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Thread: Afternoon spaces - Dalmain Nursery
Post: Afternoon spaces - Dalmain Nursery
| Hello everyone. Hope you don't mind me posting this. Dalmain School, where I'm one of the governors, would like you to know that due to some children moving out of the area they have two afternoon spa... |
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24-07-2015, 02:38 PM |
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Thread: Rocking Horse Club at Malham Centre
Post: Rocking Horse Club at Malham Centre
| Hello
Just to pass on a message that the Rocking Horse club for toddlers at Malham Christian Centre will not be running this monday (the 23rd). It will be back as of the next week and the Friday gr... |
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21-02-2015, 08:20 PM |
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Thread: Magician - any recommendations?
Post: Magician - any recommendations?
| Hi,
We're looking for a wandering magician to do tricks amongst the people at our school fair on the 5th. Magician booking is very far from my usual skillset so I thought I'd pick your considerabl... |
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19-11-2014, 02:06 PM |
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Thread: Fake Plastic Trees....
Post: Fake Plastic Trees....
| Hi all,
Just a quick plea to anyone who might have old fake Christmas trees they are planning to throw out...We'd love to have them for Dalmain's Magical Christmas Fair.
Any condition, (even if ... |
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14-11-2014, 12:03 PM |
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Thread: Petition for clearer crossings on the South Circular
Post: Petition for clearer crossings on the South Circul...
| Hi
I just thought we'd share this petition with you for a clearer crossing over the South Circular near Brockley Rise. There have been a couple of accidents, including one involving a schoolchild w... |
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04-11-2014, 04:53 PM |
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Thread: Child care for primary school children
Post: RE: Child care for primary school children
| Dave's right - though you can get a list of childminders who pick up from Dalmain from the school office. There are also two afterschool clubs (Rainbow and Acorn) that serve the school - which gives s... |
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02-09-2014, 12:15 PM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
| The Honor Oak Pub @TheHonorOak_Pub · 5h
We are reopening in Aug under new ownership, with British food, local craft beers and real ales. #MyLocalPub
There is a website too - http://www.thehono... |
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16-06-2014, 05:57 PM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
| Just on Twitter https://twitter.com/search?q=honor%20oak%20pub&src=typd |
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16-06-2014, 04:25 PM |
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Thread: Childminders - Dalmain pick up
Post: Childminders - Dalmain pick up
| Hi all
I've been asked by my daughters' school whether I could help to compile a list for new parents of childminders who currently pick up from Dalmain in SE23, or would consider doing so. The idea ... |
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04-04-2014, 04:47 PM |
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Thread: Please help our children to read - volunteering opportunity at Dalmain
Post: Please help our children to read - volunteering op...
| Hi all
Given the wonderful spirit of local community on this forum, the headteacher at Dalmain School (Brockley Rise) has asked me to put up a post asking if anyone would be willing to give an hour... |
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09-01-2014, 02:54 PM |
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Thread: Kilmorie or Dalmain school
Post: RE: Kilmorie or Dalmain school
| Thanks
there you go then - a festive weekend all round! |
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29-11-2013, 03:01 PM |
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Thread: Kilmorie or Dalmain school
Post: RE: Kilmorie or Dalmain school
| Both great schools - nice dilemma to have...
~My two are thriving at Dalmain, which is our closest school. I love the fact that they get so much creative input, and the teachers they have had have be... |
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29-11-2013, 12:12 PM |
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Thread: Christmas Trees in/near HOP
Post: RE: Christmas Trees in/near HOP
| King's Church in Catford is delivering them (or you can pick up) for their excellent Jericho Road homelessness project - a tree and a warm glow from helping others...(no affiliation of mine, they just... |
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26-11-2013, 07:46 PM |
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Thread: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
Post: RE: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
| We were at the Ivy House last night for a party - super place, great food. Not on the main drag in Nunhead by any means but definitely thriving. I'd argue that there is room for that round here! |
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06-10-2013, 08:46 AM |
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Thread: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
Post: RE: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
| Thanks for sharing this, I've added my name to the list. The Honor Oak used to be good - and despite being off the main Honor Oak drag it sits right opposite the Jenner and is passed every day by vast... |
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04-10-2013, 10:56 AM |
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Thread: Ex Honor Oak Pub
Post: RE: Tesco Metro coming to site of HO Pub?
