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Communal areas in catteries should not exist. Simple as that. A lot of councils forbid those as part of the licence. I don?t know why Bromley doesn?t regulate more stringently. https://icatcare.org/advice/keeping-your-cat-safe/choosing-boarding-cattery

Well I wasn?t an experienced cat owner at the time. Arrived at the hotel and saw a communal pen. Should have run really. Still feeling awful about it.

I?d call Celia Hammond and ask for advice. Whatever you do, don?t go for oakley Cat Hotel where the cats are kept together. My cat got a viral infection there and died 18 months later. Make sure sneeze barriers are in place and that owners understand about contagious diseases.

Judith Kerr has just published its first set of results and is doing amazingly well. It?s a bilingual school (English and German). Really kicking myself for not accepting the place they offered me six years ago.

They?re brilliant and have solutions for everything, including dealing with most fractious cat ever (mine!) in a stress free way.

He?s acting suspiciously. That?s enough to call the police.

MarleyLover, i?m so so sorry to hear this and understand your distress. 100% agree that you don?t leave an animal like this. Sending you all my love. And just to add that if anyone finds a cat injured or dead, please take him to a vet for goodness sake. Even out of hours. Or call RSPCA, PDSA or Celia Hammond.

I feel your pain. My previous neighbours used to leave our joint garden covered in dog poos, and not small ones. I don?t think bad dog owners ever change their ways. Report to the council.

Nooooooo!

1 or 2 boxes ok, but not 10 casually left on the pavement. And not with added polystyrene which gets everywhere, I ageee, and not with a suitcase added on for good measure.

Honestly, I walked down the road this morning and it made me angry. Dunstans Riad is in a real state. We have one blue bin for two households so there?s no room in mine, unfortunately. The solution is really for people to learn to manage their waste.

A lot of my neighbours have cars and money! And if you have money to buy all that stuff that comes in big cardboard boxes, you should have money to pay for bulk disposal. Or you could keep it in your house and get it out on the day the bin men come. When there?s a will, there?s a way.

Dunstans Road is an absolute disgrace today. A walk down the road this morning showed a front garden full of rubbish from a bin bag left out for the foxes to open, two sofas and a matress left out, a coat rack, shelves, a suitcase and lots of cardboard, all from different households. Are people not aware of the Veolia waste management centre?

Ks1 Sats and ks2 Sats are more a measure of how a school is doing than anything else. I?d work on his handwriting slowly and steadily without giving any thought to Sats deadlines.

Thank you all. Love this forum. Happy new year!

Forgot to mention these awesome pencils which I got from Just William at the time. Make sure you get the Jumbo model which is much chunkier. https://www.faber-castell.co.uk/products/GraphitepencilJumboGrip2x/111997

Hi, I can?t comment on motor skills issues but you mentioned handwriting as a problem. The way schools approach handwriting nowadays is a mess. Our school got things sorted by getting in an external consultancy called The Magic Link. I was about to use them privately when our school started using them. It?s not cheap but very good. I know it?s money but generally speaking I find one on one tutoring really helpful when my daughter has a mental block on something. I hate to be using tutors at primary school level and never thought I would but here you go.

Thanks. I will call as soon as schools go back.

Hi all, Long story but would anyone know of local primary schools with spaces in year 5? Thank you.

I?ve started not answering my door when I work from home. I?m fed up with people taking days to collect parcels which then crowd my tiny entrance hall. If you?re not at home to collect parcels, use local shops.

Sorry to hear that. Do you know which neighbours the parcel was for?

Eos Dancing is great. Our daughter has flourished there.

Blimey! Right between the post and the bus stop? How is this even possible?

Thanks. I had completely missed that.

Has anyone heard of or seen Harriet Harman? Her constituents voted massively to remain and she?s completely silent...