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I too am really not enjoying all the runners puffing passed me at too close a distance. It is quite scary. I hope the rain returns soon, so we dog walkers can have the wet, sodden parks to ourselves again!

Just to update, since the full lock down came into force, I can no longer offer this service. I can, however, provide online tutoring or advice if you need it. Thanks.

Thank you Sand12. Although childminders are included in the schools closure, tutors and nannies are not. The service that I would be providing will be for a few children and will be a mix of tutoring and nannying, so it is not covered. It will also only be for a few days a week.

Thank you everyone who has responded. Now we know that schools are closing on Friday, please PM me with your email addresses and ages of your children. I am working tomorrow and Friday, but will be making arrangements to move this forward. After discussing this with my own children (aged 15 and 18) who will also be off school, I can provide 3 full days of tutoring and childcare per week that school is closed. My suggested days are Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays, operating from 9am til 4pm. However,both days and hours are flexible depending on the mix and family needs. One of my children will help me on each day which will enable a wider age group or range of activities, which will be planned with me. I look forward to meeting your children and working with them.

Relax parking restrictions for medical staff so that they can get to work safely without risking contamination on public transport. With 2 major teaching hospital sin the borough, this is really important.

If you are finding it hard to motivate your child(ren) with home learning, I can help with Zoom learning. I am a primary school teacher, know the curriculum from R to yr 6 and can encourage your children to achieve their potential in fun and interesting ways. Please PM me if interested.

Ole Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Renata, I'm attaching a screenshot from this > document from 2018 > (http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/s7819 > 4/Report%20Pupil%20Place%20Planning.pdf) which > shows that Charter, has a 21% rate of chidren from > outside Southwark. This is significantly higher > than other Southwark schools (what is the > percentage for 2019? Has it gone up or down? I > couldn't find it). > > People move into the area from outside Southwark > and then move out and then their siblings get in. > Southwark dooes not have access to council tax > records from other boroughs so easy from somebody > from outside to rent locally for a few months and > then move out again. Sourthwark residents can't > bend the rules by moving in closer to the school > (and then going back 'home') because we would get > caught out. However people from outside Southwark > are clearly doing this, meaning Charter is not > really a school for local kids. > > Is Southwark going to do anything to addess this > problem? > > Charter is my nearest school yet I won't get a > place, however somebody who now lives in Clapham > will do. > > (for the record, I have no problem with the policy > of siblings getting in - my problem is for the > policy siblings of people who now no longer live > in Southwark having priority over local children) > > I've circled Harris Boys too but I can understand > that because it is fairly close to other boroughs, > but Charter couldn't be more central. > > Kingsdale, with an outside proportion of 59% from > outside Southwark, where do we even begin? Let's > just leave it at that shall we. > > Wouldn't a much fairer systme be: > > 1. looked after, etc > 2. Siblings of children who live in Southwark > 3. Children who live in Southwark > 4. Siblings of children who no longer live in > Southwark. > > Or something like that? > > And why can't councils share council tax records > so that renting temporarily to be near a school > whilst being a homeowner elsewhere can be stamped > out (not completely I get it, but at least pretend > to do something about it?). Ole, Charter Nth has a large number of Lambeth children because it is on the border of Southwark and Lambeth. Chances are it has nothing to do with people moving out of the borough. Charter schools are academies funded by central government, so why should it prioritise Southwark residents? People across this area also send their children to Lewisham schools (Sydenham, Forest Hill, Haberdashers, Harris Crystal Palace). Council boundaries are irrelevant in this.

As the crow flies is not the same as walking distance which the schools use.

I registered, but as I am not the lead name on the council tax doc., I had to upload additional docs. to be verified. I could buy a month's pass for ?2.70 tho', which I did.

I became virtually tee-total two and a half years ago when I was diagnosed with a chronic liver condition (not alcohol related). Although I do not miss it on a day to day basis, I still find social occasions difficult. There reaches a point in the evening when you feel a chasm between you and your 'merry' friends, whose loud, slightly incoherent banter is no longer amusing to the stone cold sober. At this point I usually bow out gracefully, but it leaves me feeling isolated. You have to be brave to go to a party and not drink, especially as unlike quitting smoking, no one congratulates you for giving up drinking. They are more likely to make a joke about it and commiserate without sympathy or empathy.

