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http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000171RD6 There are some samples on you tube They are a bit naff but children Love them

Most popular DVDs we ever had were the slightly bizarre 'a day full of songs' series which are a group of kids singing in various locations. As nursery rhymes are a good basis for learning , worth a try?

Art is part of the activities at crystal palace one o clock club which runs morning sessions as well as afternoon. Painting always and usually two craft activities, one after the other Or try the ceramics cafe maybe?

Enid blyton - faraway tree series

James, I used to sort of make allowances for you being a Libdem becUse you didn't seem to be in the pocket of the condems, but now I am changing my views. This is just playing politics against southwark council and Renata, and dismissing anyone who expresses concern about the privatisation of education.

How do yOu know it's asbestos? Better report it pretty quickly if there are no proper precautions in place

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Try an adult white tshirt, belted with tinsel?

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Christmas this week with TDLP: An extra show added! ?Tuesday 18th at 3pm at St Hildas. Our interactive Christmas parties With Head Elf putting the factory on strike and the fairy forever falling off the top of the Christmas tree, how is Santa going to hold it all together? ?Boogie and sing away to the original TDLP classics as well as a few new surprises in our stockings. ?An interactive party for all the family (aimed at 0-8 year olds) Monday 17th (4.15pm, 5.45pm) & Tuesday 18th December (3pm, 4.15pm, 5.45pm) @ St Hildas Undercroft, Brockley Road, SE4 ?6 per child (free for siblings under 2) Book at [email protected] or 07817176018 Thursday 20th, Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd December @ Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, E15 1BX 4.30pm (3pm on Saturday 22nd) Book here? OTHER EVENTS: 15th December ? Santa's Grotto Adventure, St. Hildas Church 12pm-5pm, ?3 per child The elves will take you on a journey up the winding icy steps, through a wonderful festive landscape where you will catch the Polar Express to meet the jolly man in red himself. 15th December ? ?Christmas Fair, BXAG?@ Brockley Station 12pm onwards

Value added explained http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/secondary_11/KS2-4_General_VA_Guide_2011_FINAL_AMENDED.pdf 'if the confidence interval straddles the national average of 1,000, then we can say that the school is not significantly different from the national average'

LondonMix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fuschia, I agree with you in general about > Academies. But for those who don't have time to > read the full link, it would be worth presenting a > more balanced summary of what the article > concludes. I quote from Fuschia's link: > > " A similar picture emerges if we look at % of > students making expected progress in English and > Maths. In both categories the ARK and Harris > chains are above the national average but the > other five chains are below it. And overall the > chains are again below the national average." > > A lot of Harris's value add is a maths rather than > English. Fuschia's claim that Harris have no > value add is patently untrue even according to her > own link. Again, this is not a defence of > Academies in general but I don't like this type of > manipulation of the truth. > LM, the '1000' Measure as average value added for gcse scores (Harris were sitting at 1000) is the accepted measure of 'value added' Conflating that with % making average progress in eng/ma is something different. And I would be grateful if you would stop accusing me of manipulating the data, please. I could as well say the same about you. '

It's the policy which has limited the role of local authorities in strategic planning which has left us with no coed secondary option in ED and a lack of joined up admission policies which means many, if not most of us, risk falling into a black hole or ending up going out of Borough. As it seems to be Harris policy that attendance at a Harris primary gives priority for Harris secondaries, we might yet see Harris boys and girls effectively barred for many ED children.

Study showing that academy intakes improve upon conversion, explaining improvement in results http://cee.lse.ac.uk/ceedps/ceedp123.pdf

http://www.localschoolsnetwork.org.uk/2012/02/most-outstanding-schools-are-not-academies/ Interesting info here

Analysis here of 2011 results by chain http://www.localschoolsnetwork.org.uk/2012/02/academy-chains-no-case-for-expansion/ At 1000, Harris isn't contributing any additional value added Measures above 1000 represent schools where pupils on average made more progress than similar pupils nationally, while measures below 1000 represent schools where pupils made less progress

After child no 1 I returned to work when he was about 10m, to a temporary job share with the person who had been covering my maternity (I did 3 long days) though it was rather under sufferance. Almost immediately I was headhunted for a similar job elsewhere and offered same pay, guaranteed flexibility (though longer commute) I have now been there for almost 9 years, through 3 more children inc twins and have varied my hours as needed, for eg worked at home from 28 weeks of twin pg. returned to work when twins were 7m, and 4m for baby no 4 Currently work 36h but only go in 2-3 days pw, rest is at home I am gone usually 7am-7pm on a mon and tues though It is hard to juggle it, fitting everything in!! Luckily my partner works in peckham and is fairly flexible

Lm, I was looking at the same figures as you. I was saying that Hsrris girls have done well there. More than the average no of pupils made the (expected) 3 levels of progress and a sizeable number have made 4, or more. My point is just that those stats are not that unusual. If I thought the academies programme or the Harris model really was proven to be the magic bullet that the government would have us believe, my views on the whole issue would be different. Google Educational Endowment Foundation for discussion about 'what works'and attempts to find evidence to support intervention strategies. The types of support under investigation (small group tuition, effective feedback, parental involvement) don't relate at all the academy/free school push. This policy to 'privatise' our schools isn't based on evidence that in itself it raises achievement

The expected results I refer to are the '3 levels of progress' specified by the gOvt Taking the results pupils came in with at y7 and adding on 3 levels generates a prediction of 45% getting the 5a*-c en/ma The other pupils who got 5a*-c would have needed to Make 4 levels of progress or more - ie more than a pupil would be expected to make. I know schools who are targeting 70% of their pupils to make 4 levels of progress or more!

http://antiacademies.org.uk/2012/07/goves-abuse-of-power/ Harris federation employees on the ieb at downhills handed the school to Harris, in defiance of the views of patents, And were rewarded almost immediately by knighthoods!

Harris girls website states they predicted 45% based on ks2 results They got 64% if I recall correctly. The 20% difference are the pupils who they made a difference for. Those stats are probably similar or better at many schools, for instance the one I work at.

I have done a lot of research into Harris's admissions policy, for other reasons. It is the case that (assuming oversubscribed for all bands) they will take equal nos from each band, giving them a 'better' intake than undersubscribed schools or other school in poor areas admitting purely on distance. Given the admissions policy, Their gcse results should be a lot better than they are, to be honest! Harris girls website confirms that in he basis of,prior attainment, about half of pupils (45%) if making elected progress oils achieve 5 a*-c with English and maths. 64% achieved the benchmark. That is good, but I know other schools who do as well or better.

LondonMix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's not what that link says Fuschia. It says > the company has assets worth 3m and liabilities > worth 3m and a net asset value of 1 quid. That > has nothing to do with making a profit. The > company could make no profit at all. Still, I > would like to know what it does and how it works > with the foundation. If you actually log in further (I have an account in that site) it IS what it says. The profit is transferred to Harris itself ... But it's not possible to see what payments were made to the directors of the project management company (Dan Moynihan and another) > > > Fuschia Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > http://companycheck.co.uk/company/05887355 > > The Harris company that runs the building > projects > > > > > > Half a ?million gross profit across the last 3 > > years trading accounts

http://companycheck.co.uk/company/05887355 The Harris company that runs the building projects Half a ?million gross profit across the last 3 years trading accounts