SW19 - DESPERATELY LONELY - PLEASE HELP ME

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Hi everyone. I live in SW19, a nice area full of mums and babies, and yet I am really lonely, I have no friends whatsoever despite having joined numerous toddler groups and different activities for my DD who is 2.5. I do some activities during the day to keep my DD busy, you know the stuff, Monkey Music, Gymboree and so on, but the afternoons are really hard because there are no activities and we have no friends, so my DD plays by herself everyday. Does anyone know of any organised activities that take place in the afternoons please? Any information would be very much appreciated. Thank you so much.

Yes, very much. The population is pretty mixed, but the staff are, in my opinion, fantastic. My children have been in both the state and private sector in the area so I am able to compare, and I think The Priory is far better than it's reputation. As in any school, it has its fair share of disruptive/difficult children, but I think on the whole they manage them pretty well. Certainly, my kids have done well there. You might have noticed that some of the other schools have better reputations, but I think they are generally the ones with a more MC population and that they look down a bit on those with a more mixed population. My kids have benefitted enormously by mixing with all sorts - I can't help thinking that had they remained in their private school they would have been somewhat unaware of "real life". Have a look, anyway, and see what you think. Good luck!

There is a place called "The Hub" in Morden which has a Play Zone soft play area. It costs 4pounds for over 2s. The bonus about it is that it is open all day, so you can go there in the afternoon - it closes at 6pm. My advice is go before the after school crowd get there, because it gets very busy at about 3.45.