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Hi, We had these for our daughter- they are pretty good although did restrict her actual swimming - personally I think the swim vests (the ones which you can remove inner floats gradually) are better than arm bands/ arm floats......

Hi, Have just dug out my letter and it says: All children NOT from heber nursery will start Wednesday 7 Sept - Friday 9 September; start of day 8:55am up to 12 noon All children from Heber nursery will start on Monday 12 Sept - Friday 16 September; start of day 8:55am to 1.00pm All children will stay for lunch from 12 Sept and to be collected at 1.00pm From Monday 19th September all children will be full tim, starting school at 8:55am. The school day ends at 3.20pm. Hope that helps, see you at the school gates!

Hi Claire, its 7th Sept (9am - midday) for those children who haven't been attending Heber nursery and then 12th Sept (9am - 1pm) for all reception children, then as from 19th Sept they start full days - 8:55 - 15:20.

Ok, think I have uploaded to photobox so all can view - do let me know if I've mucked that up too...... Barry Barry photobox

Alan Medic Wrote: > > Can't see the pics unless you change your security > settings. Ok, try it now??

Ah nuts - thought I'd set it for all to see - there's even a video! I'm a bit of a luddite tbh so will try to figure it out......

Well done everyone yesterday - great day and fab news about the cash for MS society. Photos on my facebook page photos BBRR(I couldn't upload to the Barry Barry roadrace fb page for some reason). Lemmy, you're my favourite..........

2 more runners! See you at the Plough.......

My little one is 4 and we do 1-2-1 swimming lessons and have recently started a great gym class. We did start ballet (at the fab Theatre Peckham) last year, but after a few classes it was clear that at that age an hour was too long and she was not enjoying it so we stopped. We'll try anything (she wants to be a skateboarder apparently?) and provided she enjoys it then we continue, time (and money!) is too precious to 'encourage' her to continue with things she's just not happy/fussed about. At the moment, I think 2 structured activities a week is plenty, leaving plenty of time for random bike rides, park visits and bl*$dy gambados - perhaps after school starts she may want to do more......

I will admit to being totally biased here (The owner of Little Jungle is a good friend), but that aside, the nursery is a really lovely space and the children appear to be thriving, my daughter is just about to start school but if the timings had been right I'd have had no hesitation putting her into Little Jungle (she was happily settled elsewhere before LJ opened) - I do know other children there and they are very very happy. Caroline (tintin on here) is a lovely woman with two pre-schoolers herself (who attend the nursery) with very high standards which are evident. As I said, I'm biased but maybe get in touch with Caroline for a chat. Good luck, I do know the whole nursery thing is an emotional minefield xx

Back to the original post; dreadful, awful news - hearts go out to the families of those young boys.....

Our 4 yr old is currently having one to one sessions at Beckenham Spa, she could swim before we enrolled her but needed lessons in 'technique' -ie, she was exhausted after swimming a short distance. She's only had 4 lessons but has come on brilliantly - her teacher is lovely, very geared towards little ones - last week she swam a whole length of the big pool without any support/aids! I'd definitely recommend Beckenham Spa. Good luck x

I'd still go on their waiting list - my friend recently told me they'd phones her to ask whether she still wanted the place for her daughter - she's been at school for the past year! So there's probably an awful lot of people on the waiting list who are either no longer of nursery age or have settled elsewhere. Good luck!

anyone else hate it when they come in on a discussion and realise they've missed the 'good bit'?? :))

hay hay Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > mother goose uppland road is the best mother goose > to send your child to.green dale mother goose is > all show and very come and go when it comes to > the staff Sorry but I completely disagree (not that upland isn't a good nursery - I wouldn't know from personal experience), but the staff turnover at Greendale is very small - my daughter goes there and has very consistent and excellent care, think your comments, certainly in the recent past, are unfounded.

That's fab news! She's great!!

Hi ed_pete - the measuring distance changed recently from 'safe walking distance' to 'as the crow flies' so may is a good indication.

Hi, I've taken my daughter, pretty much every week, from 6 weeks old (she's 4yrs now), the hydrotherapy pools at Peckham Pulse and beckenham Spa are perfect. It was, and still is, her favourite thing to do. Good Luck and have fun x

new mother Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Children's parties are expensive but > they only have one birthday a year and they will > always remember it. It is not much when you > consider how much we all spend on eg a night out, > surely? Depends on your budget I guess and how much thought and expense has already been put into the party, I would hope that the kids went away from a party fun-filled and happy, with all the happy memories of the party itself- I'm yet to be convinced how party bags, or lack of them could change a little one's enjoyment.......

Crikey I feel like a real meanie - I HATE party bags and the whole idea of them, at my daughters recent party the kids had treasure chest food boxes, with a couple of treasures inside along with their party food, kids still formed a queue at the end for their party bags and were disappointed when there wasn't anything more than a piece of cake! I'm pretty worried about a precedence of them being handed out at school too - wouldn't even have occurred to me (she doesn't start till September) - 30 bags of tat amounting to a minimum of ?60 just seems ridiculous to me and grossly unfair on those parents who can't/don't want to spend their money that way........ a token treat I can accept, but not the expensive landfill tat. Sorry to be a big ol' crank.

PandG Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "What to do about all the dog pooh in Dulwich." - > we had the same problem in Jennings Road but a > small, underground, action group put up some signs > and we have all been watching out for some time > for offending owners and their dogs - guess what- > it seems to have worked - it's just the foxes now > it seems! > > Take action into your own hands! > > PandG Totally! Me and Mr KM1 were commenting just this evening how the 'action group' (big thank you owed to you Mr PandG) seems to have worked, we've gone from a poo slalom to relatively faeces-free street, fabulous!

citizenED Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > or you could have a look at Verona Hall. Verona Hall was my midwife and I couldn't recommend her more highly, an excellent midwife, a truely wonderful woman and still now 4 years on a very good friend. Verona is local, and was on hand for us at any time of day - if you'd like to chat about anything inmore detail feel free to PM me and I'll give you my number. All the best xx

ryedalema Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Or.....;-) > > Go out of ED station. > Turn left into St Francis Road....all the way to > the end and nip up (turning right) Abbotswood for > about 20 metres. > At mini roundabout take left exit past playing > fields (this is the start of the foot path). > Follow the path with playing fields on your right > (about a 4 min walk). > When foot path comes to a t-junction, turn right > onto Greendale (watch out for fast moving > cyclists!!) > Go up hill - you really can't miss Mother Goose > Greendale on your right - the noise will hit you > before you see the brightly coloured equipment! Oo will have to inform Mr KM1 - cheers m'dear x

Our daughter goes to MG Greendale and from East Dulwich station cut through the Sainsbirys carpark and to the right of the cash machines there's a set of steps, go up these and follow them to the left and you'll come out in the middle of the estate. Turn left then right, past the pub and turn left, you're at the nursery. Takes about 10mins max from ED station xx

our cats are out and about far more now that the weather is warming up - a lot of cats wander and do eventually find their way back home (one of ours went missing for well over a week a few years ago) - doesn't stop the worry but it's an occupational hazard of being a cat owner....x