Fuschia

Gawd, don't spend more than ?200 tops for ANY buggy. Madness. Can get a second hand mclaren techno for ?50 on ebay.

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I don't think it's a myth. Some babies are more likely to reject the breast and decide the bottle is easier, than others. The danger is if you offer a bottle very early on, before the baby has perfected its latch, then it may never really get to grips with bf. I think however if you are a fairly confident and determined bf-er and you are not going to be tempted to offer formula in the early days if your baby seems unsettled at the breast, then you could probably offer a bottle after a week or two (I did with all my 3) We only offered ebm via syringe for the first 10 days, to avoid the chance of breast rejection. Having said all this, our pattern seems to have been from week 2-6 I will express then go to bed about 9pm, Mr F gives ebm at 11 or 12. That's fine, until at about 6w the babies have all gone through a big growth spurt and been more awake in the mornings \(another good expressing time) and I have let the expressing lapse and we have stopped offering a late night bottle... and babies haven't been waking at 11 anyway... and then we haven't offered a bottle again until my return to work at 7-10m. Child no 1 NEVER took the bottle then... both the twins did. So I am not sure it's entirely within our control anyway!

Newborn babies do sleep most of the time anyway!

I think I would look for a reliable and well recommended cleaner, from someone on the EDF, specifically one who would be up for helping you with tidying up, washing, playing with toddler, holding baby while you shower etc. A lot of what needs to be done IS housework and someone who has been working reliably for another EDF mum would probably be more reluable than someone from an agency etc...

And buggie, you can always get choice in labour, it's a question of getting as informed as you can, and discussing in advance so you know how much "risk" you're happy to take. Have you got an obsterician already? leonie Penna is very good (flexible and listens to what you want)

Frittata can be heated for a few moments in the microwave if you don't like it cold. but cold and wrapped in foil it makes a good meal on the run... Here's a recipe: http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/cooking/ht/howtofrittata.htm Basically a thick omelette with stuff in, and after part cooking, it's put under the grill for the top to cook. It can be frozen. If you make several large ones, will keep you going for a while. We like with feta, red onions (but caramelised, so possibly not low GI?) green peppers and sometimes tomatoes. But you can vary the veg to suit yourself and create variety by using different cheeses and meat as well...

How about making frittata with eggs, feta (can you have green peppers?) and coriander leaves.... leave in frisge overnight for a quick breakfast?

http://www.uel.ac.uk/education/staff/abiolaogunsola.htm ?

A nanny share is probably comparable to a nursery in price and easier to sort out at short notice....

A couple of years ago a friend of mine who lives on an estate in Ashford asked me for advice... she had noticed that one of her neighbours wasn't getting out of bed in the morning and her 6 year old was getting himself up and dressed, and walking to school alone. My friend (and other mums) were surreptitiously keeping an eye on him (there were no roads to cross at all, the walk was on a footpath, less than 1/3 of a mile) My friend wondered if she should do anything... we both felt she would feel terrible if something happened.. in the end she spoke to support staff at the school. Was thatb interfering?

kristymac1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Great, so the precise route that these little'uns > take to school unaccompanied is now national news > - doesn't that put the children at even more risk? WEll I guess it's the parents who went to the press originally. I wonder what they thought they would gain?

BB100 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fuschia Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > > So it is more complex than just language & > poverty. Why does the school have 25% mobility? Lack of secure housing, high levels of immigration from eastern Europe

katgod Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All the private nurseries I have used have just > given a discount on the fees for grant. No 'free' > time at all. The amount the government pays is so > much less than market rates that it doesn't work > any other way. At one nursery we could either have > the grant deducted from our bill on the month the > nursery received it from Southwark or have it as a > cash refund. Current nursery just deducts it from > monthly bill. I pay for 15 hours of nursery time > per week and pay over 100 per month even with the > 'free' element. They've all bee blatantly flouting the law then!

BB100 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > My husband went to school here at 5yrs old knowing > no English at all and passed all his GCSE's. > Similarly at my secondary school refugees arrived > with no English in year 7 and 8 and left with 8 > GCSE passes each My school will do the same in such cases. Much harder with 25% mobility and many pupils only coming to the country in year 9 or 10...

BB100 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > This statement appears correct when on the news > yesterday they reported that only 11 teachers have > been sacked for incompetance in the past FORTY > YEARS. The problems with schools is the teachers > are not performance managed. And it is the unions > that have managed to prevent it. Teachers are removed via other means all the time... encouraged to leave, capability proceedings followed by resignation or compromise agreement... actually risking the costs of an IT for sacking isn't usually in the school's interest. The school I work in has probably lost 11 teachers in the last 6 years alone, using these methods. Teachers are very thoroughly performance managed in any half-decent school.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7871046/Couple-warned-over-allowing-children-to-cycle-to-school-alone.html

