The annual primary school league tables have been published by the Department for Education. The figures below show percentage of KS2 pupils achieving level 4 or above in both English and mathematics. The figures show a steady improvement in Wanstead schools since 2009, and higher performance than the all-England average. More analysis at BBC News.
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There’s still time to nominate items for the Wanstead Gift List 2012, our annual compilation of great Christmas presents which can be bought from Wanstead shops.
One reader, believed to be the wife of a prominent commentator on Wanstead property matters, nominated the following item: “Small leather clutch bag/purse with contrast leather bow. £20 from The Orange Tree – I particularly like the charcoal with mat gold bow (big hint here to husband…)”. Others have suggested items from Oxfam and the Larder.
Because of a complete technical ballsup problems we had last week, we have extended the nomination period until the end of Friday this week. Please submit your suggestions using the form below.
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No shortage of Wanstead shops selling Christmas trees, so plenty of opportunity to do the decent thing. Particularly interesting is the glimpse afforded of the new premises for the pet shop, Heads and Tails. It is due to move next door after Christmas and will then be able to stock general household, DIY and gardening goods as well as pets’ stuff. This is clearly A Good Thing. Andrews is dead, long live Andrews.
An online map – Bomb Sight – has been produced which shows the location of every bomb which fell on London during WWII. Backed by the National Archives it has extremely detailed information about the bomb sites down to which street they fell on.
In 2010-11, 70 years after the bombs were falling, we ran the Wansteadium Blitz Project in which we published a note of each bomb which fell on Wanstead on the same date and time as the actual incident. It felt to us a vivid way to notice the extended period of weeks and months that our forebears endured with nightly uncertainty.
The new map makes a different point, demonstrating the sheer number of incidents London saw. It’s definitely worth a look – this link should take you directly to the map of Wanstead.
It’s time again for the increasingly annual tradition of the Wanstead Gift List. The rules are the same as last year:
• Wansteadium readers are invited to nominate anything suitable for a Christmas gift which can be bought in Wanstead
• The best and most original gifts will make up a top 10 which we will publish here
• The reward for nominators will be a warm glow of community spirit and, one might hope, a thriving High Street.
Please send nominations as soon as possible, and by close of play on Monday 10 December, using the form below or by e-mail to wansteadium@gmail.com. Include whatever details of the item you can.
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