MSE Parents Club Part 14

SusanC_2

gill_81uk wrote: »

I need some advice please...we're tentatively looking at new houses. A big priority now needs to be schools but how can I tell a good school?? Rightmove lists them and I've had a look at the very basic offstead report but they all seem to have scored mainly 1s with a few 2s...even the rough school near where we are now! What should I be looking for?

I haven't fully caught up yet so apologies if this has already been dealt with. IME as a supply teacher Ofsted reports aren't worth the paper they're written on. Some may be accurate but enough aren't that I would never rely on them. The best ways I can think of are asking parents of children already and having a look round during school hours.

SugarSpun

And Jillie, could we book with you by phone?
Need to convince the husband but sounds great for babbas.

jillie1974

SugarSpun wrote: »

And Jillie, could we book with you by phone?
Need to convince the husband but sounds great for babbas.

of course SS

my DH was a bit unsure bout cruising till we went last year and was very impressed with it all.

we are now looking to do a greek island cruise in the next few years.

gill_81uk

*hugs* for everyone who had a bad night. Ours wasn't great either, he refused to go back down after his feed at 5am. DH ended up getting up at 6.30 with him

bigger *hugs* for Sugar and Molly. Hope the MMR goes ok.

We've finally won a koala bear!!! Linky incase aanyone else wants a go

https://www.cushelle.com/default.aspx#/competition

gill_81uk

Thanks Susan - you've pretty much backed up what the others said, but it's good to have another opinion

Both areas that we're looking at have the choice of 2 schools so I think I need to not worry too much about it now and then go and see the 2 nearer to the time

SugarSpun

Oh Jillie, did your Oktoberfest guy come back to you? If you want I can give you details of a friend of mine who deals with table reservations. She's normally really good at getting what you want.

SugarSpun

No MMR for us, sicky feverish baby instead

jillie1974

SugarSpun wrote: »

Oh Jillie, did your Oktoberfest guy come back to you? If you want I can give you details of a friend of mine who deals with table reservations. She's normally really good at getting what you want.

he's now changed dates for november.

Krystaltips

Am I the only one who has no real inclination to go on a cruise? I've just never fancied it... I don't even fancy getting a ferry to anywhere either lol...

I think Caitlyn doesn't like sleeping bags... For the nights she slept in one this week she woke up crying a couple of times in the night and was up really early in the morning... The last two nights she's been under a cot quilt she's slept straight through and didn't wake up until 7... (and it might have been later this morning if Aimee hadn't made quite so much noise getting up...) Might give them a wash and put them up for the next baby...

And hubby and I sat and watched 3 episodes of Hustle last night and I ironed the whole time... Added to 2 hours ironing that I did Saturday afternoon... and I still have 2 Ikea blue bags worth to get through! I'm going to stop dressing the children I think...

Hope Molly feels better soon Sugar!

And I hope things are feelng brighter for you today Becky!

BrunoM

Aww, SS poor sick Molly, any obvious clues?

I hope MFD's Benjamin is better this morning after night-time vomit... I know she had to hurry out of the house

Thanks for the further info Chopsticks makes it all sound quite reasonable. Jillie, that's interesting and makes sense - I did some quick online digging and found a relatively easy 8% discount on bookings through Virgin Hols for example, so I guess my expectation would be that a face to face agency contact would match that (unless there was much extra gained through non-online booking? Never done it so wouldn't know). I hope that doesn't come across as rude - I don't mean it to be, but it's the default position I'd approach booking a holiday with personally (may be very naive!).