bonaome

It's enormous and it's bright yellow and the they've taken the tree out that would otherwise have partially obscured it if heading into Village Way.

The waterfront at Woolwich.

The reuse and recycling centre will take them, if you can get up there.

@bawdyNan - thanks for clarification on SEN/EHC.

bornagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > hoonaloona Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > So don't tell me that all the people who > > campaigned like crazy for the Charter 2 nodal > > point to remain in Jarvis Road as that position > > better serves Camberwell/Peckham actually > already > > have a viable co-ed, non-faith, non-lottery > school > > already on their doorstep??? What was all the > fuss > > about then? > > I suspect that the fuss has been created by the > fact that those supporting Charter 2 do not want > to send their children to Harris Peckham. And those who wouldn't, on distance, get their kids into Harris Peckham. We're up by the police station. I can't find distance offered data for Harris Peckham, but the Southwark booklet for admissions for this year says it is oversubscribed and the Righmove school checker thing (again, don't know where they get their data from) says where we are Harris Peckham is 'not likely'.

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > bonaome - I think that giving siblings priority > over those with special medical and social needs > it sends the wrong message . Surely either a child has a SEN/EHC plan, in which case they get priority, or they do not have an EHC plan and they are the same as everyone else. Right? Wrong? What are the special medical and social needs that would be missed because they are not picked up in the EHC assessment? Genuine question - not trying to wind anyone up.

bornagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > bonaome Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > Have I missed a co-ed, non-faith, non-lottery > > school, within a mile of Charter2? > > > > Yes, Harris Peckham and it is under-subsribed. It's oversubscribed according to this booklet on secondary admissions from Southwark. It's also more than a mile from Charter 2. And moreover, it looks like we would be very unlikely to get her in there based on a distance offer.

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also agree about the seeming curriculum offer > being to more academically gifted and low profile > of SEN provision . > I agree with all you say except this bit about Charter setting out to attract more academically gifted kids. SEN/EHCplan provision requirements (where the school is named) always has precedence over oversubscription criteria. The rest is the great unwashed based on living nearest the school. I don't see how that would lead to the school targeting the more academically gifted.

bornagain Wrote: > It may be a case of sour grapes but I think that > they have a point. There are 3 outstanding/good > secondary schools within one mile of the proposed > school which are not fully subscribed. From an > impartial (and DoE) point of view surely that > would raise a few eyebrows as to whether opening a > 240 intake school within 2 years is a good use of > limited assets. Also they do have a point also > that the new Charter for good or bad will affect > the Harris intake so being concerned is surely > valid. > > Sir Dan Moynihan the CE of Harris is a formidable > man and is the power behind Lord Harris. He is > hugely respected and his views will not be > ignored. As Harris are paying him over ?300k salary I imagine he'll be wanting to hold on to all the 'business' he can. But my daughter cannot attend Harris Boys as she's a girl; and in fact we don't want a single sex school anyway, which also means we wouldn't choose Harris Girls - even if we could get in, post lottery. We don't live close enough for her to get into Charter 1. We don't want a faith school (even if we could get into one). She might get into Kingsdale, after all it's a lottery so I suppose she has as good a chance as anyone else. Have I missed a co-ed, non-faith, non-lottery school, within a mile of Charter2? I thought the purpose of the consultation was that it would identify the demand by asking parents whether they would put Charter ED as first choice were it available. So that should tell the DoE whether there is enough demand for Charter 2 and what sort of admissions numbers might be appropriate. As regards Sir Moynihan's letter to Charter, I was astonished to read the part where he says Harris knew nothing about the new school until June, given this whole hoo-har and associated petition, letters from Tessa Jowell etc etc. He criticises the Charter consultation process. I find that a bit rich given the Harris Nunhead Primary consultation which was just about the worst possible excuse for a consultation I could imagine. It all feels a bit like the boss has asked to see the figures for the 5 year plan and has just found out there's a whole in his bonus pot. I do hope his feedback is ignored. That Charter 2 opens next year with as large an intake as can meet local demand and that the very many parents in the surrounding area who want a non-faith, co-ed, good school for their kids get the 'parental choice' all of this was meant to promise.

