finleysmaid
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feel this wasn't on my list because i read it so much to my 2! BTW the DFE have just produced a document for schools called the foundations for literacy.....i am incensed! at no point does it mention anything before school...do they not realise that literacy starts at birth not at age 5 and the hand writing section does not mention any GM skills prior to handwriting and apparently this should be done at desks..... TBH is teachers don't know the information in this document already they shouldn't be teachers.....rant over!
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i love the tiger who came to tea...but i worry it's a bit outdated now...Mum at home dad at work...dad drinks beer mum seen as the homemaker....
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ive been doing our list this week too but really can't decide final set books 3 little pigs and the 3 bears going on a bear hunt hungry caterpillar Oi frog (i think) dear zoo not decided on others and this might change! maybe gingerbread man or enormous turnip??? rhymes head shoulders knees and toes if your happy and you know it 5 currant buns wheels on the bus twinkle twinkle baa baa black sheep ...keep redefining this!!😂
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would this not be your pedagogy rather than the curriculum?
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BTW if anyone wants a little money off for all the hard work we do there is a website called discountsforteachers.co.uk ....lots of money off ...special offer for today is on paperchase!!! go on treat yourself to some stationary !😂
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So if we are following guidance from Julian Grenier the curriculum needs to be ambitious and carefully planned and sequenced....is this possible if we don't write it down so that all practitioners can follow it? (just playing devils advocate here!)
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Some interesting points. The framework does mention small group and direct teaching alongside masses of free play too which is sort of how we are set up already so that bit works!. I think the majority of schools will use DM. We have already thought about a wish curriculum but i am finding all these different 'strands' tricky to manage. I always try to keep things simple , otherwise they just don't work well when you are toilet training/wiping noses and balancing a child on your knee. at the moment i just can't see the pathway to linking it all together!
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willl you also run your own curriculum...or just stick to DM?
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Which guidance will you use in September? Why? and will you also set up your own curriculum to run alongside??
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Thanks All i'm ok but yes a hard year....husband having lots of issues at work too and my kids have both just bought houses.....stress free not but all beginning to look forwards ❤️
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Wishing you a speedy solution xxxxxx
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Busy week here.....lots of transition stuff, a safeguarding concern (may be a ploy to get on the housing list!!!😱} Reports are going slowly!!! have had to cancel end of term party ....so some unhappy clients. Plus trustees meetings and a lovely phone call from a local childminder😊 more ups than downs....so that's good. Children are very unsettled though...needing lots of hugs and policing!
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Amazon???? there appeared to be some yesterday? (i havent bought powder paint for ages!)
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https://www.tts-group.co.uk/tts-powder-paint-/1003639.html
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consortium?
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we thought the children were being weird because of transitions.....nope they were all ill! unfortunately one of my little SEN ones has a pit of pica and constantly licks his fingers...he came down with it last week....not saying it was him but.......
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i have had my sixth case TODAY! ( i mean 6 in a day!!!!!)
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oh dear we have a chicken pox epidemic going on!!! Anyone else?
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Indeed ...i had visions of him climbing over the walls day one !!!
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So after further discussion they have decided to use a senior TA who is well versed in complex children and experienced and have advertised for another as this little one will need two split over the day
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Thanks all...panic averted school have come to their senses !
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EHC plans are based on needs not on hours now. our level 4 funding equates to about16k which is not enough for a full time staff member in school. Mind you our really complex chap is going in to mainstream and we have just been told the dinner lady has been asked to support him......not really sure that she is going to have the skills to deal with him....he's not a plate of chips! suspect she won't get any specialist training and she hasn't done any intervention support that we know of.....makes us feel a bit cross that they feel we are doing the same job that an unqualified dinner lady can do (i have nothing against dinner ladies BTW)
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I was assuming all EHCP's are equal????? it appears not from your post. EHCP's around here are given a rating for funding 1-5 a 4 rating (high needs) would fund them for around 3/4 of each day a level 5 covers most but not all of their hours at school.....is this not the same around the country? i thought this was set by the government but maybe not!??
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This is such a difficult subject isn't it? My daughter has a minor disability and i know how hard it was to get support for her. I am very pro children going in to mainstream but only when it allows them to have the opportunity to thrive....IMO it's not ok to just be OK. With school budgets being so tight the money that should be ring fenced to help these children is so often used to support other things
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I think i may have to agree to the i've had enough of this year 🙄 I'm finding it really hard to continue to give at the level of our norm. The children do seem to be a challenge and i'm not really sure why. Loud, messy, cannot sit and eat at a table, extremes of learning like i have never experienced before....i have some reading and on ELG's already and some who cannot hold a pencil at all ( 2 still with reverse palmer grasps!) I have 5 summer born boys (some with EAL) who are NOT ready for school at all......look out reception teachers next years group are going to be a challenge! they are however at least toilet trained ...well except two of my little ones with ASD who are still struggling 😪 3 children on EHCP's has been a challenge too far i feel..... Having children with additional needs is an important part of our service but we have had such little support from any agencies this year, how do they expect these children to survive in school let alone thrive and do well? I am all for choice but if your child is unable to operate for any amount of time independently should they be in mainstream? (very controversial i'm sure) Right well moan over.... i have reports to write ARGGHHHHHHH!
