Our primary school is 50 Min away!

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Postby redwoman » Thu May 16, 2013 10:55 am

"Stewarts road school no thankyou"

Let me just say my child goes to a school close to stewarts road school where a lot of children of all races and nathionalities attend and my child is well mannered, respectful, polite and doing very well with above recommended grades for his age.
Its not the area or even so much always the school, its how you also raise your child, i see on a day to day basis mums with children who talk like their above others, looking down on people who so much as come across as ( a bit common) mums in their big cars polluting the environment, out of control kids flying up and down the road on their scooters and pedestrians having to move out the way, ( not all i will add as there are some lovely mannered children around) but i have many a child in my childs school who has no discipline, no stability and no structure in life, the parents swear and shout at their child, but hey it does not mean all kids in these schools are raised the same, dont knock a school unless you have tried it, some of us raise our kids with morals and respect and manners, we dont need a big bank balance or to be a home ownerm we can also live on a council estate, there are so many well off parents who look down on certain parents yet i see on a day to day basis kids who control the parents, parents who bribe the kids for a bit of peace and quiet. I was in a shop last week on northcote road and witnessed a mother buy her toddler a £75 scooter just to get the child to throw their dummy away, some ppl dont even have that amount for a weeks groceries, absouletely shocking and they have the cheek to put down the lower class. Wonder what that child will expect when its time to get rid of the potty........ Bit like pot calling the kettle i,d say.
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Postby excitera » Thu May 16, 2013 11:12 am

not saying that Stewarts road school is bad, the only problem is location - there are no direct public transport links to get there from between commons, unless I walk there for 1 hour or drive a big car.
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Postby papinian » Thu May 16, 2013 11:54 am

redwoman: Thanks for your comment above. It is good to to have views aired here that are not those of the affluent middle class.

I do feel that lower income groups are increasingly marginalised even in the state education system.

As a result of another thread on this board, another poster sent me an email with a link to this webpage where a new free school in Wandsworth is looking for someone to design a logo for it.
http://jobs.designcrowd.com/job.aspx?id ... Key=REFKEY

The ad says that the target market for the logo is "Parents of lower middle to middle class students". I don't know what's more disturbing about this - that people setting up a free school are not only thinking in terms of class or that they think it is fine to publicly advertise it. I wonder if it has even occurred to them about the takeaway a working class family thinking of sending their child to the school has from a statement that the target market for the school is middle class parents.
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Postby AbbevilleMummy » Thu May 16, 2013 12:12 pm

Absolutely hilarious link Papinian!

Poor Mosiac School has really not done a great job with its PR! One mistake after another!
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Postby MrsAmanda » Thu May 16, 2013 1:09 pm

"Our mission is to provide an opportunity for outstanding education within a Jewish environment for all primary school aged children in South West London" (but only if their parents are lower-middle class).

Genius.
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Postby redwoman » Thu May 16, 2013 1:14 pm

Stating you would rather sell your house and downgrade just to go private does not state the distance but the school in itself. My child goes to a school about 4 mins walking from stewarts road and i then get a bus to the area of northcote road and it takes approx 10 to 15 mins on the bus, this is 5 days a week. its a 25minute walk from stewarts road to northcote road, so depending on where people live its possible. I choose not to drive during the week as i am lucky enough to work in sw london so do not have to travel miles. Papinian i will look at the link , i am sick to the back teeth of people looking down on people who live on council estates or send the children to schools that they feel are not good enough for their own children. Every parent has the right to send their child to a school of their choice whether state or private, whether teaching from home, private tutor, but a child can and has done just as well in a state school as a child in a private school, its down to the child, if a child wants to learn they will learn. I myself am a single parent of 4, but i was in a relathionship for 18years and my partner passed away, i have continued to raise my children myself and hold down a job, i have 2 who are now working, 1 entering college in sept and youngest at primary school, they are well behaved, well mannered and polite and respectful. We live on a council estate and i have raised my kids not dragged them up, as some would say of (our kind) . The middle class as they call themselves who look down on (our kind) need to take a long hard look in the mirror ( not all i must state) you are no better than me/us, throwing money at your children and letting them control you (the adult) driving them to school which is just 5 mins away, whilst looking down on us ( do not judge a person by where they live or how they speak, and do not judge a school by the area or the distance, maybe the school that takes longer to get to is the better school. Isnt your child worth the extra commute......Or is it that you just want to get back to the coffe shop to meet for gossip and then go walking around looking down on people? This is not aimed at all as i have met some lovely people but the minority give the majority a bad name.......
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Postby Medway » Thu May 16, 2013 1:34 pm

