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tallgirl

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  1. Yes the delay is more than 5 days we should have heard about our Southwark Primary applications NOW not after the elections. Fairlawn has a bulge class and that has not prevented Lewisham council from releasing the primary school outcomes on time.
  2. Yes, I don't think the Lib Dems thought about the extra stress on parents when they deferred the outcome of primary school places, nor of the implications of parents living near the boundary with Lewisham who have to decide whether to accept or reject an offer of a Lewisham school place prior to receiving the outcome of their Southwark application. There is a way parents in East Dulwich and Peckham Rye ward can show their displeasure at the delay in knowing the outcome of our school applications, by voting for the Labour Candidates in the Local council elections!
  3. We are on the borders too, we didn't get the Lewisham school we wanted, but one lower down our list. I think it's bad that due to the delay in the Southwark results that there will be alot of parents holding places in Lewisham while they wait for the Southwark outcomes. If many of the boundary parents get Southwark places, there may be a sudden wave of Lewisham places becoming available later. This is so unfair on parents who didn't get sny local school place for their child. I know that next year there will be a common application form for primary school applications, but by deferring it this year, the Lib Dems will have extended this stressful time for parents. The government has given the council 12 million pounds to help with the shortage of primary school places which particularly affects East Dulwich and Peckham Rye, Honor Oak and Nunhead so I'm hopeful that the situation ought to be better than last year, we shall see-after the election!
  4. I'm really angry and frustrated,as the Lid Dems decided to defer the Southwark primary school allocation results by a month this year (conveniently after the elections) those of us who live near the Lewisham border need to decide about whether we want the school Lewisham has offered us (5th May deadline), before we get the outcome of our Southwark application. This is particularly going to have an impact on parents living in East Dulwich, Peckham Rye and Nunhead Wards. Interestinbgly, East Dulwich and Peckham Rye are both marginal wards. Are any other parents in this situation?
  5. St Anthony's and St Francesca Cabrini are both good Catholic schools, like the other schools in the area they are very oversubscribed. Residents in the south of SE22 also go to Ivydale and Fairlawn Primaries. St Mary's Preschool on St Mary's Rd in Nunhead takes children from 2 and a half and is open from 9.15-12.15 only during term-time weekdays.
  6. There have been cuts in the staffing of Southwark's Parks and Cemeteries (eg Peckham Rye Park shares a manager with other Parks now)which have resulted in shorter opening hours at some of the sites, eg I know that Nunhead cemetery a popular short cut for commuters is closing earlier in the evening than it has in previous summers. Our Lib Deb/ Tory run council have kept pretty quiet about this reduction in access to local amenities, I guess because it's less than a month to the elections.
  7. For those of you looking in that area for a playgroup, there is an excellent drop-off pre-school from 9.15-12.15 on Monday-Friday on St Mary's Rd SE15. It takes children from 2.5 (they don't have to be potty trained) and it's only 6 pounds a day for under 3's or 3 pounds a day for 3 &4 year olds. They also cater for children with SEN.
  8. The small Sicilain butcher's shop on Evelina rd, Nunhead does great sausages, go on Saturday to try his slightly spicy Sicilain Sausages (sold by the length) as well as his pork Cumberlands.
  9. Not exactly New Cross, but close by. St Mary's pre-school in St Mary's Rd, Nunhead S15 is very good. It takes toddlers from 2.5 years old and they don't have to be potty trained. 9.15-12.15 Monday-Friday and 6 pounds a day for under 3's, 3 pounds a day for over 3s.
  10. We managed with a single buggy for a toddler, and carried the baby in a Baby Bjorn sling. As the baby out grew the sling, we sometimes used a backpack carrier or the baby went in the buggy and the toddler walked (you could put a buggy board on for this stage).
  11. For others looking at this thread, we had a couple of great parties at Surrey Dock's Farm (there is a function room there). You can hire donkeys for rides too.
  12. nunhead-man, why don't you post on nunheadforum.co.uk ?
  13. Peckham Pulse Creche? I know its not in SE22, but if you're commuting by train/bus its not far from Transport. This creche move from ED swimming baths, so may move bak gain once they reopen.
  14. James, I don't work for the council in any capacity, so I'm just guessing that it would cost say 5 million a year to rent the Tooley Street Offices. If my guess is about right thus in 5 years of rent 50% of the capital cost would be paid for (say if was 3mill, this would be 30% or 7mill 70%). Whatever way you look at it makes more sense for the council to buy than rent, also wouldn't there have been quite significant sums made from all the smaller Office buildings that were sold? This would have ofset the capital cost of purchasing new council premises.