| Well at the moment the pub seems to be inhabited by some quite savvy squatters - who have installed a doorbell, and have kindly put their email address on the front door. |
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26-09-2013, 11:25 AM |
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Thread: Dalmain new intake get together
Post: Dalmain new intake get together
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If anyone has children starting in Reception at Dalmain this year and would like to meet some other parents, some PTA members have organised a get together at the Horniman Triangle play park tom... |
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19-07-2013, 01:08 PM |
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Thread: Primary school places September 2013
Post: RE: Primary school places September 2013
| There is a lot of movement on the waiting lists for all local schools. Dalmain is sibling-tastic this year which may account for a bit of a shrinkage in catchment. |
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18-04-2013, 11:50 AM |
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Thread: Is Dalmain School pretty mediocre?
Post: RE: Is Dalmain School pretty mediocre?
| Since this thread has been resurrected it should probably be updated. Last year's figures, published in December show that 95pc of children who left Dalmain gained the expected level in English and Ma... |
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26-02-2013, 12:10 PM |
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Thread: Primary school league tables
Post: Primary school league tables
| For anyone who is applying for their children to start school this year, the latest league tables of results are out at www.education.gov.uk.
Really good results from the vast vast majority of our ... |
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13-12-2012, 02:38 PM |
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Thread: average childcare cost in area
Post: RE: average childcare cost in area
| I pay £45 a day for my daughter (childminder) and then £15 a day for her sister's school pick up. Roz is right about childcare vouchers -they are a lifesaver - and childminders accept them too! |
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15-05-2012, 07:30 PM |
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Thread: Is the Barbican family friendly?
Post: RE: Is the Barbican family friendly?
| If you do go, and take the kids, remember that the Museum of London is right in the Barbican too. It's very family-friendly (has recently been redone) and has a big cafe with children's options. And t... |
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06-05-2012, 07:51 PM |
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Thread: Primary School allocations
Post: RE: Primary School allocations
| also worth remembering that some of those people will be on the waiting list for several schools, so the people ahead of you on both Stillness and Dalmain waiting lists may be the same people (if you ... |
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04-05-2012, 10:44 AM |
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Thread: Kilmorie school
Post: RE: Kilmorie school
| I'm not sure I would judge a school on the strength of one year's SATs results (whatever you think of Sats anyway). But then I'm a Dalmain parent, so maybe that's why I'd say that. I'm also not wild a... |
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06-03-2012, 11:19 AM |
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Thread: Loft Conversions
Post: RE: Loft Conversions
| I've sent you a private message |
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27-02-2012, 11:35 AM |
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Thread: Is Dalmain School pretty mediocre?
Post: RE: Is Dalmain School pretty mediocre?
| Well, no-one is likely to tell you they are sending their child to a mediocre school - and I'm not going to be the first.
My elder daughter is in Dalmain's Reception, and appears to be well on the ... |
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29-01-2012, 10:22 PM |
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Thread: Are there any home schoolers out there in SE23?
Post: RE: Are there any home schoolers out there in SE23...
| they are REALLY lovely (and crucially for me) drop in, so I don't end up paying for weeks when we don't go, |
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16-01-2012, 09:17 AM |
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Thread: Are there any home schoolers out there in SE23?
Post: RE: Are there any home schoolers out there in SE23...
| I don't know any - but these people (my daughter goes to their Saturday drama class at St Hilda's) have a specific homeschooling class for four year olds, so you might meet some there?
http://www.s... |
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13-01-2012, 11:27 AM |
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Thread: preschool
Post: RE: preschool
| Busy as Bees, which is at St Saviour's, has a good rep amongst the Dalmain mums |
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13-01-2012, 11:04 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill GPs: The Vale vs Jenner Clinic - any recommendations?