Or actual middle class...! I have rarely seen such an unprofessional brief quite apart fromthe target market 'gaffe'
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Postby redwoman » Thu May 16, 2013 8:18 pm

They do say the truth hurts........
Never look down on someone on ur way up in life , cause u might just meet them again on your way back down.
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Postby Jodie1984 » Thu May 16, 2013 9:04 pm

Well said redwoman. I don't live btc but it's unbelievable what I'm reading some people need to get a grip! All this for a couple of schools? Glad I don't live there with all the biterness and snobby attitudes sounds like hell to me!
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Postby MGMidget » Thu May 16, 2013 10:43 pm

Looking at where Stewarts Road is , it's a ridiculous walk to expect a four year old to do from Northcote Road, and there might also be another toddler in tow or a baby in a pushchair. You wouldn't get young children to walk that distance in 25 minutes. I would say the 50 minutes estimate was pretty realistic. Personally I wouldn't be happy with that. Nothing to do with the school itself. I've no idea what the school is like but just wouldn't want to make that journey with young children twice a day. And a 15 minute bus journey from where to where and how often do they run? In the morning rush hour buses can be erratic if there's a long walk to the bus stop as well it may be better to walk. I'm just very glad I'm not in that situation!
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Postby redwoman » Fri May 17, 2013 11:05 am

No body would expect a toddler to walk from northcote to stewarts road, but like i said its not impossible to travel out of the catchment area, i take a bus 5 times a week from the school to northcote road for work and have never been late, it takes 10 to 15 mins on a bus, yes there can be delays (like with the helicopter crash a while back) but thats life, my son has never been late for school, and yes i have 4 kids so i have known what its like to travel on a bus with 2 toddlers, heavily pregnant and a buggy and shopping, You will also find that the majority of delays you would come across on a school run would be from parents who choose to drive their kids to school when its a mere walk down the road.
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Postby supergirl » Fri May 17, 2013 2:05 pm

My children nursery school is 2.1 miles from.

It should take 5 min in the car but given the traffic is takes more AND i start the day stressed out as the traffic is really horrenfous (esp. With these lorry drivers that dont know how to drive and cant see you...)

We take the bus: they scoot to the bus stop and scoot to school from bus stop. They love it! We pass a police station and a fire station. We play "i spy", they read their book "like big people". It takes 1/2hr incuding waiting for the bus. Buses have bus lanes.

They have exercise before and after school thanks to that. When it rains they have all the gears with waterproofs etc.

Their "big" dchool will be a mile. My eldest will cycle and i ll have my youngest on my bike. Sometimes they ll walk or scoot.

Children CAN walk, scoot, cycle up to a mile, children CAN commute by bus. It IS good for everybody parents/carers and children alike.
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Postby supergirl » Fri May 17, 2013 2:13 pm

But yo be completely honest, the person whi usually moans in the evening about the commute is me :oops: not them.

I am always puzzled when i read/hear my children cant walk, it is duch a big walk fir children etc. It is the same mums are our schools who do not walk but would go to the gym every single mornings (unless they just pretend and get dressed like that!)

Children CAN walk, it us what they are used
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Postby excitera » Fri May 17, 2013 2:19 pm

Honeywell Rd
London SW11 6ED, UK, walk to Clapham Junction
Av journey time: 20 mins

Clapham Junction Bus 87 from Stop: D towards Aldwych
Buses every: 6 mins
journey time: 17 mins

Union Road / Wandsworth Road Stop: M
Walk to Stewart's Rd, Stewart's Rd, London SW8, UK, Nine Elms (London)
Av journey time: 9 mins

Journey time: 00:46 - and this is without a toddler...
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Postby supergirl » Fri May 17, 2013 2:25 pm

Whats your point?

Totally do able with a toddler. I suspect it is the zdult who doesnt want to do it. Plus you can make fun for a toddler. Up to you. But my children have a fun creative mum (or so i try very hard at least :lol: ) who tries to make boring/necessary stuffs fun.
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