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No they haven’t given me any forms. I also didn’t feel at all convinced when I asked why they are charging me. It feels really wrong that they can just make up their own mind about what can be done on NHS and what is supposedly too complicated!

Does anyone know what the rules are about charges at dentists when you are an NHS patient? I feel like my dental surgery is just making up the rules. I am having an extraction as my tooth has broken and they’ve just told me it will cost £150! I should add I wasn’t told this at all when the first appointment was made, which they have now changed

Thank you. That?s really helpful

Does anyone know if Tessa Jowell still does walk in vaccinations on a Sunday? I want to get my 12year old daughter vaccinated.

Stolen Christmas gifts found this morning off Abbotswood Road SE22. At Peckham Police station.

I've just finished osteopath treatment at Goose Green Clinic with Will Westwood. I immediately saw an improvement in my symptoms of back and hip pain. He also showed me a number of exercises to help stretch and strengthen. Would highly recommend. I'm now feeling so much better.

Just wanted to recommend Bespoke Windows for great customer service. They previously fitted windows for me and all was great. This week I had to cancel a window for my bathroom and they were just so helpful. Refunded straight away without any fuss. Nice to have a good customer experience !!!

I would second the post above about Goose Green Primary. I have daughters in years 3 and 4. We have been very happy all the way through and I love that the school has dedicated teachers and facilities for Art & Music. Recent SATs results were also massively improved under the new headteacher.

Hi Looking forward to seeing you today at the Goose Green new starter picnic at midday. On goose green at the playground end. Friends of goose green primary school

If you have a child starting in nursery or reception this September at Goose Green Primary & Nursery School, FOGGS (Friends of Goose Green Primary School) would like to invite you to a welcome picnic to meet other new parents and find out more about the school from existing parents. It's also a lovely informal way for your children to meet the other children. It will be held on Goose Green at the end near the swings at midday on Sunday 2nd September. We look forward to meeting you. Eilidh & Alix (FOGGS co-chairs)

Hi Goose Green Primary School is holding the Goose Green Carnival on Goose Green on Saturday 7th July, from 12 to 3pm. All welcome. (Not to be confused with the Dulwich Festival Fair on Goose Green, which is in May I think). Thanks

Hi I have children in years 2 and 3 at Goose Green. I echo the comments above about the head teacher being amazing and welcoming. It's a really lovely community and we're really happy. I had a very strong instinct about the school when I did the parent tour and despite the OFSTED that has never wavered. So I also agree about gut instinct. Good luck with your decision. If you want to ask anything more about Goose Green, I'm happy to answer any questions if you PM me.

I'm one of the co-chairs of Friends of Goose Green School (FOGGS) and wanted to let you know there is a parent tour at the school on 5th December. The tour always includes tea and coffee with FOGGS at the end and is a great way to ask questions of parents with children currently at the school. I would really encourage you to attend and to see the brilliant arts and music facilities. As a parent - the new head teacher is great and my children are really happy and flourishing, so I'm happy too!

Thanks for the interesting debate on this already. All valid points and ones which, of course, we have discussed at length amongst ourselves. Yes it is expensive. The grant would cover the cost of the pre-grown panels (a shocking approx. 87m worth of them, to screen the whole border!) and the installation and maintenance thereof (to insure longevity). The expense lies in the fact that these are already approx. 2m high mature ivy plants, which have been pre-grown in a nursery and will simply be fitted in place. The fence we need to screen is directly where the children play so we struggle to grow any new saplings (believe me, we've tried) because of flying footballs etc from the playing children. Also, hedges, newly planted ivy etc etc take years to grow and are very delicate initially. Parents are more than happy to support a project they know they will benefit from immediately. A pre-grown ivy screen can make as much as a 40% reduction in nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter as soon as it is installed (e.g the day after fitting!) and the benefits continue as it thickens. Goose Green has been amazing at green initiatives over the years (as Coach Beth has so eloquently put) and these are all making a difference. This grant would come from a private company, as also mentioned by Beth, so would not be able to be spent elsewhere in the system. We wholeheartedly agree that the root cause needs to be addressed and not just the issue. Interestingly, this initiative in itself seems to be enough to get the conversation flowing between families of the school (green routes to school, less driving, neighbourhood greening, joining class actions and lobbying groups for diesel drivers, for example). We are also working with the school and, via the school council, the children/families to discuss why such an initiative is necessary in the first place and what can be done about the root cause. We feel that this conversation/action is all important and we are calling it "Putting the 'Green' into Goose Green". However, in the shorter term, considering the benefit to the current and future children of the school, their families and other local families, we feel that this screen would be a very worthwhile achievement, particularly if we won this grant and the whole thing were paid for by this wonderful foundation. Thanks for your input and time. Friends of Goose Green School