  15. We didn't apply to Harris Boys as it's a large school on a site that used to house 300? pupils. There will be no outside space. Photos of the School incorporate Peckham Rye Park! Yes I agree with you its tough with Secondary Schools. HAberdasher's Aske, Bacon's College and Charter all have small catchment areas. If all the local secondary schools had similar admissions criteria, at east it would make the system more just.-3 weeks to go! Kingsdale seems to have become extremely popular this year.
  16. Why didn't the council buy a building in a cheaper part of the borough rather than rent in one of the most expensive parts? At least then the new building would then be owed by the council, rather than the council now being forevermore being in the hands of landlords?? Rents have dropped, but as the rent on the new offices were set at the peak of the property boom, fixed for 5 years, you are now paying over the odds in rent. I saw an article in the Southwark News a few months ago where the Tory councillors were complaining about the journey they have to face to use the new offices. The new offices are right in the north of the Borough, so it is indeed a long way for them to go for support services etc. What has happened to the council staff that were employed in all the council offices? Have they all been redeployed within the council or have they been made redundant in these hard times?
  17. How can selling owned buildings and then renting buildings be cost effective in the long term? It just simply can't be, it makes the council coffers look healthier in the short term, but in the long term, all Southwark's tax payers will end up paying more. Yet, this was what has happened with council offices.
  18. I bought a Maclaren buggy on Ebay, what I did to avoid postage is to search for items under 10 miles away, so I could pick it up. Then you save on postage and, what you are buying, and are shown how it folds etc. Good luck!
  19. The Nappy Lady Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Totally agree, this is insane and needs to be > opposed at every level. > > Molly Thanks Molly
  20. I was horrified to discover that Southwark council want to build houses on the playground of Brayards estate in Nunhead. As well as loosing an area for the kids to play on, trees will also go. There are a few large and magnificent trees there, which means that residents in the two towerblocks currently look out on greenery. The whole idea of leaving some communal space near towerblocks was to give residents some space. This is falling under the Hidden Homes scheme-which is meant to develop unused sites-however residents on the Brayards estate what to have a new play area as the current one needs updating and also an gardening/planting area for residents to use. How can this land be classified in the same way as eg an empty basement? I think this is appalling. After much protest by local residents similar plans were thrown out by Planning a few years ago. The current proposals haven't even gone to the Planning dept, but the council have an exhibition at St Mary's Church Hall basement on St Mary's Rd Nunhead SE15, from 1-4pm tomorrow the 6th Sept (go along if you can!). The whole idea of doing this is such a built up area is disgraceful, generation of familes will suffer if this goes ahead. I spoke to one of my local Councillors, Fiona Colley about this, she and the other Labour Councillors representing Nunhead are vehemently opposed to the plans. There is more on Nunheadforum.co.uk and there is a page on Facebook and fiona-colley.net
  21. We had this problem about 3 years ago-I think it depends of the type of mouse you have. Friends of ours found peanut butter and chocolate spread on normal mouse traps worked-but not for us! Gel boxes didn't work, sonic repellents did nothing.The only think that worked was putting anticoagulant coated grain (comes in little bags) down the holes in our floorboards by the radiators and behind the boards at the bottom of our kitchen units. We had a toddler around at the time too. Since then we have heard a mouse once and done this again and had no more problems. If you have alot of rodent residents you may need more than one treatment. Krystal Pharmacy on Evelina Rd in Nunhead sells the stuff.
  22. Friends of mine with children at Kingsdale are extremely happy with it, one had moved her son to Kingsdale due to bullying at his previous school. From what I have gathered the intake to the school has been changing over the last few years as the school has grown in popularity. There has been a snow ball effect in terms of results/behaviour/oversubscription etc. There is now a huge buzz on the street amongst parents in ED, Nunhead and Honor Oak (well certainly amongst year 6 parents!)
  23. I think most of Fairlawn's year 6's have applied to Kingsdale this year. With Aske's it depends on musically ability if you are trying for a scholarship, or if not distance, which is linked to their banding scheme. Some bands were more than 1km last year, whilst one band was 0m due to siblings! Peopel I know with kids at either of these two schools are happy with them.
  24. Today is the deadline for applying for primary schools if your child was born between 1st sept 2005 and 31st August 2006
  25. The problem is that this area is badly served by buses. Kingsdale school are also running buses to ferry children to school as its poorly served by public transport. If a bus route ran from Nunhead through ED and down through Dulwich, starting a JAGs etc and going down through Dulwich prep, Kingsdale, Langbourne to Crystal Palace, maybe this would reduce both the coach and car traffic through this area.
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