
intexasatthe moment
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Fed up with other kids in playground!
intexasatthe moment replied to Gussy's topic in The Family Room Discussion
It does sound as though LED family have been thoroughly traumatised I have low low tolerance for bad behaviour and have perfected this very passive aggressive technique of giving very angry stares to children on the brink of feral behaviour. I do detest soft play type places and playgrounds for that matter - seems to bring out the worst in kids and parents (who mostly seem to be doing their best to ignore their kids). On the few occasions I have been, I spent all my time saying 'hey, watch it.. I'm watching you.....'. which I think is awful ,what a shame to feel you have to avoid playgrounds and soft play . -
James - I'm shocked by your remarks about Deptford Green and by your reference to Harris Boys's admissions policy not taking distance into account .Which of course it does . Maybe you didn't mean the latter to be read like this . But I find the former unforgiveable . Are you having a bad day ? Coming down with something ? Seems out of character .
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Please Help on children's uni project
intexasatthe moment replied to Simmysim's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Hi - I've only skim read your post ,too much info for my little brain . But I've always thought hoe good it would be to have a kind of speaking tube attached to pushchair so that pusher and child could easily communicate . -
However at crystal palace they don't hand them out like sweets like the boys school do. They hand them out like sweets at the boys schools ? Do they ,why would that be ? And why the difference ?
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Kingsdale is meant to be a fantastic school . Some discussion here http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?29,629067 but put Kingsdale in the search box ,top right of page . I'm certain that your daughter will love Kingsdale and will do really well .
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Kylie - that's awful for you and him . How's he going to learn anything if he feels like that ? Sadly discipline always seems to be the corner stone in schools trying to establish themseves/turn themselves around . They seem to treat all the children the same - as if they're all feral hoodlums who have to be broken. They don't seem able to treat children as individuals . You must make sure that the school understand how much this is impacting on his learning - how are they going to help him ? He's just as important as all the potential troublemakers that they're trying to mold .
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If there's a banding expert around ,( or possibly just someone who understands numbers ,unlike me )it would be good to hear their views on banding . I'm afraid I find it confusing . I understand that Harris schools have a banding system based on national scores ,so obviously aimed at getting a school population that reflects national attainment . Which maybe is not very different from Southwark's profile ? But I think the middle bands in popular schools can be very hard to get into and you need to be living very near the school . Sorry ,not adding anything to the debate here ,just expressing my confusion !
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well,and banding of course . Though not the same system of banding that Kingsdale use.
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Ok ,we have Open Office but son does coursework ,school computer converts into Word which he then can't edit back home . Though no doubt I'm missing something here ,but not knowledgable enough to persue.. So was thinking would buy Word - looking on line but getting confused . Can find this http://www.software4students.co.uk/Microsoft_Office_2010_Professional_Plus-details.aspx?gclid=CMmv0ZD3wacCFcod4QodJTglAg but would that be ok ? Amazon have some that say Product Key code only - ? We have a Dell laptop which seems to have Microsoft Office Word 2007 loaded ,but needs a Product Key . We have only one machine and would ( according to DS ) need Excel for data handling and drawing graphs . Any advice gratefully received ....
