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Latest post on 04 December 2016 - 21:21
Hi, I'm a friendly and experienced primary school teacher. I'll be tutoring this summer. I'm currently teaching KS2 but also have experience in KS1 and Leanring Enhancement. :) Hi, I am needing help with my 5 year old daughter and hoping you could help ? Can I contact you?
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Latest post on 14 February 2014 - 08:59
Mclarens are really good. can be used for new borns also and are side by side. Not too big and fold easily with one hand...
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Latest post on 01 August 2013 - 20:12
i've forgotten the name of the shop but its the homewares shop in the town centre, the springs. they have them!!! i got one from there and i saw they still have them
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Latest post on 15 July 2013 - 00:52
i had someone put a filter system in my kitchen sink and the tests he did to show me what is in the tap water as well as the bottle water was disgusting!!!! the amount of chemicals that goes into it to disguise the brown/green/dirty sea water is putrid.... And did the test results look something like this? http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/fraudsters-trapped-water-filter-scam-exposed-1.985003 yeah it did actually... i did read that before. i still dont mind having a filter system put in either way. its peace of mind for me i suppose.
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Latest post on 15 July 2013 - 00:40
i had someone put a filter system in my kitchen sink and the tests he did to show me what is in the tap water as well as the bottle water was disgusting!!!! the amount of chemicals that goes into it to disguise the brown/green/dirty sea water is putrid.... Do you actually know how a desalination plant works? There is no sea water left, nor is there any brown or green stuff. Please do not educate those on things that you have no idea about. Perhaps your taps / tank are dirty, but the water that runs through the mains has been and is regularly checked. I know about the water supply in this country, in detail. ok calm down!!! geez... why dont you explain in detail then.
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Latest post on 09 July 2013 - 10:45
i had someone put a filter system in my kitchen sink and the tests he did to show me what is in the tap water as well as the bottle water was disgusting!!!! the amount of chemicals that goes into it to disguise the brown/green/dirty sea water is putrid....
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Latest post on 24 June 2013 - 19:57
You have to apply for NZ citizenship before you can apply for passport. You can do the whole process at the same time but the citizenship takes 28 days regardless. Then the passport process to take place straight after. You need to get citizenship by descent form and your husbands passport. And also the passport application. I did this for my children who were born in Australia and this was the process. I don't know what the process is here with getting passports. You might have to send it back to NZ or Australia. There is a NZ passport office in sydney
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Latest post on 19 June 2013 - 21:48
what i've heard of pattaya is not very nice. Lots of old men with young girls!!! I know people who have gone there for a holiday and couldnt get out of there faster. And i have heard this from different people
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Latest post on 28 May 2013 - 21:56
i attested mine at the typing centre in al barsha i think most typing centres do it as well. and the DEWA bill has to be the most recent bill.
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Latest post on 26 May 2013 - 21:01
they are just like other people. my friend is bipolar and she normal to me. she is on meds to keep on top of it because sometimes she can get anxious and depressed. and when she drinks shes a little crazy LOL but i love her crazy :)
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Latest post on 21 May 2013 - 18:16
was only giving positive criticism... nothing negative and no names calling. My opinion to the OPs question.... children will eat when they're hungry. theres no need to force them or worry. my eldest child was so difficult and i used to stress at every meal trying to get her to eat.... then my second child i didnt have time to fuss so she ate when she was hungry. and when children are hungry they are more likely not to be so fussy. If your daughter eats an apple for breakfast then thats ok. just give her an extra snack for morning tea or extra for lunch. All of our children are different and we all have different things that we think are important dxbqueen. My children won't eat porridge (my preferred choice) in the morning unless I force them no matter how hungry they are. They would rather go to school hungry. Which isn't acceptable at all to me. Morning snack is far too late for their first food of the day. They need something to kick start them in the morning and if that means compromising a bit then I'll do it. No guilt either :) ok! im sorry if i think my childs health is important and for trying to give good advice. I certainly know that all children are different. I have 4 under 6 years old and find it a struggle everyday. Not just in what they eat. My kids dont eat porridge for breakfast and i'm glad because i dont have time to cook it every morning while trying to dress and feed 4 kids. But i'm not gonna give them sugar for breakfast. thats all. is that a crime for me to say that?