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Regarding allocating places across the bands and > achieving a comprehensive intake - I'm confused . > I thought this ( from a Harris Academy on > oversubscription ) > The allocation of the remaining places will take > place under a framework of fair banding where all > applicants will undertake a nonverbal reasoning > test. These applicants will be placed in nine > ability bands depending on the score an applicant > achieves. This process is to ensure a > comprehensive intake into the academy. > would ensure a comprehensive intake . > What am I missing ? > Is it because this covers the FRom this: http://www.harrissouthnorwood.org.uk/18/your-new-academy Where the number of applications is greater than the number of places available, applications will be considered against the criteria set out below. After the admission of students with Special Educational Needs, where Harris Academy South Norwood is named on the Statement, the criteria will be applied in the order set out below. Children in care Nearness to the Academy whilst maintaining the correct number in each ability group (In order to ensure that the Academy admits students from the full range of abilities, all applicants will take a standardised non-verbal reasoning test. Based upon this, all students will be placed in one of 9 ability groups. The assessment is not a pass or fail test, it is designed to ensure that students of all abilities have an equal chance of gaining a place at the Academy.) My emphasis in bold. So for Harris ED, if the same criteria apply... and if oversubscribed... say there were 360 applications for 180 places, the closest 20 from each ability band would be successful. This would give you a broad spread of abilities... but it wouldn't end up admitting pupils who don't live extremely close to the school (esp as oversubscription for some schools is more along the lines of 4,5,10 applicants for each place, and the distance within which admission takes place is a lot less than a mile) Kingsdale may have a banding system (as per the old ILEA) but I would be very surprised if many pupils live any great distance from the school. Though the distance may be further for the very gifted or the lowest band... Nothing in these policies that indicates an equal number of pupils are admitted from each band, either.... and that wouldn't necessarily be very fair either (as most pupils probably fall in the middle and the distribution will mean fewer pupls at the extremities... or if the edge of each band isn't defined by a particular passmark, but a certain % are allocated to each band some bands will have a much broader range of ability than others... in short, this looks like a fair and transparent system, but it's not at all (as people have alluded to who have been through the process)

http://www.bromleymytime.org.uk/pavilion-photo-gallery.html - pics

Alec John Moore Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > So, will new academy status mean that those > schools who achieve that will be able to ditch > balanced intake and we will get a "best and the > rest" set of schools available to the children in > East Dulwich who want to go to secondary school > within a reasonable travelling distance? The govt has stated schools will not be allowed to "select" but once you appreciate the extent to which oversubscribed schools DO manage to select by the back door (and at the very least, selection operates by where you can afford to live) any system which filters out money from the mainstream of the state system and puts it into individual schools cannot be to the advantage of the system as a whole. (And in these days of financial stringency, you don't have to be a genius to appreciate that the cash to build new schools or expand "popular" schools will come from the main spending pot to the detriment of others) If we want every child to have access to a good local school, this isn't the way to do it.

Ah Bromely is much better than Deptford, has a big flume slide, wave machine, elephants slide has timed sessions parking nearby

Alec John Moore Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- As I > understand it, some schools have to allocate > places across the ability bands, thus attempting > to establish a mixed ability intake. So, perhaps > saying all schools was a bit misleading. I think you will find this method of selection is very rare now. It was the old ILEA system. Distance is the main criteria in use throughout the state system in most LAs. This is a fairly old report (2003) http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:XEbWTBExHzoJ:www.risetrust.org.uk/london.pdf+admissions+criteria+uk+schools+distance+criteria+most+common%3F&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi9KWbOag3p4XYMaIDTUrXxk4zFsoQpaP_hRgxFQz4ReP24VioeqqFkFGjmTdamPJ0JfquipCgvPFg1HkNrc5eOnQdbOD9DYhiUwN2sqJDPXxrasEDm6tXWMZXqOJeYKnMqMgkJ&sig=AHIEtbQDw9SIt7Nr32o_H_A3TV56ljS-JQ but states: "A high proportion of schools reported giving priority to siblings and to distance. ♦ Only a minority of schools (5%) selected a proportion of pupils on the basis of ability/aptitude in a particular subject(s). More foundation and voluntary-aided schools than community or voluntary-controlled schools selected pupils on this basis. (eg church schools - my note) Secondary schools are permitted to select pupils in order to gain a balanced intake of pupils based on their ability; this is commonly termed ?banding?. Overall, 20% of London secondary schools used some form of banding. This policy is a legacy of the former Inner London Education Authority." I think the % of schools using that criteria will have dropped in recent years. Certainly it's not even mentioned in thus recent article: http://www.gettherightschool.co.uk/SecondarySchoolCriteria.html

I work in a school with oustanding leadership, mostly outstanding features and consistently good teaching. We score very well for contextual value added. Yet due to the poverty in the area (family 22/23 of schools - http://fos.dcsf.gov.uk/ for explanation) and majority of pupils not having English as a first language, we fall below 50% A*-C at GCSE and I think we always will. if schools in the more well off areas of our LEA go the academy route,the topslicing of LA budgets will mean reduced funding for the schools that remain. http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/features/2010/06/back-to-schools/

I'd ring again, and if still on answerphone, ring 999.

Alec John Moore Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >. The secondary transfer system > tries to ensure that all schools recruit cohorts > of students who are of a mixed ability. No, it doesn't at all. In most cases (non-church) schools admit based on distance. So it comes down to the nature of the housing stock in the vicinity of the school. Are the varying results of the schools in Peckham vs Charter for eg, anything to do with the quality of leadership and teaching?