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Secondary School Allocations
intexasatthe moment replied to Renata Hamvas's topic in The Family Room Discussion
I can only assume that the allocation of scholarship places from the waiting list must be according to some score ,the person with the highest aptitude ( though how one measures aptitude as opposed to attainment I don't know .. ) must get the next place . But ( I'm sure to most people's relief ) I'm giving up the struggle to understand it now . -
Secondary School Allocations
intexasatthe moment replied to Renata Hamvas's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Debi it's kind of you to go over this again . I did find the earlier thread and copied the relevant bit - hoping that you wouldn't need to . I understand that the number of scholarships initially offered exceeds the 15 % .I just wondered how they choose a replacement candidate when/if a scholarship person drops out . But this query isn't addressed to you ,as you've said ,you're a parent ,not a representative of the school . Which is not to say that your comments haven't all be really helpful. -
Secondary School Allocations
intexasatthe moment replied to Renata Hamvas's topic in The Family Room Discussion
The bit about scholarships is here I think Scholarships: According to the selection criteria, 15% of the intake must include children awarded a scholarship. But more than this figure are initially offered scholarships. This is not 'manipulation' or a 'cynical ploy'. They have to do it this way because there's a good chance that not every one in this position would take up a place at the school, even if it was offered (as in the case of gwod on this thread). So they have no choice but to award more than that 15% figure. I've spent a long time looking but I can't see any advice on how they decide who to offer the place to if a scholarship person drops out . -
Secondary School Allocations
intexasatthe moment replied to Renata Hamvas's topic in The Family Room Discussion
After looked after children ,siblings ,and I presume children with statements ,priority is given according to how close you live to the school" Which school are you referring to intexas? Dorothy - sorry ,all getting a bit confusing ,that remark was in reply to someone asking about The Charter's catchement area . -
Secondary School Allocations
intexasatthe moment replied to Renata Hamvas's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Mmm , Kingsdale's site ,under Admissions says Please refer to scholarship oversubscription criteria for more information but I couldn't find the details . Maybe it's available on request ? -
scaffolding in Amott Road
intexasatthe moment replied to Mrs TP's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Mrs D as someone who has also opposed buiding works /development next to me ,you have my sympathies that people are treating you so suspiciously . I don't think that everyone who registers and expresses a view about something is always someone to be viewed suspiciously . -
Secondary School Allocations
intexasatthe moment replied to Renata Hamvas's topic in The Family Room Discussion
I'm not sure I understand either - I guess it means that you're tested and found to be scholorship material and then ,once the intake is divided into 3 bands ,the scholorship people get a place and don't have to be selected by lottery ? I've not looked at Kingsdale's explanation of how they deal with oversubscription for scholorships - will look later when I have time . -
Secondary School Allocations
intexasatthe moment replied to Renata Hamvas's topic in The Family Room Discussion
My reading of Kingsdale's admission policy is that they divide the intake into 3 ability bands and then allocate places by giving priority to SEN , looked after children , scholorships,and siblings and then allocate remainder by lottery . I think it says that 15% of places are scholorships . Is that selection ? Perhaps I'm not getting it . Wonder ,by the way , how many scholorship places go to people in the 2 lower ability bands ? When you say new government standards ,do you mean Gove's baccalaureate thing ? I think lots of really good schools seem to have done poorly if you judge them by how many passes in a random selection of subjects ( which they didn't know they had to offer to pass Gove's retrospective test ) they got . I think it's great Kingsdale have improved ,it's geographical position has always worked against it in the past . -
Secondary School Allocations
intexasatthe moment replied to Renata Hamvas's topic in The Family Room Discussion
After looked after children ,siblings ,and I presume children with statements ,priority is given according to how close you live to the school . How close you need to be to get in will vary according to who else has applied so the catchment area will vary from year to year . -
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intexasatthe moment replied to Renata Hamvas's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Well put Dorothy ,still suffering affects of failing ( ie didn't lie to get into Charter ) to get a place at a good local secondary school here . -
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intexasatthe moment replied to Renata Hamvas's topic in The Family Room Discussion
lukedaisy - Waverley became a Harris Academy in 2006 and has been improving since then . Kingsdale went into special measures in 1996 and Steve Morrison - the headteacher - joined in 1998 since when he's transformed the school which has also undergone a major refurb . http://www.dulwichsociety.com/2010-autumn/560-kingsdale-foundation-school -
Secondary School Allocations
intexasatthe moment replied to Renata Hamvas's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Yes I agree ,Charter sounds fantastic and ,like Kingsdale was a terrible school ( in it's previous existence as William Penn ) that no local people wanted to send their children to . Do you think it's catchement area is comparable though ? I feel it's in quite a uniformly middle class area where parents might be tempted to go private but would try state . Kingsdale has always seemed out on a limb to me ,close to upper middle class households ( well ,even more expensive houses than those near Charter ) where parents more likely to go private and the Kingsdale estate . I don't think Kingsdale is guilty of jiggery -pokery at all ,just trying to get a balanced intake .
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