Hackney chitter-chatter &tc

[marty21]

ION, The Clapton Hart is re-opening at the weekend - I have walked past a few times - the bar area is much bigger and they have given the place a lick of paint .

 

[marty21]

Popped into the Hart for the opening night , free drink tokens if anyone is about. Managed to get some free cocktails as well. Big transformation, particularly the garden (has Billet style booths now)

 

[rutabowa]

I have returned to being 100% Pembury local again, since my last relocation... it's still great, 5 points did a good job!

 

[spitfire]

Mossbourne Hackney Downs is on fire.

 

[spitfire]

https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2024/12/hackney-schools-bullying-council-urged-to-investigate-draconian-treatment-of-pupils/

 

[rutabowa]

Mossbourne Hackney Downs is on fire.

What?? Where?!!

 

[spitfire]

What?? Where?!!

School fire - Hackney

Ten fire engines are attending the scene

www.london-fire.gov.uk

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters tackled a fire at a school on Downs Park Road in Hackney.

A small part of the second floor was alight. There are currently no reports of any injuries.

One of the Brigade's 32-metre turntable ladders was used at the scene as a water tower to help fight the fire from above.

Control Officers took the first of nine calls regarding the fire at 0908 and mobilised crews from Homerton, Stoke Newington, Tottenham and surrounding fire stations to the scene. The fire was under control by 1134.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

This story broke at 4pm today. Top London academies face mass claims of emotional harm as Whitehall acts on crisis

An odd coincidence about the fire, no?

 

[rutabowa]

Re: one part of that article: I've experienced 3 of the schools mentioned in this thread (haggerston, petchey, mossbourne hackney downs) and other london secondaries. If i had a kid with SEN i would 1000% want them to go to mossbourne; their SEN department is amazing, and if a student needs a TA then they will get a TA, 100% of the time (in contrast to any other school I've seen). If any kid sniggers at an answer another kid gives, they are instantly sent out for bullying and the parents brought in; in contrast to other schools, where "zero tolerance to bullying" actually means the teacher saying "settle down lads" when it happens, and no further action. Students with SEN feel safe because they know that the rules are actually enforced.

 

[rutabowa]

In fact given what i know now I'd probably have put mossbourne as first preference... not that it makes much difference in hackney, you just given a school. But all the schools mentioned are decent; new building, about as zero-tolerance towards bullying as is possible, safe.

 

[GarveyLives]

It has been reported that the Metropolitan Police in Hackney have “further traumatised an already vulnerable" child who its armed officers mistakenly held at gunpoint in July 2023, and that the resulting "rapid safeguarding review” by the City and Hackney Child Safeguarding Partnership announced in October 2023 never actually began:

Police accused of ‘re-traumatising’ Black child after he was seized by armed police for having a water pistol

The actions of Metropolitan Police gunmen who surrounded, handcuffed and arrested a 13-year-old boy after knocking him off his bicycle after an officer mistook his blue water pistol for a real gun on 19 July 2023 were "reasonable in the circumstances", the Independent Office For Police Conduct has concluded:

Independent Office for Police Conduct clears armed police who arrested 13-year-old playing with water pistol

 

[rutabowa]

Just to provide a bit more balance re: that journalist's article about mossbourne, from parents/carers of students:

Mossbourne schools can change young lives for the better | Academies | The Guardian

While the rules can be strict and firm, the vast majority of children are well-adjusted, happy and well-cared for

amp.theguardian.com