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My son is now in year 5 - again I have struggled for years with this. He was assessed by Lewisham services and finally we were told he suffers from hypermobility and discharged. At the start of the school year they were putting pressure on him to do joined up writing and it seemed any progress he had made had gone out of the window - confidence etc. They agreed to let him carry on without the joined up and he also started re-learning how to write some of his letters which caused him problems. Finally there is progress and I really believe that in a couple of years he will be writing to a similar level to his peers. I have to say I did hesitate about the touch typing. Whilst I appreciate that the need for handwriting is declining I do feel it was necessary for him to be able to write. He was tested but not diagnosed for dyspraxia and is not dyslexic so I felt that he would never be able to get a statement for his handwriting and to try and persevere. Im glad I did.

And does your hairdresser look good on Botox? Serious question - Would people recommend it?

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Indeed, I like to admire a good bit of beam work > during films I've paid to watch. Brilliant!

Streatham and Marlborough Cricket Club off Lordship Lane. Lovely family club. They do winter nets on Sunday and then after Easter two hours cricket coaching at their ground after school one day (opposite the old harvester)

I've had both unfortunately (both also bought in by my cat). The rat lived in our kitchen for two weeks - on the plus side I'm now not scared of mere mice!.I'm with Lewisham council and they come and deal with rats free of charge. If the poo is like a grain of rice it's a rat. Sorry.

Thanks for all the suggestions - good to know that people do it cheaper than I thought!

I'm already thinking of a family summer holiday - we haven't been abroad as a family of 5 before and I'm shocked how much it is going to cost us - What sort of budget do people have to go to say, Spain or Turkey? We like to be independent so I"m not really keen on getting a Thomas Cook resort type holiday but I can't see much change out of 4K once flights etc are paid. Anyone got any suggestions? (3 kids - 15, 11 and 9.

It sounds good but it's a late night opening so maybe not suitable for children? Which is weird! (The website says from 18.30 - 22.00) What a shame.

My son would never do a poo if he was outside the house, he would only use our toilet so we had many frustrating days with him pooing himself when he could no longer hold it in. The solution which worked for me was taking him to Toys R Us and he feel in love with a toy monkey. I said I would buy it for him once he finally stopped pooing himself. Worked a treat, but then I have to confess my parenting skills do rely on bribery a little too much!

hobbsy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi i am sorry but i would not recommend forest > hill school to anyone it has a lot of bullying > going on which you don't hear about, my son got > bullied at forest hill school it took the head of > year two weeks to sort the problem out then he > passed it on the the deputy head of year, when i > started my son up in boxing lessons i found other > children's parents telling me they had nephews and > cousins go to forest hill school who had the same > problem My sons have been at Forest Hill School and they have no problems. I haven't heard of bullying but of course there is bullying in every secondary school. All I can say from experience it is a good school.

Does anybody know of someone who can help my child who has handwriting problems, although he is getting extra help at school i think it would be beneficial to have additional help outside school . Please PM me if possible. Thanks

Goodness me. I look forward to the authorities contacting me to ask how dare i bring attention to kingdales results . Didnt realise the stasi were alive and kicking in dulwich.

BB100 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ofsted has graded Kingsdale as a 'good' school. > This is the official judgement. Why anyone would > be 'pleased' that children didn't get the GCSE's > that they could have got to prove other schoo is beyond me.

Hello

No one is comparing the results to private schools. All London schools have large sen and English as second language percentages. No excuse.

I know that this comes across as Schadenfreude, but Kingsdale have been so unwilling to be transparent and their aggressive marketing has left a sour taste - they have been underhand in the past and unfortunately the truth is out that they are nowhere near as good as they pretend to be.

So finally we now know Kingsdale's results - I'm sorry but it looks like they did want to hide them until after the admissions deadline. 34% is right at the bottom of Southwark schools.

I have PMed you.

There was too much hype about Kingsdale - no school is that amazing. It was almost like a cult.

I think Rueben and Roman would go really well together.

womanofdulwich I salute you!

Try Maria at Peckham Pulse - she is fantastic. But going back to Brazil end of September hence my post for a new waxer!

Thank you - that is just what I need I think!

Does anybody know of a good bikini waxer? I currently use maria at the Pulse who is fantastic and very thorough but she is soon leaving to go back to Brazil. Also looking for someone who can do threading for eyebrows etc! Thanks

prickle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One of the comments on the Evening Standard piece > mentioned that over 40 teachers are going to leave > KD this year. Can anyone verify this info? I also > note that this and other comments on the article > have since been removed from the ES site. I am fed up with the administration doing this - anything negative about Kingsdale and its gone! It just adds to a feeling of a coverup.