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Latest post on 21 May 2013 - 09:55
Why does this sort of thread always end up in a "gate" ?? The OP is simply asking for ideas - what we feed our children is our own decision which we always make for the best reasons that suit our circumstances at the time...do "you" (as in, no-one in particular !!) really think that other parents don't have their own children's best interests at heart ?? pfft was only giving positive criticism... nothing negative and no names calling. My opinion to the OPs question.... children will eat when they're hungry. theres no need to force them or worry. my eldest child was so difficult and i used to stress at every meal trying to get her to eat.... then my second child i didnt have time to fuss so she ate when she was hungry. and when children are hungry they are more likely not to be so fussy. If your daughter eats an apple for breakfast then thats ok. just give her an extra snack for morning tea or extra for lunch.
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Latest post on 20 May 2013 - 22:09
Either porridge with honey or chocolate sauce, or cheerios with milk (has to be Nestle), or cornflakes with milk (has to be Kellogg's). Always, 1/2 banana and a Yakult. Plus big glass of Ribena. She used to have porridge most days :) , but now she mostly eats cheerios :( . thats alot of sugar I thought that's fairly standard. The Ribena is quite weak, she won't drink plain water. It is all sugar but far be it for me to comment.....as for the Ribena well she will drink plain water if that was all she got, just saying, as that is one thing I hate, all juice or cordials. PPM-I share your dislike! Sugary watered down rubbish with no nutrition at all. If a child has only the option to drink water they will. People are too soft IMO. Kids only know what you teach them. They are not born with these habits. Yakult is very sweet. Yes, I share your dislike of sugar too. But wow, those judgy pants are a bit granny and maybe should be saved for really bad parenting crimes. I was purely responding to the OP as one parent of a picky eater to another, wasn't asking for comments btw. Of course I'd rather have her drink plain water than watered down Ribena....whether you like it or not....it's kind of my decision as a parent. It was just plain rude to say that MY child WILL drink water if there is no option. Actually no she won't, if she does not drink fluids/water as part of her routine at breakfast, she risks getting dehydrated and constipated with other complications. Do I want that battle every morning over drinking plain water when we are already pressured for time to get to school/work? No. So yes, I'd rather she drinks watered down Ribena than nothing, that's the compromise I decided to make as a parent - I'd rather her drink Ribena than risk constipation. edited by Sugarbeach on 20/05/2013 im just saying that your whole breakfast menu has sugar in it. just commenting as i saw it. my children are fussy too. all 4 of them. but sometimes they dont get a choice of what cereal they want. as much as they would love to have cheerios. i would find other options. refined sugar is very bad to have... simple! what your children eat is one of the most important things you can teach them to live healthy lives. nothing to do with being GRANNY...
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Latest post on 19 May 2013 - 08:04
Either porridge with honey or chocolate sauce, or cheerios with milk (has to be Nestle), or cornflakes with milk (has to be Kellogg's). Always, 1/2 banana and a Yakult. Plus big glass of Ribena. She used to have porridge most days :) , but now she mostly eats cheerios :( . yes banana sounds healthy but everything else is sugar coated or has sugar in it. i dont mind my childeren having sweets but i save it for special occasions. i try an avoid any sugar in our meals The banana and yakult sounds very healthy thats alot of sugar I thought that's fairly standard. The Ribena is quite weak, she won't drink plain water. The banana and yakult sounds very healthy.
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Latest post on 19 May 2013 - 08:02
My daughter and I are the only ones who get up early, 6am in our house. We have eggs and pratha, lubia (beans) and pratha, or sometimes porridge. She sometimes also takes a banana or apple to eat on the bus to school as well. Her class stops for breakfast at around 10:30, I think, when she eat fruit, cheese, dried fruit and raw nuts, that she brings from home. Then they later stop for another snack when she has a sandwich and more fruit. She gets home around 2:30 and I usually do too, we eat a proper cooked lunch together then. She is lucky to be able to eat nuts at school. My kids love to eat nuts and I often give them walnuts and almonds as they are so healthy, but their school is a nut free zone (I don't want to get into that one!). Unfortunately, I think most western style schools are nut free due to the increased allergies to them. Luckily our DD is in the Pakistani Islamia school where everything is fine in the lunch box. DD complains her classmates and even some of the teachers want to share her lunches daily!!!!! there is nothing unfornunate about having nut ban in a school. i have actually heard of a child dying from consuming peanut in a school from a teacher. so the awareness about nuts being dangerous is good!!!
