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I also concur. Can't vouch for the fish - I've only ever had saveloy or sausage there - but Ken's do the best chips we've found around here. Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Asset Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Ken's - Half Moon Lane. > > I concur.

Just wanted to add another recommendation for Frank, who helped us with a bigger than expected house move last month. Great service - thanks, Frank! Steve + Lizzie F

Sounds like a clever chap! How about further study at somewhere like Imperial, doing an applied maths PhD: http://mpecdt.org/ Or looking for jobs as an actuary in the City? Mr F.

Hello all, Judith Kerr Primary School is holding our Christmas Fair on 6th December. Please join us for a German style Christmas market with stalls, bratwurst, gluhwein, craft activities and more. We have a few spaces left for stall holders. Please PM me or email [email protected] if interested. Many thanks

Hi Everyone, Bubbly Bees will be hosting an Usborne books sale at both sessions of their fabulous toddler soft play group on Greendale tomorrow, Tues 11th, 9.30 - 10.30am and 10.45 - 11.45am. Pop along for some gorgeous books and plenty of offers. You can't get better than books for Christmas for the little ones in your life! Hope to see you there! Lisa Bubbly Bees is a parent and toddler group that offers fun play for your child to explore, grow confidence and get active in a safe and friendly environment. Based in West Norwood, but with mobile coverage of South East & South West London, Surrey and Kent, Bubbly Bees groups are a great place for mums, dads and carers to socialize and enjoy FREE tea/coffee. Our group sessions and classes have activities that cater for baby, toddler and pre-school age kids (6 mth-4 year olds). Each sessions runs for 1 hour, we provide FREE tea and coffee for the parents/guardians and free squash for children. All this for just ?5.50 per family. Our sessions include slides, tunnels, balance beams and lots more soft play equipment. If the climbing under and over does not entertain, they are able to stimulate their minds with trampolines, trikes, push chairs and walkers. During our sessions we also have a structured singing and dancing time.

Hi Everyone, Judith Kerr Primary are holding our inaugural summer fair this Saturday 12th July and we'd love to see you there! Bratwurst supplied by the famous German Sausage Man, local beer, cakes, mini sports day, stalls, crafts, bouncy castle, fire engine and a very grand Grand Prize Draw! Please join us to make our inaugural summer fair a winner! Thank you! Friends of Judith Kerr Primary

Hi Everyone, Judith Kerr Primary is holding our inaugral summer fair on 12th July 12noon - 3pm. We have a sporting theme with a mini sports day in the offing as well as lots of games, bouncy castle and the famous German sausage man's bratwurst on the BBQ and beer supplied by Brick Brewery. Do come and join us and help us celebrate our first year of operation! We still have spaces for stall holders. Please get in touch if you're interested. ?15 stall fee. Thanks Friends of Judith Kerr Primary

Hi Everyone, Judith Kerr Primary is holding our inaugural summer fair on 12th July 12noon - 3pm. We have a sporting theme with a mini sports day in the offing as well as lots of games, bouncy castle and the famous German sausage man's bratwurst on the BBQ and beer supplied by Brick Brewery. Do come and join us and help us celebrate our first year of operation! We still have spaces for stall holders. Please get in touch if you're interested. ?15 stall fee. Thanks Friends of Judith Kerr Primary

Hello Everyone, Judith Kerr Primary School is holding our inaugural summer fair on 12th July and we would very much like to hear from people who might be interested in having a stall. As many of you will know, we are a new bilingual free school on Half Moon Lane in our first year of operation. We expect to enjoy full support from the school body as well as those Sept '14 new starters and curious others! Also - if you are/know a coffee van man we'd be interested to hear from you too. Please pm me. Many thanks. Friends of JKPS

Dulwich Cars have been great for us.

I've taken my kids out of school nursery during term time before. We just told them we'd be away, didn't ask permission because it's not compulsory for a child to attend. Only done it for day or so at a time but know others have done a full week. Do it whilst you can!

Hi, Our son is in reception at Judith Kerr and we feel very lucky to have a place there. It's been a fantastic experience for all of us particularly as we were one of a number of families who originally got none of our 6 choices. The school has a friendly almost family feel. The teachers are fantastic and have put so much effort into getting it up and running and I can't praise the head enough - approachable, welcoming, with a wealth of experience. Max class size of 25 is a big plus as is the opportunity to learn another language. Our son is loving it and has already made some really strong friendships. Play dates can be an issue but those that travel a further distance to school mostly drive so it's not such a problem. Plus the Florence pub in Herne Hill has a play room so this has been used on more than one occasion for get togethers! I'm not concerned about the hot meals issue - if Southwark weren't doing free school meals he'd be getting a packed lunch anyway. It's obviously still a work in progress in some respects though not at all in the teaching or the school experience of the children as far as I can see. It's exciting to be part of the school as it grows and evolves. Admissions policy is 50% distance, 50% lottery. Hope that helps!

Thanks for the info, will come in useful. Shame they're getting replaced as they're nice-looking bridges... Mr F.

