Child with type 1 in Reception class and hoping for some advice etc

[paranoidmother]

Hi

I am a TA who looks after a boy with type 1 on a daily basis. He has just started in Reception so now full time where as before I looked after him mornings in Nursery.
So I have started a diary for him where I put what the weather is like, what he's been doing in between sugar checks and any other information that I think is relevant. He is on a pump but at 4 he isn't able to tell us when he feels not right.
As he's just started full time school we're trying to put everything in place at school.

So my questions at the moment are as follows

Is anyone a 1 2 1 for a child with diabetes in a school or does your child have a 121 person. I can test him at minimum about 5-7 times a day and sometimes this can be him having to sit between tests to get his levels back to normal.

He has lunches provided by school, so does anyone have any advice on this?

Does anyone have any advice or tips for PE etc?

If you have any more advice I'll gratefully receive it.

At the moment there are two of us in school who have training and use it. My colleague did it before me and is my back up. We have also trained 3 other members of staff and we are hoping to have someone full time for him but not to overly hover over him as we want school to be as normal for him as possible.

TIA for all your advice and help.

Does he not have a nurse specialist who will come into school and talk to staff? That's been my experience when we've had dc with diabetes.

We have a nurse who comes in once every six months, but I was looking for day to day experiences as the nurse doesn't deal with any of the school part really. Though she's very good at the training.

Have his parents not had any input as to what they want you to do? He should have a care plan (Individual Health Care Plan) detailing what support he needs when high, low, before after and during PE, and other activity, and when given food. If he doesn't have a plan this needs to be sorted pretty quick by his specialist nurse in conjunction with parents. There's a group that may be helpful to you on Facebook for support workers of type 1 childrenwww.facebook.com/groups/schoolstaffsupport?refid=18 I've not been on it myself though as I'm a parent of a type 1 child but he doesn't have 1:1.

hey there. we have two boys in primary school with type 1. our younger son has a 121. they use an iPad app to keep track of tests so we can see how their sugars are throughout the day. and they can write the notes into the app so they have everything documented. plus we can send them messages.

for pe they test beforehand and unplug their pumps. everyone is different but when our guys are really active it can make them go low pretty fast, so it's easier to just unplug and then test again after. you will need to consult with the care plan and the parents, but this is just to share our experience.

for carbs in the school meals they use a 'carbs and cals' app on iPad as well. it has photos so they can estimate carbs in their food.