kristymac1

Hello, my daughter (year 12) is available on Wednesdays and Fridays for school pick ups (or from 4.30 Mon, Tues &Thurs)

She is very sensible, lovely , caring, patient and fun, she can help with homework, make dinner/snacks, play games etc. 

She has experience looking after children with SEN and has lots of babysitting experience for local families (references available). 

Please do get in touch if she can help with your school pick up needs. 

We had two young lads (probably 13/14) knock on the door yesterday to ask if we wanted the car cleaned. My knee jerk reaction to anyone asking for stuff at the door is 'No', but having a teen myself and knowing how difficult it is to earn pocket money I said yes.

They were super polite, very thorough and did a great job (they brought all their own cleaning stuff, I just supplied the hose and water), £10 they were charging - I gave them £15 as they did such a great job and its important to encourage kids who are prepared to get off their backsides to earn a few quid.

If they knock your door (I'm on Dovedale road), do give them a chance - and if either of their parents are on here, if the lads want a regular car washing gig, pop round in a couple of weeks.

All the best

very good point.

ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder (also referred to as ASC - Autistic Spectrum Condition)

PDA - Pathological Demand Avoidance (a particular type of Autism)

SPD - Sensory Processing Disorder (very very common for Autistics but can be diagnosed without an ASD diagnosis)

ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (also common comorbid diagnosis with ASD but also stand alone)

AD - Anxiety Disorder (very common comorbid diagnosis with all of the above!)

Nigello Wrote:

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> All those initials will mean not much to many

> people, and normalising such conditions is made

> harder when there is this impenetrability.

But putting children with diverse SEN needs in mainstream schools is a good idea?

It is not uncommon for ND children (and adults) to have diverse specialist needs, ASD/PDA/SPD/ADHD not an uncommon cocktail that requires specialist setting for most.

alice Wrote:

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> Could someone list the special schools that are in

> southwark? Putting children with diverse sen needs

> together is not a good idea.

Legalalien's list is pretty up to date, all of those schools provide for children with severe to moderate learning disabilities and aren't suitable settings for children with specialist needs who have learning difficulties (primarily because of mainstream setting) but don't have learning disabilities.

Charter does have specialist provision for ASD but it is still mainstream.

The LA themselves admit that there is a lack of provision in primary in particular for 'high functioning' ASD. (BTW I hate the term high functioning - it implies low need which couldn't be further from the truth)

alice Wrote:

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> Thanks legal alien. I?m not sure we need more

> schools but we certainly need more housing.

Wouldn't it be fabulous if the school could become a specialist school for children with specific additional needs, e.g ASD, PDA, SPD, ADHD etc - something very very lacking in Southwark (whose documented preference is to shove everyone, whether it meets need or not, into mainstream).

Hi have sent you a PM

Can someone help me understand; Ukraine had the 3rd largest number of nuclear weapons in the world. They signed the NPNWS and disarmed on the promise that UK, US, France would support them militarily.

Are sanctions really sufficient?

Now I'm not advocating nuclear war but I'd be questioning why we gave up our deterent only to be supported by sanctions....

Sounds like a decent gig for a college student

we installed a dropped ceiling in a victorian conversion and filled with sound proofing insulation - it helped a bit until the upstairs flat stripped out all their carpets to bare wooden floorboards. We eventually moved when it seriously started affected our mental health.

Would it be possible to sound proof under your floorboards?

Dovedale Road is doing advent windows!

"Secondly I?m trying to be compassionate we are all human beings.In fact all of us - in my opinion are on the OCD & Autism spectrum, it?s just a

matter of where.

>

Hope that clears that up"

Oh f*ck off with your "we're all a little bit on the spectrum"

Troll or not this is a seriously ignorant, belittling bullsh*t comment that completely undermines how difficult it is being actually autistic in a world full of a*seholes like this.

Admin - please take this down.

signed and I wish you all the best - sounds like you've had a particularly rough time x

KidKruger Wrote:

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> It?s only the bottom (Northern) block of the road

> blocked.

> One can still access FHR via (eg.) Ryedale and

> Dovedale.

Don't we know it! No objection to folk using Dovedale as a diversion from Peckham Rye onto FHR but the speed of some of the diverted traffic in a residential street is very alarming. Slow down, even 20mph is too fast along that stretch of road.

Yep if under 2.5m (including foundation slab - we dug down) you don't need pp.

KidKruger Wrote:

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> A hand grenade got into the water tank in

> someone's loft ?

> (I'm sure I haven't grasped the correct detail

> yet...!)

Thats about the gist of it

It was found in the water tank of my adjoining neighbour, police knocked on the door, evacuated everybody and it was all dealt with very swiftly and calmly - kudos to met police

Burgess park has been my commute route for the past 6 years or so. I had a couple of unpleasant experiences early on when it was dark and also its really badly lit and with folk wearing black jackets/jeans, the black bins and dark park furniture you have to be on the alert not to cycle into someone/something!

Now, when its dark enough to have my main front beam on I just cycle around the park instead - probably takes less time as I can go faster on the road with less obstacles....

And can anyone share if the furthest

> admitted changed for the two Charter schools

> changed this year given that Charter East admitted more students?

Did Charter ED admit more students this year? I thought it was a 180 intake, same as for the last 2 years. Anecdotally I think the distance shrunk this year rather than increased.

Thanks!

hi,

I can't get any definitive advice from the London Transport website which states due to corona children MAY have to pay to use the bus with their 11 -15 Oyster cards.

Does anyone know? I can obviously load up the card but it'd be good to know how much travelling to school costs each week...

Thanks

Hi,

31 of us are cycling 100km tomorrow - finishing at Dulwich Hamlet to raise money for Lymphoma Action - a charity ride in honour of our fantastic friend's remission.

https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/62-mile-bike-ride-connecting-londons-football-stadiums-to-raise-money-for-cancer-charity/

If you fancy donating a couple of quid, Lymphoma Action will be VERY grateful

xx

singalto Wrote:

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> I still don?t understand why people can bring food

> and drink to the park but are incapable of taking

> their rubbish away with them..

This ^^

insufficient bins/overflowing bins is not an excuse - take your rubbish home - it really isn't difficult

Piling up rubbish next to a bin is not 'tidying up their rubbish', take it home ffs! If you take sh$t to a park the least you can do is take what remains back home with you, it's not difficult.... same as dog poo bags, if the bin is full take it home, you have a bin there dont you??

Soylent Green Wrote:

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>.Whilst most are tidying up their rubbish and placing it next

> to the over-flowing bins, yesterday's wind was

> blowing food packaging around. There is also the

> issue of where do you put your dog poo when the

> bin is over-flowing with food packaging?

scotlass Wrote:

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> The London wildlife protection have called back

> and will try and pick up from me. The little

> fellow is very cosy in a cardboard box in my

> kitchen. Will keep you all posted x

Hi Scotslass, if they struggle to collect from you I'm happy to transport to them?