach you wouldn't know about those things. If your child is very able they may cope well but please don't underestimate how much learning takes place in the autumn term. HTH