MrsR

Kingsdown, Walmer (near Dover) is a nice site overlooking the Channel (beach is pebbly). A very easy drive on the A/M2 of less than 2 hours.

It's open from 11am till 5pm on weekdays during school holidays.

Junior Jujitsu at the Ackroyd Centre, Ackroyd Road (opposite The Chandos pub) Monday and/or Friday evenings 6-7pm. Just turn up in tracksuit. Sensei Colin Elgie and the first four weeks are free.

I also went last night and thought the show was great - especially the motorcyclists in the sphere (I could barely watch!!!)

I am very disappointed that the annual Irish Festival at Peckham Rye will not take place this year because of withdrawal of funding from Southwark Council. Hope that this is not the end for the festival.

I agree with newcomer - I had two c sections. Take it easy, bond with your baby at home in the warm. Put your feet up and rest whenever you can. Breastfeeding is the best way to get your body back in shape (but if you're not, don't beat yourself up about it).

The Horniman have a carol concert at the bandstand this afternoon at 5pm - can get very busy. (Wrap up warm).

They are filming an advert for Boots

There is a brownie/guide group that meet on Mondays at Horniman School. Please PM me if you would like further information.

Just installed today - the most adorable dogs in the flower beds in the middle of the road - had to slow down for a proper look. Fantastic!!! I want one too.

I used to like the one o clock club in Crystal Palace Park when my girls were little and also the free storytime sessions at Dulwich Library (and also Forest Hill library) with a song, a juice and a biscuit at the end.

Have no idea which schools uniform you are describing but virtually all schools are due to break up on Friday 28th May for the summer half term. I think some private schools have two weeks off. Most children will be back at school on Monday 7th or Tuesday 8th June. Hope that helps.

Hi Browncoffee, lots of your neighbours children go to Fairlawn and Francesca Cabrini which both have nurseries. Fairlawn nursery is in Waldenshaw Road (just behind Sainsburys in Forest Hill) and has 45 morning and 45 afternoon places so fairly easy to get into. The downside is that its quite a walk from Marmora Road and parking is restricted to residents only (though you could park in Sainsburys and walk round the corner).Unfortunately a place at nursery does not guarantee a place in reception. Good Luck

Absolutely love them but they would have been better on the rubber play surface rather than the grass.

Forest Hill is a boys school (who wear black) and the Kingsdale uniform is also all black - so it's neither of those. Sounds horrible, please try to identify the uniform and inform the relevant school so that those responsible can be punished.

Aske's (mixed) and Prendergast Hilly Fields (girls) are extremely hard to get into unless they have a sibling there - even if your child is musical, both schools have hundreds of applicants. In the past most children from Fairlawn went to either Sydenham (girls) or Forest Hill Boys. Last September 14 Fairlawn children went to Kingsdale (mixed) and I believe it will be even more popular this year.

My daughter is in year 7 at Kingsdale and is doing very well. They have small tutor groups for English and Maths and she is flourishing. She has played netball for the school and performed in a choir, solo and in ensembles. I do not believe bullying is any more of a problem there than at other secondary schools. I have always witnessed the children arriving and leaving school very sensibly. Their GCSE results continue to improve in leaps and bounds (can be found on the BBC Eduction website).

There is a brownie group which meets at Horniman School but they have a waiting list. Please PM me if you would like contact details for Brown Owl.

There is a small teaching pool which is lovely and warm for little ones, the 25m one is colder but ok. It has quite a large car park where there are usually spaces, you can also park on the road. Adequate changing facilities (though could be a bit cleaner and usually only one or two of the three showers work).

The Thomas More Club normally have a band on new years eve. You don't have to be Irish and it's nice and friendly. Opposite John Barnett shoeshop on Lordship Lane. You don't have to be a member but entrance is usually about ?5.

2fe means two form entry - two classes of thirty (so a yearly intake of sixty children) 3fe therefore means 90 places for reception children per year.

I've only just watched this programme starring Timothy Spall - it was on a couple of Sundays ago. Did anyone else notice that the girls school at the beginning was Harris East Dulwich and the supermarket where his daughter was shot was Londis on Lordship Lane (and he'd parked his car in Northcross Road). The estate where the hoodies lived was the Aylesbury and the Heygate.

Hi my daughter will also be going to Kingsdale in September (along with 11 others from Fairlawn). I have seen Kingsdale children waiting at the 363 bus stop on Forest Hill Road - where do they get off? Do they go up to Crystal Palace and then walk down or swop buses near the Harvester. There doesn't seem to be any way of not having a long walk at the other end. I've heard the buses are very full in the mornings - at what time should she leave? Any advice gratefully received.

Loved the fire breathing dragon - how fab was that!