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zombiecazz

urban_spirit wrote:

ZC - I'm ones of those sad g*ts that watch BB and the LF (hangs head in shame). I could watch petie sleep aaaaallllll night Sorry to hear about school asking for the paragraph from FIVE weeks ago. I'm sure its very important to them etc etc but in the grand scheme of things time has moved on. Hot bath for the back and some occasional gentle movements to stop it stiffening up

So does vigorous exercise in the morning count?

KP - I do co-operate with the school. Although they often seems to forget that I work full -time and are not always available at the drop of the hat. Plus when I request something specific I get all the we can't afford it. ATM I feel DS needs alot of help with his severe dyslexia. I keep getting the line that he's gets all the help he needs at school (scribes, helpers reading things for him etc). In 4/5 years he's going to out in the big bad world with no idea how to spell and with the reading ability of a 7 years old, but hey that's OK as the school doesn't have a dedicated dyslexia teacher ATM.
I want him to drop french, so his not taking as many subjects and could use the spare time to work on homework or get help for the dyslexia. What do I get - we don't have enough staff to cover this. They do an excellent job, but ......

Gee it is getting cold. I'm not impressed it's only the start of August and I'm already thinking about jumpers and thick socks ( as I can't afford to put the heating on).

Best get back to work now.

urban_spirit

Hey everyone ((Wave))

I clicked on to this thread for my screen to stop on this image
I've led a shelterd life and am shocked!

ZC - THAT particular exercise helps a whole host of things

KP - oooh pics of QE2 sounds fab! OH may have been mugged by aliens this week

Messy - innit nice to be luuurrrved and appreciated, aaaaah

Twink - if you need any help with the decorating, i'll be round Love painting, gives a room a whole different feel. What colour are you painting it?

CG - dont think your oh is gonna change. He sounds depressed, is he taking something for it or has he been to docs?

McL is out snapping everyone with his camera.

Philippa!!!! - wheres the bloomin sun gone! and its blustery too, right-thats it! am writing a letter to God (Dear God, please fix it for me to make the weather better where me and philippa are. I'll be good forever and ever. Bye,bye, luv-oo, luv-oo, lots of love urban)


Hello to everyone else

KathrynPenguin

zombiecazz wrote:

KP - I do co-operate with the school. Although they often seems to forget that I work full -time and are not always available at the drop of the hat. Plus when I request something specific I get all the we can't afford it. ATM I feel DS needs alot of help with his severe dyslexia. I keep getting the line that he's gets all the help he needs at school (scribes, helpers reading things for him etc). In 4/5 years he's going to out in the big bad world with no idea how to spell and with the reading ability of a 7 years old, but hey that's OK as the school doesn't have a dedicated dyslexia teacher ATM.
I want him to drop french, so his not taking as many subjects and could use the spare time to work on homework or get help for the dyslexia. What do I get - we don't have enough staff to cover this. They do an excellent job, but ......

Sounds like the school aren't really equipped to cope with him, are there any others in the area with good learning support departments? Our school have a reputation for being good in that area so we do get a lot of kids with "special needs" (inverted commas because its a term I hate - my own son has been registered "special needs" before even starting school!). Dedicated dyslexia teachers must be really hard to find. We do find though that our learning support kids like languages as they are taught together by great teachers who do specially differentiated lessons concentrating on spoken language rather than written or vocab terms. We do however have a homework club and when they move into KS4 they can choose one of their options as "support option" which means they get 3 hours a week concentrating on their coursework with support and are doing 1 less GCSE class. Maybe that is a future option for your son.

I would keep pushing them or see if there is better help elsewhere, even an oversubscribed school has places becoming available throughout the year for all sorts of reasons (I found out today 2 places have become available due to a fatal car crash ). I guess I am very lucky to be working in a school that is good with all pupils, excellent exam results and excellent learning support.

I'm sure your school see you as supportive and downfall is that their own systems are not good enough for your needs.

rose07

hi all

how ya doing?

just came across this thread and looks like a friendly place to be, just what i need today.

KathrynPenguin

Hello there rose :wave: and welcome to this thread. Any probs you need to talk through just feel free and we are all kind and supportive and give friendly helpfull advice.

rose07

hi KP and CG

thanks kp. nice to escape from the norm of life for a bit lol, you have to get used to my madness,

CG complaining very good, best way to be if people didnt complain then what would we all talk about?, sounds like you oh hates docs?? im not one that is easily to get to docs either, lol :rotfl:

KathrynPenguin

Urbs my OH won't see a doctor either, he had counselling for a while last year after he tried to kill himself but although he said it helped at first he just stopped going after a couple of weeks. He is depressed now. Oh and Capital One have phoned again for him today - thats the Capital One that I've paid off twice in the last 6 months and he promised the card had been cut up.....Must just be a courtesy call

KathrynPenguin

Urbs my OH won't see a doctor either, he had counselling for a while last year after he tried to kill himself but although he said it helped at first he just stopped going after a couple of weeks. He is depressed now. Oh and Capital One have phoned again for him today - thats the Capital One that I've paid off twice in the last 6 months and he promised the card had been cut up:mad: .....Must just be a courtesy call :rotfl:

Oh and he phoned the police today to report the mugging, I told him that he could claim on the insurance and his unwillingness to do so made me wonder about the mugging, he can't afford to lose £200 so why not report and claim? He said it was too late, I said never too late as he could just say he was ashamed to admit a big bloke like him had got mugged. Now its reported I better make the claim.

KathrynPenguin

Oh yes Rose, I am a teacher too thats why we have so much time in the middle of the day! Should be working on the school website, head is gonna go mad!

rose07

Careful_girl wrote:

Rose my OH doesn't like doing any grown up stuff. He likes to play outside!!! Sorry but I am losing patience with him.
Tell us about you.
I am a teacher. I have a dog and a horse:happyhear and am moving house next week to a grotty cottage in a beautiful village. MY OH hasn't been working for 11 months.
Everyone is lovely on this thread.
CG:beer:

hmmm bout me.

i am self employed photographer and camera operator, kind of on the look out for work at the mo, as have just finished uni.
i have a dog called holly, she very cute, and live on a farm with hens etc, on a hill in a cottage in th middle of no where.

and i have an extremely stressful life, and have been through an awful lot in the last 3 years.
esp at the mo as living with parents and my mum drives me mad, lol. she acts as though she is 9 when she is alot older than that, she takes away my independence and orders me around.
but better be quiet there as once i get started i dont stop.

teachers eh, my mums a teacher and i would want to be one in the future.

moving house sound fun but stressful.

my connection keeps going and coming on the internet dont know what thats all about.

i am currently putting my own website together so if ya need any help there let me know.

hope did bore you with my life story, lol, :rotfl: