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This is truly shocking and totally goes against any school safe-guarding policy. No teacher should allow any child to go home with anybody other than their usual carers/collectors unless previously informed of an arrangement. This is perhaps why social services did not respond, as they must have thought there was an arrangement for the children to be at your house and were just not being collected at the agreed hour. Please let us know how this was resolved and whether you are planning to report this. One has to assume that the kids' parent/carer was going to pick them up whenever he/she could get there. Imagine arriving at your kids' school and finding it locked up with noone there. Poor show from social services not to actively respond to your call and recognise the failings of the school. Even poorer form from the teacher who sent kids home with another parent, which would be considered gross misconduct in most schools. Contact the local authority (Lewisham?) education team - that school desparately needs some INSET safeguarding training.

The best in the area IMHO, is the herne hill fish bar, up from HH station towards Dkk hill. We switched from Seacow when it started to go rapidly downhill and have not looked back. Do not order a large F&C though unless you are a trencherman- they have huge portions. Give it a go.

We used to only recruit au pairs over 21 because younger than that was stupidly expensive to insure. We used to insure through the AA and have the au pairs do the AA driver plus course (6 lessons) first.

bonkers. this whole thread belittles the worth of the forum.

Toffee Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > uncleglen Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I quite agree- cats are the pet of choice for > the > > lazy, irresponsible person imo. Apparently > Lion > > Dung works but will wash away in the rain. > > I must admit when all that horrible cat killing > > and maiming was going on I felt it was some > > retribution for the carnage they cause. > > Be careful what you say. You have put yourself > forward for interegation. There is a police > investigation called operation Takehe. are you > one to watch? By the way I have passed your > comments on to SNARL. Why are you making threats to people on a public forum ?

My daughter had help from Sunshine House OTs for self dressing, tying shoe laces, using a knife and fork and riding a bike. The provision was limited, targeted but effective. I have no idea what support they offer for ASD, but I do understand that the service is budget-strapped and thinly spread.

If convenience for Shoreditch is what you want, have you considered around Peckham Rye/Bellenden Road?

Could you utilsie your Architect ? I find thst they are usually well versed with this kind of issue

Don't get a cat, please.

Does this mean you can give home cooked left-overs or just complete sealed food that needs to be refridgerated - eg if you buy too much milk?

thread of the decade

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is there a London based forum you have not spammed with this rubbish ?

Policy makes sense to me, especially when there are teacher shortages for secondary. Whilst a teacher's children are at primary school they will be in a after-school club, but there is no such thing for secondary. Having your 11 year old at the school where you teach may be the deciding factor on whether you are able to keep your job (since child can come to your classroom after school and so not be home alone until 6pm).

You could also make up some mnemonics together - eg Laugh And U Get Happy

Conversely, I believe restriction leads to addition - and there have been several studies which show how depriving a child of something makes it more desirable. So I am not surprised you are having battles. We may be very liberal, but our 12 year old uses both a laptop and her phone in her room and we are not concerned. She understands IT safety, mainly spends her time snap-chatting and face-timing friends or learning teen stuff from youtubers (as I did with Jackie magazine). She has also paid for her own Netflix account - because we would not pay for it. She signed up with her own money so that she could follow the same TV series that all her friends talk about. At this age, more than anything, they want to fit in. I think you need to listen to your son and re-evaluate your fears. After all, at what age would you consider giving your child the responsibility/freedom to manage his own free-time? You have to start somewhere!

As an aside but related - I cycled past highshore towards Burgerking yesterday morning - on the other side of the road, a large truck was driving along, suddenly veering across the road to position itself to reverse into the highshore site. Both myself and a car were in plain sight to the truck at the time, yet both of us had to brake sharply and wait for the truck to reverse into the site. At no point did I see a banksman or the truck indicating it was going to do anything except continue in a straight line. make of this what you wish but be very careful in that area.

I think my post was self explanatory - I do not relish an internet argument with a random who is obviously furious about something, but thanks for the opportunity.

There is a green cycle lane on the inside going past Burger king from Rye lane and a cycle box at the head of the junction with Bellenden road. This is pretty basic stuff for a professional driver to consider

beautiful load of dusty rubble has been tipped onto the street on Oglander road overnight by the look of things

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Horan this the fella?

A local one.

John Donne is outstanding, and right on your doorstep. http://www.johndonne.southwark.sch.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=12&type=pdf

The wood burning stove popularity has more to answer for than traffic and building work. The latter two have been part of our local environment for many years, the wood burning stove fashion is new. Can you use smokeless fuel in a wood burning stove? Years ago everyone was very anti burning anything at home that polluted the air - now people do not seem to care. pinkladybird Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've started getting a tight chest this winter. > It's the first time in my life I've had any > sensation like it. I'm hope I'm not getting > asthma. I've been following the air pollution > readings this winter and they have been terrible. > Also I bought an air pollution monitor, and it has > just confirmed how bad things are. I used to think > the air in leafy Dulwich wouldn't be too bad.... I > was so wrong. We are surrounded by pollution > hotspots from where it blows over. For example, > New Cross seems to have one of the worst > particulate (pm2.5) levels in London (even higher > than Marylebone Rd!). But it really doesn't help > matters at all that in an already badly polluted > area so many people burn wood on open fires or > stoves. My road has been smelling of woodsmoke all > winter.

Our au pairs had sole charge of our children for a couple of hours a day when they were babies and toddlers and it was fine. Just take the time to teach them what you want them to do (by that I mean have them shadow you and share tasks with you - not just a verbal instruction). They got used to nappies and bottles quite quickly and enjoyed dressing, feeding and playing with the children. Choose someone who likes little kids and perhaps has helped out with a baby cousin, young sibling or other small family member. It sounds like you are home most of the time, so they would not have sole charge of all three for much of the time. If you are not sure, invite a potential over to visit for the weekend and see how you get on. Good luck!