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bjh Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sounds great! Shame it's so expensive. Might have > a small audience. > > Intrigued to see how the car park will work!!! Would've thought most people would walk/use public transport - it's hardly an isolated spot! ETA - looking at the website, thin key mean free street parking as opposed to the Herne Hill location which had restrictions on many of the roads nearby.

The nursery my daughter goes to has a system where (as I understand it) each there are several children being "observed" each week (one from each key worker group - if that makes sense), all staff will watch out & note down observations on the observed children & the key workers do a couple of longer observations of their child during the week & it is discussed at the end of the week to help understand how the child is progressing, what they enjoy/what they need help or encouragement with. It works out to be about once every 6wks that the child is observed & we're informed when their "on the board" so we can see what's been noted/how their doing. Find it really useful & while the nursery are fab at letting us know what's going on, it's nice to see what progress she's made since her last observations. We're also encouraged to jot down observations we've made so they know what we're seeing/doing too.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What is currently on the site of the old Waverly > lower school (bottom of Friern Road)? Haven't been > down that way for ages, and street view doesn't > show me much. Think that's the Harris Boys school, then across the Rye n Homestall Rd is Harris Girls.

Don't think it's ever been ok to park there until 10am... Wasn't it 1/2hr between 10am & 4pm & then no parking until 7pm... Is it now no parking at all during the day?

Of the potential sites mentioned, only the Harris Girls school site would be of any benefit/easy to access for Nunhead (and being familiar with the location of the school, am bit confused where a primary would fit on there), the old Harvester site would be even more difficult than the hospital to reach via public transport (unless there'll also be liason with TfL to improve transport links). I understand how there are restrictions given the urban area, but this does illustrate the statistic banded about in the press that the majority of free schools are opening in areas that don't need them (regarding Harris Nunhead, not the Harris ED). I notice that you didn't mention the expansion of Ivydale which would be of greater use to Nunhead and add more primary places locally from 2016 (or is it still smarting that that won't be a Harris too?!).

Hugely confusing as there's no chance any part of Numhead would be within catchment or easily able to get to a school there. Would that then threaten Ivydale's expansion - Renata & James any more info?

Fingers crossed for you Audrey - the runny nappies could be a red herring/teething or just too much http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Chickenpox/Pages/Causes.aspx Might not be hugely reassuring, but might explain why you had 2 days before in your head! You'd probably be surprised if you were able to look back how little really close contact the kids have - especially if ones ill, they normally don't want to play with siblings... Stay positive 1 difficult I know with the uncertainty x

Can understand your reluctance given your family history, but I didn't think spina bifida was age related - isn't it less of a concern these days as all women trying to conceive/who are pregnant are encouraged to take folic acid supplements?

If your child is over 2yrs, I highly recommend Puddleducks Nursery - really lovely staff and environment :-)

unsure you've got your sums right, your daughter will have been contagious for 10 days before the spots came out (so 12th not 20th), and for a further 5 days following. So, you need to go from the 27th (being the last day contagious) for approx 10 days (which we're past). Another thing to note, is that depending on your sons age and method of feeding, he may have some protection from you (via breast milk). Fingers crossed you have a spot free few weeks! Me and my 2 siblings all had chickenpox completely independently of each other!

sb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.houzz.com/photos/laundry-room > > See link above for laundry room porn, not a > horrible stuffy room in sight! Oh cripes... It's a Fri night & I'm getting excited by laundry rooms... what's become of me?!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BT-200-Digital-Baby-Monitor/dp/B004L2KL0W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1401124561&sr=8-3&keywords=bt+baby+monitor da-dah! Got this recently & love it. No faff or worry about room temp & v useful feature that means you don't get kept awake by every squeak & sigh :-)

Think these are the chaps Pugwash is referring too: http://www.ican.org.uk/help Have heard v good things about them and know they have lots of helpful information on their sister website: http://www.talkingpoint.org.uk

hellosailor Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What did you find were the main differences > between having 3 and 4 sillywoman? (Not that I'm > thinking about it, as you know I'm definitely > stopping at 2!) xx > I met a woman a few months ago in East D who was > pregnant with her 7th, she said 1 and 2 were hard > but after that it was easy! think i saw the same lady in a cafe with her youngest two who are the same ages as my 2, I felt frazzled and was having great trouble getting my toddler to eat her lunch along with the baby grumbling, she, on the other hand, was in an oasis of calm with her 2. When I complimented her on how calm they all seemed, she mentioned they were No's 6&7 - I was gobsmacked!

Stokke do a booster seat called Handysitt which hooks over the top of the chair (v like ones in Rocca if you've ever been there). Can get them at v reasonable prices on eBay.

I used Mapother House nursery for my then 14mth old daughter until she was 2yrs old. I found the staff there very caring, but that paperwork etc was haphazard. Having booked a meeting with my child's keyworker for the nursery equivilant of a parents evening & ensured I was free to attend (pretty tricky being nursing staff), i got there to find the key worker off for the day & her folder which should (I now understand better with the nursery she went to from 2yr onwards) have had observations and other details about her activities/developments, was empty. Also, having been called over as she had a temperature I got there to find her laid infront of a radiator on full blast (it was December). Due to the nature of clinical careers, the intake is much more transient than at a regular nursery, plus, there isn't as much chance for play dates etc as often the kids live further away. We used it as an interim as the nursery DD now goes to doesn't take until 2yrs. Think lots do move their kids to more local nursery as they get older as numbers in the older rooms drop considerable compared to the baby room.