Hi all. Can anyone recommend a local mobile car valet service? We've been let down by a Clean&Shine no-show. Cheers, Mr F.

We potty-trained our two children in the same way at the same age(about two and a half). The first (a boy) just simply stopped weeing in the night with no prompting from us about two weeks after being trained, and this was with a glass of warm milk at bedtime. The second continues to soak her nappy every night a year on from the start of training, and doesn't have a drink at bedtime I reckon it must just depend on the child, like a physiological development thing...

Mr F here. Thought I'd bump this interesting discussion. Anyone have any more thoughts? We're also considering going carless with two kids (3 and nearly 5)... Mrs F wants to go the zipcar way

Epic seems to be aimed at slightly older kids (maybe at those who are starting to doubt the existence of fairies?), but it's good fun and quite pacey so it should hold her attention. Maybe the nasty insect lot will be a bit scary... dunno. I took our oldest to see Cars 2 at a similar age and he struggled to sit still (funny reading the toilet comment - he went for about five toilet breaks during the film!) if there was anything other than slapstick or action scenes. Mr. F.

Yeah, the new head said at an open evening that the teacher responsible for those maths results has since left the school! They're also considering putting the older kids into sets for subjects like maths, which is a good idea, I think.

I visited yesterday and was very pleasantly surprised. Lots of good stuff happening. If you've been given Langbourne and it wasn't one of your choices, as we have, I would urge you to visit. Now I feel that I wouldn't hesitate to send my son if it wasn't for the distance we'd have to travel.

Greekmum, who did you speak to at Lewisham? I've phoned twice about waiting lists and been told two different things. First they said, Yes, Southwark residents would automatically be on waiting list for higher choice schools in Lewisham. Then this morning they said only Lewisham residents automatically added and we have to tell Southwark we want to stay on waiting list for Lewisham schools and Southwark then send a list to Lewisham when 2nd May deadline for accepting school place passes! Utterly confused and scared! We're also in Highwood Close with the same schools applied to as you so Horniman and Eliot B are our closest and obviously in Lewisham - doesn't bear thinking about if it turns out we're not actually on the waiting list! Had no reply from the schoolpref email address but imagine they're very busy.

Gina, sounds like we're in exact same position. We're in Highwood Close between Sydenham Hill and Dulwich Common so Horniman our closest too. I want to turn down our Langbourne place but slightly nervous even though I know I don't want him to go there. My retired teacher mother has said she'll home school him if worst comes to worse. She lives in Devon though! When I spoke to Lewisham I told them we live in Southwark and they said we would be on the waiting list for our higher schools. They can't give waiting list position until mid-May which actually I'm pleased about otherwise I would only feel even more anxious about the whole thing if I was told I was 20th or worst for Horniman! We're 47th for Goodrich! I've just done appeals for Horniman and Eliot Bank via the Lewisham website - lewisham.com - education - schools admission - appeals button at bottom of page. It'd be good to know when waiting list places start to be allocated but guess that all depends on who accepts/declines what. I do see from the letter that if we don't accept by 2 May then it's assumed we don't want the place so perhaps that's when we'll start hearing.

I'm in Southwark and have just called Lewisham. You can appeal to a Lewisham school through their website. You are automatically put on the schools waiting lists for the high choices you didn't get ...assume this means those schools that are higher than the school you were given. Lewisham aren't giving out waiting list position until 14 May. I think this date is also the deadline for appeals. Trying to stay calm! Either way I'm not sending my son to Langbourne! Has anyone actually turned down their offer of Langbourne?

Yep, it would appear that Langbourne is taking the overflow for SE22! We got none of our 6 and were given Langbourne. As I understand it from various sources, Southwark automatically put us on the waiting list for our top choices. Most people do then get given a place at one of these. That could happen within the next couple of weeks or it could take up until (or beyond) September but the schools don't manage their own waiting lists until July. So maybe no point in calling the schools yet? I could be wrong, I'm waiting for the official letter so I can start officially ranting. It does seem like it's really no choice at all and we went through all that confusion and stress when doing the application only to have to go through similar again.

Hi All, Anyone interested in flexible working to earn money around your family? I'm a local independent rep for Usborne books and would love people to join me selling Usborne's gorgeous, award-winning books to schools, nurseries, toddler groups and families across the local area, helping to promote literacy and bringing lots of reading joy to our local children. It's Usborne's 40th birthday this year so there's a very special joining offer with ?40 worth of extra free books in your starter kit if you join in January, helping you get your business off to a booming start. Let me know if you want more info or have any questions. http://www.usborne.com/sell-usborne-books/join-our-team.aspx Thanks Lisa

We got our son and daughter micro scooters for their 2nd birthdays - if memory serves, the boy picked it up quickly, and the girl at two and a half is only just getting the hang of it. I kind of regret never having got either of them a pedal trike, so maybe get a cheap one for the birthday and a micro scooter for Christmas? Steve. (Mr LizzieF)