mima08

that is a super sweet (pun intended) thing to do - I felt bad for having run out of sweets to offer some late kids.

I found a pair of very new looking black (puma? rebooks?) sports shoes that looked like they might belong to a secondary school child (size maybe 6 or 7?) in Peckham Rye Park. They were behind a bench roughly opposite Harris Boys School - I left them on the bench, hope the owner finds them!

I don't know the actual distance in meters but know that a kid living on the side of the rye triangle near the Rye Pub (now Angle Oak) was offered a place in Aug.

thank you very much, everyone! I didn't realize i-school clubs are free in secondaries, quite different to primary schools?!

Hello! Does anyone know if we can still use childcare vouchers to pay for after school clubs in secondary school? Specifically at Charter East Dulwich? Thanks!

Leftfooter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi all, i appreciate that the shake-down hasn't > happened this year yet and there will be plenty of > movement on the waiting lists in the coming weeks > and months, but does anyone have any update on > whether the distance offered for East Dulwich > Charter has changed much this year? I am getting > mixed messages from parents at my children's > school whereby apparently some parents are saying > that the intake hasn't expanded this year and the > furthest distance offered is still currently > around the Crystal Palace Road mark (which seems > pretty much in line with last year), but i > understood from the school's website and > scarlettbank's really helpful posts above that the > intake has increased by an additional class of 30. I don't know how far up Crystal Palace Road, but the radius has expanded as last year kids on Maxted Road didn't get in in March but this year kids from Waghorn street did.

@gebbjane - thank you! that is reassuring that it's not just me, and that the schools doesn't seem to be using that website! @bonaome - thanks - no it seems just this distance and based on geggjane's post I think it's the gov. website that's wrong rather than google maps for me Of course, all of this still doesn't guarantee anything but at least it gives me a little hope :D

bonaome Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > To what looks like the Charter ED gate on Jarvis > Rd. > I?m measuring to Bawdale. thank again! This is so weird: the .gov.uk website says 0.62 miles which is 997m vs google maps (to jarvis road entrance) says 827m. Even giving it some margin to the actual school building entrance, google maps still says 847m. Plus, I tried a couple of other maps tools that were also within meters of 827...

Thanks all! I appreciate it's impossible to really predict, more a case of it's a totally impossibility or in with a chance. I wonder if the gov. website is using the delivery entrance gate (not the one the school uses) - that would be a relief. @boname, thank you very much - were those distances to the Charter ED or another school by chance? (I did ask Google to convert the miles to meters as I wasn't trusting myself, lol!)

Thank you for your comments OS coordinates, this is helpful. The reason why I was questioning if google maps is accurate is that this website https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/ also gives an indication of a distance but it's quite a bit different from the google maps measures for the school I am interested in (Charter ED). At 170m that would probably be the difference between admission or not... Sorry, I don't know the furthest distance offered for Charter North - I heard two figures (857 and 1013) but cannot vouch for how accurate those are...

Hello, I am trying to judge my chances for my child to get into various secondary schools (I appreciate, the distance can change). I know the furthest distance offered by the schools this year and the point from which they measure (aka, school gates, as the crow flies). What I found confusing is that various sites give quite big variations, e.g. >200 difference vs e.g. google maps measure distance or other tools Do we know what the council uses to work out the distances? Thanks!

We are a couple of streets away from CP Road but have a cat of that description come into our garden for months now - we started feeding it because it was getting thinner. Tried paper collar but it rips them off. The cat here as a distinctive white patch on the front -I've attached some pics, too

This shop has saved my skin and sanity many times over the years when I had needed last-minute gifts to bring to birthday parties, treat my son to a little something, or get an all-important water toy for the paddling pool... I've been told that since lockdown ended, they have seen a big drop in footfall in the shop at Goose Green - please, if you need toys, games, picture books or slime (who doesn't ;) ) give them a go! Staff are lovely and always happy to help, even tracked down hard-to-get lego sets for me in the past! (no affiliation with the shop other than being a frequent shopper)

Hey! Welcome to the area! For a holiday club, you might want to check out Nimble arts - my son loved them when he was your kids' age. They still have availability according to their website: https://www.nimblearts.co.uk/2021-prices-and-availability Good luck!

alex_b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > mima08 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I've been toying with this idea but couldn't > quite > > make the numbers work. > > > > We almost never use the car - the occasional > trip > > to the recycling centre, a day trip and twice a > > year visit family in rural Devon. It's the > latter > > that makes a car club not work: no clubs down > > there, no public transport but taking a zip car > > from here to have down there for a week become > > super expensive (as does hiring a car down > there). > > > > > > We're currently resigned to keeping ours on the > > thinking you only pay ULEZ when you drive, not > > when the car is parked on the street - do I > have > > that right? > > I think you only pay when it?s moving. As for the > Devon trips, wouldn?t a normal hire car from > enterprise, Avis etc be more reasonable. Even at a > couple of hundred pounds a week you?re still > likely better off than insurance, servicing etc. Thanks - I understand ULEZ is only when you're driving, so hope that's right. I had looked into hiring in the past but it was very expensive (possibly because we go during school holidays/ bank holidays...). INsurance and servicing has been very low, so even with the ?12.5 for driving in ULEZ, it's cheaper... Personally, I'd love a non-car owning option that works out cheaper or at least the same!

I've been toying with this idea but couldn't quite make the numbers work. We almost never use the car - the occasional trip to the recycling centre, a day trip and twice a year visit family in rural Devon. It's the latter that makes a car club not work: no clubs down there, no public transport but taking a zip car from here to have down there for a week become super expensive (as does hiring a car down there). We're currently resigned to keeping ours on the thinking you only pay ULEZ when you drive, not when the car is parked on the street - do I have that right?

This appears to have happened to us on Nutbrook Street but with a twist: walked past the car and noticed the driver's door not properly closed. No sign of forced entry and only small things missing (a windscreen cloth, a small torch, didn't take booster seat or cassettes, lol). The twist is: our car does NOT have a remote key - lock broke some time ago, so now you have to open it the old fashioned way with an actual key...Why bother for a car that could do with a serious tidy and is over 20years old? Not sure it's worth reporting?

Our car will have to go - and in a non-covid world it would have sat idle for months on end as we're using public transport for pretty much everything. A bit different now but I guess (hope) that is temporary... Will need a car for regular camping trips and to visit family in Devon and in the past, the option of train + hire cars was crazily expensive (one trip would have cost more than insurance for the year) I wonder what creative options there are...

the pharmacy on Bellenden RD had lots of flu jab stock two weeks ago...

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Have I lost the plot? > > I thought in Tier 2 you weren't allowed to sit on > the same table as people from another household, > including outside? > > My partner and I recently cancelled pints and > pizzas at the Gowlett with a friend for that > reason. In Tier 2 you can't mix household inside but it's the rule of 6 outside afaik. Whenever we booked at the Gowlett to be inside, they've asked if we are in the same household and the inside has been super well ventilated (Big Jackets are advised...)