Well, popped in to the office & all sorted, the letter was sent to inform us of the process, really lucky I went in as we're away next wk so would've missed the letter & deadline otherwise. Found the guys in the office really friendly & easy to deal with. We went on one of the open mornings in Nov to look round the school - they were aimed at those applying for reception but did talk about early yrs too. Their standing by the (v dodgy) distance (maybe as crow flys includes ascent/descent of the crow!), but we have been offered a place (phew!) - Winklepea think the letters are being sent out today so look out in the post from tomorrow & fingers crossed for you.

Oh cripes, have answered my own question - in amongst the election junk was a letter from Ivydale seeming to say that we're on the waiting list (although doesn't explicitly state). They also seem to think we're nearly 100m further away from the school than we are going by google maps walking distance, know the mysterious Southwark distance tool throws out random distances, but thought they go by 'as crow flys' - surely est walking distance couldn't be 94m shorter than that?! Argh!!

Has anyone heard anything about Ivydale's nursery places? Called the office a few wks back and was told letters would be out last week and called again today (as we're away next week and I don't know how long we have to accept/decline the place). Bit worried I might be getting palmed off and given that reception bulged last year, wondering if there'll be another big sibling intake for nursery this year.

Unsure I'll ever see a fine dining carvery, but for a family meal, think their ideal(although we've never been locally), helps that Bugglet loves roast dinners - can give her the veg she likes/small amount of new things without too much fuss. Think similarly it'll be handy with my youngest who's just started weaning, can sort out a few bits for him to gum without having to worry about it coming covered in gravy. (edited to add) we normally try & beat the queues by getting an early booking/arriving early (midday), not normally long queues but can avoid problems by keeping an eyee out on other groups/holding off going up by a few mins if lots have just joined the queue. will often split with my DH so one stays with the kids & other gets theirs & the kids, then other goes up next - saves restlessness

Done this with both kids (there's pics of Bugglet on the wall there as she was the "face" of the lab for a while :-) The guys there are so lovely they make you v welcome & the babies love it.

We saw Steve a few weeks back after I managed to pull our tumble drier handle off :0( When I called him, he advised me to order the replacement handle online (am sure some would order themselves & would have left me clueless as to how cheap it was!) & once it arrived, came round to fit it & even gave all the filters a good clean/gave the drier a bit of an MOT. Not planning on having any probs soon, but won't hesitate to call him again if I did.

The rides (especially in the Magic Kingdom) aren't that scary - as red jam says, it's the overall atmosphere & welcome you get from everyone there that becomes infectious. I was (an albeit "young") 13yr old when we went & had such a fab time I came home wanting to go and work there!! There's lots to see around the park with random costumed characters popping up and the parade - I can't remember much about the rides (except space mountain, oh & being in a dumbo that wouldn't fly!) but this thread has left me nostalgic for how happy a holiday it was :0)

Might be worth looking out for accommodation in Kissimee (? Spelt correctly). I went as a teenager in 1990 with my family & we stayed in a hotel apartment (but think there's lots of independent rentals around there too) there and were less than 10mins drive to Disney, were some nice places to eat and few things to look around at locally (still dream of Dennys breakfasts!)

etta166 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But buggie - how would you define the catchment? > What if loads of families move closer to the > school than you live between your first and last > child entering the school? Then there could be > more people living closer with a first child > trying to enter reception, but a family trying to > get a sibling in wouldn't have moved out of the > "catchment" for their oldest child. They should > have a legitimate expectation that all their > children can get into the same school. > > Now, moving close to get a child in and then > moving again safe in the knowledge that all the > siblings will follow is a bit different IMO, but > I'm not sure that you can penalise a family that > doesn't move just because of a rising birthrate. > Sending siblings to different schools would be a > logistical nightmare and lead to pupils missing > school time. V good point & unsure how that works/hadn't considered that (lucky I raised it as discussion point on here rather than announce it as policy ;-) ). Guess that the areas I saw mention this have schools with a defined catchment area & reflecting on it, maybe a less dense population than we have here. Had thought more in terms of the families that move quite a distance and as well as not moving their older child to a school nearer their new address, subsequently send their younger children to the "out of area" school - eg, commuting from Upper Norwood to Nunhead (met a family who do this & was agog at how much of a commute it was). Obv, the problem is that there sometimes isn't space at the local school, but if it became more the "done thing" then there maybe would be a bit more flexibility - after all, if you've moved somewhere different long term , it'd be nicer for the kids to have local friends/social network. Plus, yes, it could stop the blips of people buying/renting purely to get into a school with their first & then moving further out but using sibling places. The other issue I guess is quality of local schools, but again if the local schools were supported by local parents then things can change for the better (example being Goose Green).