EastDulwichSE22

Thanks all for your feedback on here and via PM. It's interesting comparing notes as to what we all expect from the school and it seems we all have different expectations. It's a very mixed bag .

It's not regarding homework . It's regarding communication between staff and parents regarding progression among other things and it's across the years.

Just to clarify, it's not my intention to bad mouth the school , rather with the support of more parents we can perhaps get taken more seriously by the staff and work as a team to further enchance our children's learning .

Hello there , my child is a pupil at Heber School which I believe has the potential to be a great school again , but currently I am hitting a brick wall with regards to communication between the school and parents . There seems to be very limited communication regarding the school as to the progress of my child , the work expected , and my support to maintain/enhance my child's learning . I find any concerns that I have is dismissed by the teachers and the head which only further continues to worry me . I appreciate that the staff have a stressful job and do not need inferring parents but they have been downgraded a grade by OFSTED for a reason and I see no evidence of the school remedying this reason. Other schools issue newsletters /website updates /record books in order to update the parents to what the topic is and what the expectation and outcomes are . Heber provides no such communication . I have just been given a work sheet with nothing to indicate what my child is supposed to do , how I am supposed to help or a book to record any learnings . My child hasn't shown me evidence of learning anything new either . I wanted to ask if other parents are currently happy with the communication between the school ? The progress and work their child has been given ? I naturally want to know that my child is going to leave school able to read and write properly but so far I am not impressed . Please PM if you do not wish to post publicly .

I take twins to JAGS climbing wall at the weekend and they are 4.

Is it possible we could do a template letter or a petition to send to Mr Gove as suggested earlier by Littlek1cker's email from Peter John?

So we need James to confirm in black and white if Harris is definitely intending to open a primary on the Dulwich hospital site ( to ensure Gove hasn't made an error in his letter ) and then take action to voice our concerns over this. Thank goodness we were alerted to this otherwise we would have been none the wiser.

I really really hope not . Must Harris take over the whole of Southwark ?!

Quite impressive that the Greens are doing well .

I did mine via postal vote . 3 for local lib dem as they seems to be the only ones that are proactive within the area and make changes and Green for Europe.

Edited , sorry .

Looking for a Jack of all trades so is able to do rewiring ( bury current wires in plastic trunking into wall) plus I need a few new radiators installed and various other snagging bits around the house . Do let me know if you can do this or have any recommendations .

Just that building has been like that since I was at school over 20 years ago !

Great there is a new school , shame its a Harris school .

Hi James, There is an old derelict former Chinese shop on the corner of Whately Road and Landcroft Road, it has been neglected for as long as I can remember. It's unsightly and I was wondering who it belongs to and if something can be done to make it into a useful specs instead of an abandoned take away ?