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littlebluebird

Ooh, manners, sorry! Morning all!
Anyone for a :coffee: ? just a quickie before I pop out to As. (no comments nerfy :cool: )

So shocked to hear about doggies. Even more sad when it looks like it could be such a young person who did it. People are capable of unspeakable evil aren't they?

Glad to see many more others are doing what they can to help rectify things and support the charity. And those two brave men. :T:T:T:T

Are you OK bubbs? Hope you're not in too much pain now?

Tweets, your DS sounds like a lovely lad - so supportive. :j Hope next week is OK and you have a lovely w/e together when he comes.
LBB

glitter_bug

Morning,

Cold and cloudy today

littlebluebird

Busylizzie wrote: »

It makes me very sad to have you confirming what DH and I have thought for a long time.

My DD1 had learning difficulties. Not severe enough to be statemented but definitely needing a lot of extra help. For years we were told by her teachers "oh, don't worry, all children develop at their own rate, she'll be fine". As she was our first born we had nothing to compare with and, more crucially, we trusted her teachers.

At the beginning of year 3, she couldn't read even the simplest reception level book :eek:. And her spelling was atrocious. It was only then that, thanks to her brilliant year 3 teacher and a lot of pushing from us, that she finally got lots of extra help. By the end of year 3 she could read. Not brilliantly, but she could read.

However I think it was too late - she was too far behind and her confidence had ben knocked so badly because she was always bottom of the class. My DH and I always felt that because she was well behaved - even became a prefect in year 6 - that she was overlooked. She had two teachers in reception and year 1 who had been in the profession for years but they didn't pick up her needs.

By a fluke, I managed to get her assessed by a speech and language therapist who reported that she needed help as she couldn't differentiate between syllables. However, I was also told that that help was only available before age 8 and she was too old. :mad:

I always respected teachers and I hope I don't insult anyone reading this, but it makes my blood boil that they failed my daughter by leaving her needs unaddressed for so long.

Sorry, rant over!

Sorry to read this.

I know that there are good and bad in any profession but it's horrible when you, as a parent, feel helpless. I would say that ime it's the paperwork that's the killer rather than the teacher as it's so difficult to get the government to provide extra support.

For example, my dh has a girl in his class who is really disruptive. Last year her T couldn't cope with her so was told by the head to 'contain' her i.e. don't worry about her education just stop her running round the school and stopping the others from learning! This year my dh has been trying to work out how to educate her and was told by behavioural specialists that she needs 10 minute tasks. We worked out that she'd need at least 100 separate 10 minute tasks a week that would have to be planned and delivered by my dh on top of teaching the other 30 children. There is no way he can do that. But she's apparently not bad enough to warrant any extra support!!
Now, he'll definitely persevere as that's the kind of teacher he is and he wants them all to learn but he's not going to be able to give her exactly what she needs so something is going to end up giving.

I'm glad you had some good experiences later in your dd's education and I do hope that she's able to do what she wants later in life.

Busylizzie

littlebluebird wrote: »

Sorry to read this.

I know that there are good and bad in any profession but it's horrible when you, as a parent, feel helpless. I would say that ime it's the paperwork that's the killer rather than the teacher as it's so difficult to get the government to provide extra support.

For example, my dh has a girl in his class who is really disruptive. Last year her T couldn't cope with her so was told by the head to 'contain' her i.e. don't worry about her education just stop her running round the school and stopping the others from learning! This year my dh has been trying to work out how to educate her and was told by behavioural specialists that she needs 10 minute tasks. We worked out that she'd need at least 100 separate 10 minute tasks a week that would have to be planned and delivered by my dh on top of teaching the other 30 children. There is no way he can do that. But she's apparently not bad enough to warrant any extra support!!
Now, he'll definitely persevere as that's the kind of teacher he is and he wants them all to learn but he's not going to be able to give her exactly what she needs so something is going to end up giving.

I'm glad you had some good experiences later in your dd's education and I do hope that she's able to do what she wants later in life.

I think I was very naive back then. I thought education was like having a broken leg - you had a problem, therefore it was fixed. I was completely unaware for ages that budgets came into it! And so many people I have spoken to, then and later, all confirmed that you had to push and push to get help.

My DD hated secondary school and couldn't wait to leave. Fortunately she went to college last year and did an NVQ2 Beauty Therapy and reallly enjoyed it. She still really struggled with the assessments but I managed to get extra help for her from the college and she passed the course. She has now enrolled on anothe NVQ in hair and media make up.

