home school diary

[tacal]

Hello,

Following on from my thread on the primary school board. Ds's school are not keen on home school diaries. They are not keen on communicating the important things. The only thing they want to say to me is that ds is doing well and there are no problems.

So how do I insist, politely, that a home school diary is necessary? Suggestions would be very gratefully received.

Ds gets anxious when there are changes to his usual routine. I would like the diary so that the school can inform me of anything new that may cause Ds to be anxious. I would also like to let school know of things that have happened at school that have upset ds or made him anxious. It would be easier to write it in the diary rather than write a letter each time and wait for teacher to come out to playground to discuss it.

Or do you think there are better ways for me to communicate with the school?

We have a home school diary and it wasn't filled in again today

Has your ds got a statement?

Has he got an IEP?

Has he ever had a CAF or a TAC?

thank you zzzzz I will try that and see what they say

starlight no to all except IEP. He has the Scottish equivalent, no statements here

that's not good raffle

I wish there was an easy way to communicate with schools. They make it so difficult

We have one, it was a suggestion I made in Oct 2012, to the school, it was kinda off the cuff explaining that the way dp and I parent is that the kids know that if one of us says no, the other will, and that it would help maintain consistancy, it worked a treat, as we could celebrate success and gently prod to remind good behaviour, and at parents evening last Oct the teacher said he was setting up several

Ds' school is really good with him, and he is lucky in that, (and that the senco and deputy head share teaching his class ) It works a treat. Good luck with setting one up.

thank you ready it is great to hear such a positive experience. It sounds like the school is very supportive to your dc.

sounds like you get what i get all round. only negative info from your DC re: school? try and suggest you would also like to use it as a conversation starter for some more positive things. i asked for a home/school diary for 2 years and was refused, until the HT came up with the idea!

having said that it is very teacher dependent on whether it gets filled in or not.

They were, on the other hand, keen to do those things for kids with behavioural issues even if they weren't recognised as SN. grrrr

thank you jerbil that's a good suggestion. I do need it as a conversation starter. I am glad you eventually got one. But not good you were refused it until the ht suggested it!

Getting there slowly tacal! :-) Good luck.