I love hackney but hackney doesn't love me

Wednesday, 14 March 2007

Hello people of the blogging world.I am feeling fine today and school is... well school is just same old school.
There is still no news on where I am going to in september but I am determined not to let it get me down. I think all the comments you are sending to me are great and I'm really appreciating them but you must reallise once you have published
them everyone else can read them! We are doing sats practice at lauriston and I think I'm doing quite well in them and so is pretty much everyone else.

Mac

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: You are coping really well. I am sure you will find the right school.

ROMY; 14 March 2007 at 08:27
Anonymous said...: looking forward to seeing you guys soon, stick it to the man and all that !
j, R A& Exx; 14 March 2007 at 14:24
Anonymous said...: Hey Mac
I was thinking about you as I listened to the radio this morning, about a primary school near you called Galleons, which sounded great. Why don't those bozos in Hackney realise that all their schools should be like the new Academy and offer lots of things like music tuition, and philosophy classes, to all the pupils. I hope people reading your blog will realise that there's lots of kids like you in Hackney that deserve a lot better. Keep up the good work Mac in speaking up for your fellow pupils in Hackney.
Christine; 15 March 2007 at 02:56
Anonymous said...: hi mac love your blog at the moment, so keep on keeping us up to date.; 15 March 2007 at 11:16

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The Guardian Saturday 03 03 07

GUARDIAN 03/03/07 Winners and losers Long-awaited postman leaves some families distraught Helen Pidd and Matthew Taylor Saturday March 3, 2007 The Guardian Being a postman today, says David Nugent, is like being Father Christmas. It's the one time of year when people can't wait for you to arrive. Yesterday he delivered letters to parents in Liverpool which informed them whether their children had got into one of their preferred secondary schools. "There was one road last year where a whole row of people were waiting outside their houses to see me," says the 44-year-old as he delivers mail in the Lark Lane area. "They all asked 'Have you got anything for us?'. Some of them had even let their kids stay off school because they were so excited." But not everyone gets the news they are hoping for. In Hackney, east London, Paul Jamieson found out his son Mac, 10, had not got into any of the five schools the family had chosen. "Mac has gone to school happy and excited...and now we will have to sit him down and explain that he hasn't got into any school at all." Mr Jamieson said the issue had hung over them for the past few years. "Last year about 10 kids at his primary school didn't get a place so we knew this was a possibility," he said. "We visited all the schools and have done a lot of leg work but it was not enough - we seem to be living in a sort of educational black hole. Academy "I suppose we made a bit of an assumption that because we have a brand new academy opening down the road in September we would have a good chance of getting a place but we didn't get in." He said the family were being forced to consider moving away to find a school. "We have lived around here for 12 years and love it," he said. "We have invested a lot in this community and it is a lovely place to live, but what other options do we have? We are going to have to consider moving out if we cannot get a place at school for our son. It is a ridiculous situation which is affecting lots and lots of people and will destabilise the community."

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