She will be fine I think. She has been temping as a waitress too and that has been going well and she is now learning to drive and seems quite good. I just wish her school years had been better for her.

Busylizzie

Anyhew, I've made a RSH F1 team and a Golf team and have applied to join the leagues - who is the administrator who has to approve me? Both my teams are called Lizzie's Boys (sorry girls!)

bexter7

littlebluebird wrote: »

Ooh, manners, sorry! Morning all!
Anyone for a :coffee: ? just a quickie before I pop out to As. (no comments nerfy :cool: )

So shocked to hear about doggies. Even more sad when it looks like it could be such a young person who did it. People are capable of unspeakable evil aren't they?

Glad to see many more others are doing what they can to help rectify things and support the charity. And those two brave men. :T:T:T:T

Are you OK bubbs? Hope you're not in too much pain now?

Tweets, your DS sounds like a lovely lad - so supportive. :j Hope next week is OK and you have a lovely w/e together when he comes.
LBB

LBB,

Would you mind checking the price of minstrels and galaxy counters whilst you're there for me please? They should be £2.09 or £1... £1 would be nice .

Thank you!!
X

abailey54

littlebluebird wrote: »

No nappies.
They were overwhelmed by the demand so can't supply my order. Didn't let me know because they were too overwhelmed!
Little annoyed as they obviously managed to do some of the orders so don't know why mine were missed but got £10 gift card coming which eases the blow a little.
Hoping the giga packs are reduced in my As as just saw on hukd that they are down from 18 to 10 which is also a good deal.

Boo :( how did you find out, did they send an email?

Anon

10ways are quoting a £10 Paypal/eBay voucher that may work on other accounts. I have just received an email to a little used account with a £10 off £20 eBay voucher (different code to that stated) so worth checking.

Hth

Anon

asset2004

aau1 wrote: »

The price of everything will go up because it costs more to deliver up here

Taxes will go up because we'll have to pay for new embassies/passports/driving licences/armies/navy/airforce

Oil/gas supplies are finite but the SNP are blind to that

Will we still be in the EU or will we have to re-write all the laws?

All the talk of "we'll be in control of our own money and spending" seems to overlook the fact that Edinburgh (for example) let the cost of Holyrood and the trams spiral out of control. Lord knows how far in the red we'll find ourselves starting out!

Not wanting to start a discussion on here but totally agree with the above. I'm voting NO too many people up here are wearing rose tinted glasses!

strewth71

littlebluebird wrote: »

Strewth, I'm on the other side of this, being the professional rather than the parent and I would say push, push and push some more! .....

Thanks for this LBB :A You are right re the punishment, we have had it for the last 2 years - he misses a lot of class treats for a combination of "silly" behaviours, I think that there must be a better way to deal with him - but I don't know what it is so am asking for help. He has problems focusing for long when writing, it's like pulling teeth getting him to write a sentence but he loves to read and is very articulate (like a grown man with his vocabulary) but does have a slight speech defect which they say should correct itself. The class has kids with much more severe problems but I have to do what I can for my ds.

Your dh sounds like a fantastic teacher, you can tell the ones that have empathy and relate to the kids well :T Ds teachers are ok but they have so much to deal with my ds is way down their list of priorities...but top of mine

I once had some "expert" observe ds in class and he came back with the observation that he did not particularly stand out...but another child did :mad: 10 minutes observation was useless for my ds as there are some kids in there who have got really obvious issues and he does not stand out because he is polite and thoughtful. He is a space invader though :eek: He likes to stroke the other kids hair and touch their faces but not always in a 10 minute time frame.

I can relate to what you are saying Busylizzie, ds had on teacher who insisted ds behaviour was no different than his peers - yet he missed 80% of class treats even though she says he is a well behaved little boy. The 2 don't match in my book. The senco at the school does say though that there is something about him but she can't put her finger on what it is. Fingers crossed he gets his assesment and they get it right, it seems odd that I want him to get a diagnosis but I feel that it is the only way that he will get the support that he needs.

£432,000 for the doggies justgiving page :j Sad that it took this to get them some much needed funding but us Brits are a lovely bunch of people :T (apart from a certain 14 year old yob!)

Hope you start to feel better soon bubbs xx