Post: RE: Forest Hill GPs: The Vale vs Jenner Clinic - ...
| Hi
We moved literally two streets out of the catchment of the Vale to the Jenner. I've had a baby with each practice - one at King's and one at home through the Lewisham midwives.
They are both... |
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09-01-2012, 11:10 AM |
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Thread: Move to Forest Hill or Honor Oak Park?
Post: RE: Move to Forest Hill or Honor Oak Park?
| I'm not sure which one I actually live in (you'd think being near the Honor Oak pub would give you a clue, but it takes around the same time to walk to either) - but we find it a great place to live.
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14-11-2011, 03:57 PM |
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Thread: We want to buy a house in Honor Oak
Post: RE: We want to buy a house in Honor Oak
| Jane2, I couldn't agree more. I know children at most of the local primaries. All happy, all thriving. All parents are firmly convinced that "our school" is the best in the area! Which is fantastic re... |
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13-11-2011, 09:31 PM |
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Thread: We want to buy a house in Honor Oak
Post: RE: We want to buy a house in Honor Oak
| Schools change very fast, Medley, and whatever Ofsted you read etc etc will go out of date very quickly.
When I moved to SE23 a certain local school was 'the one' to go to, and every estate agent ha... |
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10-11-2011, 03:02 PM |
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Thread: Secondary schools
Post: RE: Secondary schools
| I'd agree about Sydenham Girls. And I think the sixth form is co-ed |
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05-08-2011, 03:19 PM |
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Thread: Duncombe Hill?
Post: RE: duncombe hill?
| I live on St German's nearby, and we've never had any trouble. The Honor Oak is a nice pub, Le Querce, as mentioned, is amazing, and Dalmain and William of York, the nearest schools, are very well reg... |
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12-07-2011, 09:27 PM |
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Thread: Stillness head and deputy retiring
Post: RE: Stillness head and deputy retiring
| That's so nice to hear about the afterschool club - my dd has her place confirmed there for Jan (from Dalmain, not Stillness). So glad your son enjoys it Honor Oak Mum. |
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17-06-2011, 04:06 PM |
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Thread: Stillness head and deputy retiring
Post: RE: Stillness head and deputy retiring
| I've no idea how teaching recruitment works - but I've just seen the TES at work, and the head's job is advertised with a closing date of the week after next - do they usually do that if someone alrea... |
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07-06-2011, 11:05 AM |
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Thread: Talk to me about primary schools (again!)
Post: RE: Talk to me about primary schools (again!)
| As a mum who has just gone through the stress of primary admissions, it's really nice to see someone who knows taking the time to make such positive comments. Thanks so much - it's cheering - and I th... |
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04-05-2011, 08:32 PM |
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Thread: Dalmain & Stillness
Post: RE: Dalmain & Stillness
| The secondary school opportunities depend on where you live and various other admission criteria, but should have nothing to do with which primary you attend.
Otherwise, they are both excellent sch... |
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14-04-2011, 12:56 PM |
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Thread: Child-friendly Destinations on the ELL
Post: RE: Child-friendly Destinations on the ELL
| we went to the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood on Monday. You can walk it from Shoreditch, which has step free access, though Whitechapel is nearer (steps). It was superb. My nearly three year old h... |
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02-06-2010, 08:42 PM |
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Thread: blythe hill
Post: blythe hill
| I'm sure you've all seen by now, but the redone playground at Blythe Hill is open again. It's looking so much better, and my daughter had a great time on the zipwire and new climbing equipment |
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09-05-2010, 07:15 PM |
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Thread: St German's Road
Post: RE: St German's Road
| Hi haven't posted for years(just read the forum for local updates), but didn't want your post to go unanswered. We live on St German's Road and we like it very much. The pub on the corner is lovely (v... |
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18-01-2010, 01:01 PM |
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