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Thank you all for your replies. Unfortunately there aren?t any cousins she could stay with. And i?m really hesitant to leave her with my parents for various reasons. She?s pretty cool with French school. While she?d rather be at home, she?s not feeling left out or dumb, I don?t think. She?s made friends there and the teachers really like her. Our local secondary doesn?t offer French so leaving it until then is not an option either. I will look at private tutors. Hopefully some will have seen this thread. And thank you for Le Petit Nicolas tip. I had completely forgotten about it. I had great success tonight with one of my old 1970s children's books by the way. She really took to it thanks to its big, clear font and the fact that the story is very clear. Thank you again!

Hi everyone, my daughter is 9 and doesn?t speak any French, my mother tongue. It?s my fault, I know. She?s been going to French school on a Saturday morning for the past year. It?s a very good school but is really targeted at bilingual children. She says she can?t understand anything there and is none the wiser a year on. So here?s my question: do I keep her in the bilingual school (on the basis that getting thrown in is the best way to learn, as I sometimes hear) or is it the case that at this age she should learn the language as a foreign language? At home, I try to speak French as much as I can (though i?m not around much and I think that has been a big part of the problem) and I try and read her books in French. We have to stop at every word so is very painful and unproductive. Thanks for your help.

There?s a big profile of Goodrich in the latest issue of the Dulwich Diverter. It is my daughter?s school and we love it.

Has someone called Celia Hammond?

If he belongs to someone and is not neutered, I doubt the owners will care about the problems he?s causing. Why don?t you call the team at Celia Hammond? Tell them you think he?s a stray which he might well be. I know he?s big and fat but it also seems that he?s quite good at looking after himself and helping himself to food. The Celia Hammond team will be able to advise what you can do and will probably come and investigate. If they think he?s a stray, they?ll neuter him at no cost to you.

Could he be a stray? He looks in a good condition on the photo though. What?s he like in real life?

He does look like an unspayed tom cat: big head, damaged ears...

Locking him up at night, ok. But training it?! 😂

Yeah, Goonies!

Gremlins!

I?d call the school and ask to speak to the head. I think his name is Peter Groves. You could raise it with the board of governors too.

Does anyone know an osteopath who consults on a Sunday? Thank you!

I think my daughter liked some of the Usborne Young Readers at that level.

Have you tried the online library The Reading Chest?

Also my Miele (C3j has a little storage compartment to keep all the attachments...

Miele, a thousand times. Excellent suction, lightweight (even I can carry it up the stairs with no effort), and a shape and size that make it easy to store. As soon as I got the Miele, I couldn?t stand having the Dyson around.

She was a wonderful MP and, as was said above, a great humanitarian. A huge loss to her family but also to the country.

I drive to Brixton and get the Tube. Brixton to Green Park = easy peasy.

This is terrible, Lee. Absolutly horrible. I?d speak to 101 and Park Management if I were you.

Thank you, all.

Hmrc are using figures I gave them based on the taxable benefits listed on my payslips for the relevant tax year.

I think hmrc are giving me their default, stock answer and not trying to understand my issue. I?m starting to think that they never amended the self assessment form to take into account the fact that some companies now payroll benefits... I?m basically caught between an incompetent hr department and incompetent hmrc.

I recalculated my gross pay manually today and can confirm that my gross pay includes earnings and benefits. I also recalculated the tax on my gross pay and it looks right.

And thank you, PeckhamRy. I don?t get a P11D form unfortunately.

Thank you, Penguin. My employer has been very unhelpful - doesn?t provide a P11D form and is refusing to put anything in writing. I?m going to take this up straight to the head of HR this time. I never dared to amend my gross pay details as it?s the official number appearing on my P60 so thought this would cause no end of problems. I did contact my husband?s accountant who was most unhelpful. Is there written guidance on this? I can?t find anything anywhere. Thank you so much.