I have bought a month long permit online. The system couldn't verify me, so it would not allow me to pay for longer. I have uploaded a screen grab of our council tax and of my vehicle registration documentation. Hopefully this will suffice. Be prepared for this not being an easy process!

I think the majority did elect for the CPZ if their neighbouring streets were in a controlled zone. You may call this twisting your arm, but you only need one street in the zone to give a big yes for this to be valid for all streets.

This one was a scouser with a duffle bag and not particularly young. Don't know if he is linked to any of the gang-masters. No idea if he was a scammer, but my instinct was just to get shot of him. At least I didn't waste his time.

Unwell, I was sleeping yesterday afternoon when I was awoken by loud and persistent knocking on the door. Half asleep, I stumbled to answer expecting an emergency for all the hammering. The caller flashed a badge, which could have said anything, though I interrupted his spiel to tell him I was not interested because he had just woken me up. He got all shirty but I closed the door as I don't like door to door selling at the best of times, so feeling unwell and half-asleep I really was in no mind to entertain a selection of shtofs and potions. I was feeling a little guilty, but the scam reports make me feel better, thank you.

Oh dear Trinidad, are you really posting at 3am? You shouldn't let yourself lose sleep over this. Perhaps think of the charge as a way to provide the council with additional funds after 10 years of central government's budget restraints? Unlike some boroughs, Southwark has been able to keep our libraries open and maintain free school meals for primary children. It needs to get additional funds from somewhere and, with pressure to reduce air pollution, what better way than to follow the example of other boroughs, such as Lambeth, Wandsworth and Lewisham, and increase the number of CPZs? When I changed my car last year, the pending CPZ was one of the considerations, and I am delighted with the hybrid I have bought. If others also did this, it could make a big difference to the air pollution, don't you think?

Your postcode will not be valid until March, when purchasing permits for this area comes on line. The ?125 applies to petrol cars - and possibly diesel? Hybrid and electric cars pay ?31.50.

It used to close at 1pm, except Wednesdays, and was always closed on Sundays. In addition to extending opening hours, they have also added an additional serving hatch. My recent experiences have been of a quick and efficient service.

Just imagine Southwark Council published the past 5 years of data and from this you worked out that your child was so unlikely to get into a Charter school that you don't put them down. Then a neighbour's child gets in. How would you feel? This is not an impossible scenario if you build into your hypothesis how often people move house and the average number of children per family. At some point, there will be far fewer 11 year olds within a mile of the school because the people living closer no longer have school age children. There is no map predicting when empty nesters will move house. Alternatively, does it not increase the disappointment if the data reveals that you would successfully get a place, but then you don't? An equally possible scenario. I really don't see how having this information can help you unless you wish to use it to clutch at straws or for self flagellation. Instead, listen to advice from your child's school. The head and year 6 teachers know where former pupils have gone and where they live, so can give you guidelines on what you wish to know. The way forward is to consider the closest schools and those the kids' friends are considering. Chuck in a few wild cards (less favoured but easy to reach + a private option) and sit tight on the waiting list if you do not get what you want. I've known children join Kingsdale half way through the first term, I know a girl who joined Haberdashers at the start of year 8, I know people who have been uneasy about Deptford Green then find their child really thrives there and others that have left DG to go to Sydenham. The place offered in March is often not the end of the story, but you do have to stay calm and pragmatic about things.

?30 per hour if a trained teacher.

The Herne Hill Fish Bar gets our vote. Fabulous fresh fish.

We are just 18 months away from this whole area being in the extended ULEZ. Wouldn't it be better to wait until the impact of that is known? The ULEZ could solve much of the congestion problems without the cost of all this.

Advice on the police thread: Park in a well lit area as close to your property as possible. LOL - do they know what parking is like around Oglander Road? The chances of parking near your property if you return home before 6:30pm are pretty impossible. So, unless you go out and move your car after all the commuters have gone, you are stuck with your car far from home in any nook or cranny you can squeeze into.

Mine was also done on the same night. Again, the value of the items taken was far less than the ?75 insurance excess I had to pay to get the window fixed. Very annoying.

It depends on the school. Southwark schools have not yet adopted the fashionable Singapore maths which many Lewisham schools have. Both systems have benefits. There will be more differentiation in Southwark schools with a progression from concrete methods to number only work with focus on place value by Year 3. Lewisham focuses more on concrete methods and visual representation, but does not have differentiation which can be tricky for children struggling to get to grips with maths. Both provide greater depth challenges which focus on reasoning.