Chivalry Road Playground / Bolingbroke Academy Post Reply

[MC5]

As a parent of a 13 year old child at Bolingbroke I can assure you that the school takes the behaviour of its students both inside and outside of school very seriously. The vast majority of kids at Bolingbroke are polite and well mannered but there will always be a few who will misbehave at any school. I am sure the school will deal with this swiftly and appropriately.

[MC5]

As a parent of a 13 year old child at Bolingbroke I can assure you that the school takes the behaviour of its students both inside and outside of school very seriously. The vast majority of kids at Bolingbroke are polite and well mannered but there will always be a few who will misbehave at any school. I am sure the school will deal with this swiftly and appropriately.

[Phew]

I live on a local Estate and some of those kids come from here. Do not make excuse for them too quickly just because you had a smoke of dope when you were young, because they behave very badly with their close neighbourhood too. They squat staircases or sit right in front of people's kitchen windows smoking dope and chatting for hours, so you can smell marijuana while you're cooking and you have no more privacy. They move from block to block while people get annoyed with them. As there is no CCTV they also use the parking to deal drugs. They once stole a 4 years old frisbee and threw it up to the roof. When the dad went to speak to them they laughed at him. They are only about 6 of them but they rally more at times from other estates. They are often cycling around Northcote Road. Sadly I have spotted them in the CHilvary playground too. Do not excuse them too quickly, because yes, we've all been teenagers, but you just don't know. They don't care about you and won't make excuses for you! Wake up! It is good to call the police, because they don't care whatever you tell them, so save yourself stress. They need social care and the school isn't to blame, though it's good they are kept informed.

[ARKSchools]

Just to let you know, we saw this post and Bolingbroke Academy are aware of the incident. They have contacted the OP to discuss what happened. Good pupil behaviour in and outside school is really important to us. If you are aware of any issues involving our pupils, do please let us know and we shall investigate.

You can find contact details for all of our schools on our website http://www.arkschools.org/schools

The ARK Schools team.

[livegreen]

@petal

Have you been to the Chivalry Road Playground ?
It is for children of all ages and there is no sign to indicate otherwise.
Further it states on the Wandsworth Common website that it is an open playground for all children.

[pigeonpairmum]

The OP was not terribly well worded,and was emotinal, but it was pretty accurate. The behaviour of some of the Academy pupils is not at all complimentary to the school.

Here are my thoughts:
1. bicycle riding in the playground is dangerous. Small children don't always react as you might expect an older to ( i.e. be able to get out of the way quickly). Hence it is prohibited.
2. using the equipment as a 13 yo is not the same as a 3 year old using it. I have seen it wantonly damaged and
3. leaving the gate open is unsafe too - dogs get in and children get out. A bad combination.
4. if there isn't an age sign (and I thought there was, up to age 8) then the sooner WC puts one up the better.
5. the language used to adults (incl me) who confront bad behaviour, physical or emotional or challenge us/ damage to the playground property, is disrespectful and needs to be stamp on, hard.

I have also noticed incidents down by Salcott Rd busstop. Filthy language, littering. All bad.

This is not about being "teenage". This is about instilling a sense of community and respect, and older children being a role model. Dare I also say some respect for elders (I am not yet 40!)

Please, Ark, take some firm action before someone gets hurt (not least to save your reputation BTC). Send these kids home after school - one of the things you boast about is keeping them in school until 5pm - discourage them from going to the small children's playground!

[jafina]

The council website calls it the "Chivalry Road Playground for juniors and toddlers" and then has age groups listed as 2 to 7 and 8 to 16. I assume the 8 to 16 is for the ball games area.

I haven't been for a while but it always used to have a sign to say it was for children up to age 8, I always told my (slightly) older children to be on their BEST behaviour or they would get kicked out .

Either way, it's stupid to ride bikes in a playground full of toddlers when there is a massive Common where you can ride your bike for miles.