Been several times and always been very good.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Having a nodal pioint where the site meets Jarvis > Road - as proposed - is not ideal. Residents on > Melbourne Grove are concerned an entrance will be > proposed there. If it were - from our surveys of > local residents - the school planning application > would generate many objections. So the one place a > nodla point should'nt be is where it is proposed. This is a wind-up isn't it?

We stay here http://www.lamphutreehotel.com/main.html which is very friendly, has very reasonable rates, a great breakfast and a nice small pool. It's walking distance to the Khao San Road which I guess is either a plus or a minus!

Coral Bay, Western Australia. Can't stand LA, it's cold and it's damp.

My theory is that 5-10 years ago lots of young pre-family people/folks with very young kids moved in and promptly set about producing an unexpected demand for primary school places. That bulge in the number of primary aged kids will pass as those kids whose parents moved in 5-10 years ago get older. They won't be replaced at the same rate as the area is now unaffordable to the same sorts of family 10 years down the line - so demand for primary school places will fall. Those ED baby-boomers would once have been expected to move out of London for secondary school, but now they're more likely to stay (London's schools are better than they used to be and the gap between housing costs in London vs the home counties isn't as attractive as it once was). Probably all sorts of holes in my theory - but it does accurately describe my experience and the experience of very many families I know.

There's also the adventure playground on Dog Kennel Hill and the Dulwich Constitutional Club.

https://secure.thameswater.co.uk/dynamic/cps/rde/xchg/corp/hs.xsl/899_5787.htm 0.1ppm - that's for my specific postcode, but I would guess all ED would be the same.

My experience was quite different. We went there several times and very much enjoyed it every time. They always seemed to have some nice specials on and there were a few Sardinian specialities on the menu which were a bit different to the norm - we have tried lots of different dishes there. Also I found them very friendly, not highly polished in the service department, I agree, but friendly and nice with children. I think it's very hard to make a go of a restaurant in that space. It might work better as a cafe - though we have quite a few of them already.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm interested in what the good people on here > think is a reasonable distance for a KS1 child to > be travelling to school? Half a mile. That's Goose Green roundabout-ish to Heber-ish. But I'd expect to walk every day.

Beckenham Spa has a heated pool with a moveable floor they use for lessons for little ones. Excellent teaching. Not sure if they do lessons on Saturday though.

Booze

Fresh pasta, with good quality ingredients in the filling, hand made on site. Bear in mind overheads like rent and so on also. Sainsbury's fancy pasta retails at 1p per gramme http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/dairy-eggs-chilled/CategoryDisplay?langId=44&storeId=10151&catalogId=10122&categoryId=12266&pageSize=30&beginIndex=0&promotionId=&listId=&searchTerm=&hasPreviousOrder=&previousOrderId=&categoryFacetId1=&categoryFacetId2=&bundleId=&parent_category_rn=12157&top_category=12157&orderBy=PRICE_DESC#langId=44&storeId=10151&catalogId=10122&categoryId=12266&parent_category_rn=12157&top_category=12157&pageSize=30&orderBy=PRICE_DESC&searchTerm=&beginIndex=0. The B&S photo looks like the agnolotti cavour http://www.burroesalvia.co.uk/about-2-1/ which they sell for 2.7p per gramme. So yes, nearly 3 times the price of Sainsbury's pasta but the Sainsbury's version seems to have less expensive ingredients, and is made and bought on an industrial scale. Also, think of this ... if you boiled it for a couple of minutes, drained and shoved it in a pan with a bit of butter and sage, shoved a few rocket leaves on the side and served it on nice crockery, the additional production cost would be very small, but then you could charge ?8+ and that wouldn't be out of line with Scorsi and Morci, or the place down by the station, or anywhere else I can think of.

