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Ditto what sillywoman says... one of my daughters currently travelling in India with her two chums she was at school with since Reception at Goodrich :)

I 've had my hair cut 3 times now by Barbara and have been thrilled with the results. She is happy to listen or to make suggestions - I think she is wonderful. I've also had a pedicure and lip wax which were great. Good prices and local too !

Jane is friendly ,knowledgeable and is wonderful with all aspects of gardening and planting. Thoroughly recommend her.

I rather like the phrase "pain butt" I must use it again.

"I firmly believe that no 'proper'and 'thorough' training is given to these people - cheap labour I imagine." SNIFF. One of "these people" is my husband. You sound like one of "those people" who are a pain butt.

Hamish and his team have just done some tree work for us in Fellbrigg Road. Excellent communication,very knowledgable,great job,efficient and friendly. Competitive price. Tidied up beautifully afterwards . Would highly recommend.

A black and white long haired cat has given birth to two kittens in Goodrich School recently. Mother and babies seem to be doing well. If this is your cat or you know who she belongs to and have been worried about where she has been, please could you get in touch with the school by visiting today or on Friday before 4pm. Please speak to the school caretaker Yousef. Many thanks.

The sounds great. Will try and come along.

Ian McInnes will be giving a talk about Dulwich during the First World War at The Charter School this Thursday,27th Nov at 6.pm. Anyone interested in local history should come along.

My daughter's friend at secondary school was on it...quite shaken....

Thanks everyone. Really useful and so far pretty positive :)

Thanks that all sounds encouraging.I presume if you are a couple you both have to take out the ?60 membership ?

Our car is on its last legs and we're thinking of getting rid of it but we'll need a car a few times a year. What do people think of zipcar round here ? We'd be interested to hear local views as some of the review sites I went on were slating it.... Many thanks.

And don't get into competetive parenting ! Remember that some of the children will just have passed their 4th birthday and some will be almost 5. Schools are used to this of course but sometimes we over anxious parents can try to hot house when we really don't need to.

ASOS clothes samples, plants and cakes all for sale tomorrow afternoon 2-6pm 111 Court Lane (opposite Dulwich Park.) Lots of fantastic bargains to be had plus perennials, bedding, grasses etc all at great prices. Do come along !

We would like to recommend Nick from Abbey Roofing who came and mended our broken gutter today in Fellbrigg Road. Great service, efficient and reasonably priced. Nice cheerful bloke who we would definitely use again.

A big thank you to Andy, Liam and the staff of The Patch for help making our wedding celebration so wonderful last night. A lovely venue and nothing too much trouble to help make our friends feel welcome. I wish The Patch every success for the future. A night to treasure.

Reminder that Goodrich School are putting on extra parent tours- tomorrow, Monday 2nd December as well as next Monday, 9th December. Tours start at 9.30.

We do tours of Goodrich every other Monday at 9.30 am. Call the office on 0208 693 1050 to book in

Most of the staff are local girls, born and brought up in East Dulwich. Feels like only 5 minutes ago that they were the toddlers jumping all over the sofa in the Grace and Favour of yester year !

Goodrich School-Nursery Admissions There have been some changes recently in how nursery children enter schools in Southwark and other Local Authorities across the country. Children enter the nursery from when they are three years old, but there is now only one point of entry :September (there is NO January intake anymore). Therefore, if your child is going to be three years old before August 31st 2013 you need to apply for your nursery place now. Places are offered on a part time basis either AM 8.50-11.50 or PM 12.40-3.40 Applications need to be made directly to the school and places at Goodrich are filling up fast. You can call into the school office, phone 02086931050, fax 02082992775,or email [email protected]

Hi again. Hot off the press ! In addition to the extra tour dates mentioned in my previous post Goodrich School will now also be hosting an Open Morning for prospective Reception parents/carers on Thursday 29 November at 9.20 am. The morning will consist of a tour of the school in small groups lead by children,a meeting with the Head Teacher and time for more informal questions and chat over tea with parents/carers who already have children attending the school. Please contact the school on 0208 693 1050 to book a place. Many thanks and we hope to see you then.

Hi everyone. I work at Goodrich School and am sorry that it has been a frustrating experience for parents/carers wanting to book in for a tour around the school.In truth we have been overwhelmed by the volume of people wanting to have a tour of the school recently. Part of the tour is walking through the classes to see what children are actually doing and so we cannot have an indefinite number on the tours, especially when there are usually accompanying children (who are welcome of course but need to be factored in.) At Goodrich we run a tour of about an hour every other Monday at 9.30 am throughout the school year. We have put on extra tours this autumn but due to demand we will now be having two further tours on Tuesday 4th December and Thursday 6th December, both at 9.30 am. I hope this helps. Maybe if you are not looking for a Reception place for Sept 2013 you could wait until after January so we can show round as many current applicants as we can before the Reception admissions deadline in January. We look forward to welcoming you.

Go and support Treacle Junior-it's a great film. Mainly shot in East Dulwich and around. Loads of us enjoyed being extras and Jamie Thraves , the director is very talented . Peckham Rye has never looked so beautiful and The Blue Brick ( in its former reincarnation) has a scene shot in it. This may all be in previous threads but I haven't checked.

Thanks to all of our lovely families , friends and staff at Goodrich who came and enjoyed the Goodrich Summer Fair and Summer Show yesterday afternoon. Despite the rain we had a fantastic turn out. Great way to end our school year. A big thank you to the Friends of Goodrich for all of their hard work.