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Wissant, a town near Calais, France has a campsite 5 minutes walk to the sea. It's a 2 hour drive to Dover, 35 minute on the Eurotunnel and then a 30 minute drive to Wissant. We've never stayed at this campsite, but have stayed in Wissant and the campsite is close to shops and amenities.

St Francesca Cabrini Primary School is collecting them, It is on the corner of Forest Hill Rd

Hollydale is well thought of by local parents. It had a good Ofsted Report and SATs results. It's not as well known as Ivydale as it's a smaller school and has no nursery. Children normally go to the pre-school on St Mary's Rd from 2.5 until they start reception.

Sling and buggy, you wouldn't get much use from double buggy, as the few months until you have your second bundle of joy will make a big difference in your older childs ability to walk. If you are tired, toddler walks ( could use reins/wrist strap if they like to run off!) and baby goes in the buggy, if toddler is tired, the baby goes in a sling and toddler in the buggy. From experience this works very well (most of the time!)

A few years ago Ivydale was in the bottom 100 schools in the country, so it has improved massively since then! I know several people with children at the school. The Early Years section is very good (nursery/reception) and the school is very strong on music and art. Where it falls down is in the junior years in terms of behaviour and providing suitable work for brighter pupils and homework (but this may change by the time the current intake reaches the juniors). You should also look at Hollydale, my friends with children there are really happy with the school on all counts. If you live in Nunhead, Edmund Waller and Turnham are also popular with Nunhead residents. You probably will get more feedback from the Nunhead Forum, nunheadforum.co.uk

does this route overlap with the P12 much as that also has problems?

St Mary's preschool in St Mary's Rd, Nunhead, it's really good and they take children from 2.5. It's from 9.15-12.15 Monday-Friday.

Ladywell Gymnastics club opposite Bellingham train station is good (train from Peckham Rye or Nunhead). Caters for all ages of boys and girls from pre-school to 16. They also have an under 5s drop off play seeion on Friday mornings and Wednesday afternoons and some holiday sessions

surrey docks farm with donkey rides

I hope you all end up with a school you like

A silver plated tooth box. It's good to have somewhere to put your milk teeth in when they start to fall out at 4-5 years old. Once the tooth fairy has finished, teeth can be put back in as a souvenir of young life!

My friend's son goes there, he is very happy, made many friends and has been making good progress in his grades. It wasn't one of his parent's top choices but now they are delighted that he got in there!

As your children get older, St Francesca Cabrini Primary school (Catholic school, top of Forest Hill Rd) has after school Italian lessons (I think from age 5) and from year 3 all children learn it as part of their daily curriculum

The St Francesca cabrini School Fair is tomorrow, Sunday 27th June at St Francesca Cabrini School Forest hill Rd SE23, P12, P13, 63 and 363 go close to the school. There is international food, plants, toys, slushes, cakes, bouncy castle and much more! If you're interested to apply there for next year or your child is joining the school this year, it's a great opportunity to meet parents, staff etc and have a look around.

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