Louisa, I'm afraid you've just given away that you're one of those speed daemons who insist on tearing along at dangerous speeds. The double pramers are probably just obeying the Southwark wide new limit of 20 strides per minute - which now applies to all pavements controlled by Southwark (95% of those in the borough). Maxxi I'm afraid widening the path would encourage more people to use it, creating more pollution as they perambulate, exhaling carbon dioxide, directly into the atmosphere - and right next to a school too. I think narrowing is the real answer. Finally I think it's about time the council offered free seating at strategic points along that path, limited to 1 hour and no return, Mon-Fri 7-6 and Sat 9-6.

I used to aim to get the 8:19 DMK - ZFD. I know exactly where to stand on the platform such that I almost always got on the train. However that still means standing usually to City Thameslink. Up to Elephant, it meant standing in uncomfortably crammed conditions, ie. with no space whatsoever other commuters. The rolling stock is being replaced - I hope for something less geared towards people doing a trip from Sevenoaks to Luton (padded seats facing) and more geared to commuters (tube / overground style seating). DMK station was refurbished. Sadly they missed the opportunity to put an entrance/exit in Windsor Walk. The entrance/exit as currently structured is dangerously overcrowded and very badly structured for peak time. If a train is cancelled, the knock-on effect on the next train means that even knowing exactly where to stand at DMK, you still cannot always get on. Sometimes I'd get 8:26 - usually a bit quieter. You still have to know where to stand on the platform if you want to be reasonably sure of getting on (you won't if the 8:19 was cancelled or is so late the 8:26 is in front of it). As a new year resolution I've been going to work earlier. I've been getting the 7:37. Standing room only to Elephant, not usually as crowded as the 8:19, most days manage to get a seat from Elephant to ZFD. It has been on time once since I started getting on Mon-Fri from Jan 5th.

If you're not bothered about the sun, I believe Centreparcs is very popular. I can't speak about it myself as never been / would never go as I do like the sun to be a part of a holiday. If it's warmth you want, depending on what you mean by 'warmth' by late March the Algarve might be warm enough or Greece. The canaries have a very consistent climate year round. So Lanzarote might be a good place to look at. Try the Princess Yaiza through Sovereign. Or book yourself of course. Lots of flights to choose from. Easy to get to, temps should be around 20something in Feb. Yaiza has a great kids club. It's a fair sized resort so there's lots of (good) eating opportunities and nice bars. It's a very family orientated resort - don't tend to get loads of people who've gone just to get drunk. Also in the Canaries the Gran Hotel Bahia del Duque on Teneriffe is wonderful and has an amazing kids' club. Worth looking at as out of school hols time you might get a great deal (it's normally very dear, but it is very good!). The Canaries tend to be more expensive than Sharm-El-Sheik which is another place I can recommend. Na'ama Bay is where all the nice family orientated hotels are. It's reliably warm, 20-odd again, possibly a bit warmer in Feb and certainly by March. The resort town is a fair size with loads of restaurants and bars. There's probably a bit more to do than in the Canaries - depending on what exactly floats your boat, but there's scuba diving, snorkelling, camel treks into the desert, dune buggy riding and if you want to get up really early you can do the pyramids in a day trip. Sharm's is cheap as chips at the moment so well worth a look. And it's very quiet I understand as the Russians aren't going (all staying at home, because of the economy etc) and lot's of people scared off by recent general political situation in Egypt. Not sure I would actually go to Cairo for the pyramids but Sharm is hundreds and hundreds of miles away across nothing but desert. That said, there have been threats to tourists in that are. Hope it is actually OK as we're going Feb half term! Check tripadvisor thoroughly for recent reviews. A good hotel I know is the Stella Di Mare - it's not on the strip but it's good, has it's own pontoon for snorkelling and runs a free shuttle into the resort at reasonable times (especially if you have a little one). Hope you find something you enjoy!

DulwichBorn&Bred Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Heber is tiny so I wouldn't use that as comparison Sorry, my mistake. Heber's OS space is indeed tiny c.1,600m2 - got my decimal in the wrong place. Apologies.