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Latest post on 16 May 2013 - 20:57
Either porridge with honey or chocolate sauce, or cheerios with milk (has to be Nestle), or cornflakes with milk (has to be Kellogg's). Always, 1/2 banana and a Yakult. Plus big glass of Ribena. She used to have porridge most days :) , but now she mostly eats cheerios :( . thats alot of sugar
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Latest post on 16 May 2013 - 07:57
your husband has to do it unless you are making more money then him then you can. or if you own more shares in a company then him.
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Latest post on 10 May 2013 - 13:44
you or your husband still have to go at one point to sign the contract with the maid. its really not that hard and it saves you money. if you can do all your typing at a centre near you on one day then let her do her medical by herself. then you both go to the head office to do the final stamping.
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Latest post on 06 May 2013 - 19:47
do you have insurance? because i pay 100 every time. even for a specialist
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Latest post on 30 April 2013 - 20:50
Ive stayed in phuket, koh sami and bangkok alot of times with my family and never had any vaccinations
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Latest post on 30 April 2013 - 20:17
There is one school in the Meadows that has virtually no parking whatsoever. Every morning, they essentially take over a main road leading out of the Meadows by parking whereever they feel like it. Adds quite a bit of time to everyone else's commute! thats one of the schools i had an encounter with today regent international school... scary stuff!!! * and regent international school
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Latest post on 30 April 2013 - 20:17
There is one school in the Meadows that has virtually no parking whatsoever. Every morning, they essentially take over a main road leading out of the Meadows by parking whereever they feel like it. Adds quite a bit of time to everyone else's commute! thats one of the schools i had an encounter with today regent international school... scary stuff!!!
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Latest post on 30 April 2013 - 19:32
I blame a lot of the parents. If the parents of primary children would not park their cars in the drop off zones then the parents of older children who only need to swing in and drop off would not need to use up the precious parking spaces (Ford Expedition with a whole bunch of primary kids springs to mind at JESS, so selfish really). i agree but some schools dont have car parks at all or at least not enough to cater for the traffic.
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Latest post on 30 April 2013 - 19:23
raffles has a car park. it gets busy but its controlled and safe.
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Latest post on 30 April 2013 - 18:39
so many schools here in dubai have dangerous parking systems!!!! my children go to raffles international school and the there is plenty of parking just how schools here should be. but everyday i pass schools where there is no parking and the parents park on the road (sometimes double parking)!!! its crazy!!!! actually kings school has so much parking and still the parents drive dangerously to get a park right at the front gate. this is something that put me off sending my children to these schools. my childrens safety would come first.
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Latest post on 22 April 2013 - 20:32
I have been through something almost similar. Last year my father was killed in an accident. And my mother in law sent me an email saying the most hurtful things about my mum (long story... medalling MIL and talks about everyone, especially my family and i had had enough after my father died and asked her to stop it)... it was the worst feeling ever just having buried my dad and hearing these things... I ended up getting the worst anxiety from holding in my feelings about her and not being able to talk to my husband who is a mummys boy about how it was affecting me.... so much anxiety turned into depression!!! I also am alone here and my family is all the way in NZ. I saw a physcologist and it was the best ever!!! i got to say all i needed and got to understand why i was feeling these feelings and to learn not to let someone else control my feelings. my husband saw how depressed i was getting (he thought is was from my fathers death) and i told him everything and what it was doing to me and he understands me and is there for me 100%... I don't know what i would do if he wasn't there for me!!! just try to be positive and not think too much about your step daughter... but i totally know how you are feeling and its not nice.
 
 
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