support thread for the going to be starting school or at school thread lol

[bubblagirl]

thought maybe as there is a pre school thread maybe we could have a going to be starting school or at school thread all welcome really

but we are waiting for our re written proposed statement to turn up tomorrow hoping all is going to be as we need it this time

im really nervous and anxious about him starting school bubblaboy my 4 yr old with HFA for all who may not know me

he had induction today but his sound sensitivity was played up with singing time so may have to ask if he can sit outside of the group with support when he starts and introduced to it gradually as at the moment he dont like big school dont want to go and doesn't like the singing so would hate for that to be what ruins his joy of going to school every day

well we have another induction tomorrow the last one before the big start in sept

w have had progress to he can now put teeth on lip to do f sound has taken 2 years but still adds a g so fgish fgar oh well im chuffed he can go f now

he has also started getting rid of the 3rd person not all the time but some times so he will say bubbla boy then i want so ive been helping with this and also he with help asked a little boy to play with him and played for good amount of time with him

so i hope the holidays dont ruin all progress made and he will continue to improve such small steps but im still so proud

and my goodness his maths head is coming on he keeps waking me up telling me what 6+6=12 and 3+3 his really progressing with maths

lets hope it doesn't disrupt his nights too much though as the melatonin doesn't seem to settle him back off again 3 hrs i had to listen to him the other night yapping on about numbers lol

hope everyone else is ok and little darlings are ok?

im pleased its gone well.WEre still waiting hear from Lea caseoffer now on long term sick leave and no idea whos going take over .And head of lea who has meeting with has been away last 2 weeks and forgot to submit paperwork for panel this week so now got to wait till next week

oh they are taking there bloody time aren't they must be very frustrating i know waiting for this re write is

I bet ,Lea said to me well ifhes not going September no rush im like no I want to know if hes goingto get a place early or If need take you to tribunal or worse case sceniro and end up with ms they going need know get things in place for ds

they have no idea do they of course you need to know ASAP if he doesn't get place in sn school of course ms school would need place for sept wouldn't they or would he start ms school later too?

{sits here ordering crate bottle of vino}

well now we get our fighting heads on and keep on until they have to get there asses into gear i just pray i wont have too many more re writes before its acceptable

well induction went well although first thing he was bale to get out of class room as ta wasnt watching him i hid in office until she was bale to coax him back in
went to pick him up they said he was really good and told them all numbers and letters but his face on one side was really grazed as he was running and flew straight over toy tractor landing on his face so that was bit of a shock to see nice bump on head and grazes above and under his eye and also his nose poor thing but luckily they were able to deal with him and he was ok

outch poor Bubblaboy.

and yes if comes to it ms would be Setember yearly intake bhut school would have get training in place let alone interview appoint suitable lsa

well just wanted to check in and make sure everyone is ok

bubbla boys face is nearly healed just scabby at moment

still improving at pre school anyone else worried about the huge break before school though

my specialist pre school teacher is speaking to school for me about how we go about SALT does it need to be statemented etc and also school have offered extra funding so complete 1-1 for bubbla boy until oct half term to help settle into school
im worried though as wondering if he'd be best to go straight into the routine as everyone else but she's going to ask if we can try full time and if doesn't work will they still fund and switch to part time

pleased your going t get the etxra help for bubblaboy inSeptember,We wa turned down for sn sxhool due to the ms school haing to put things in place ready for another non verbal cild child starting in September.But panel have ageed to relook at it on Tuesday

oh no good luck for tues you did say you were worried as you knew non verbal child had or was starting i'll keep all crossed for you

i can only hope if bubbla boy doesnt cope full time they wills tick to funding 1-1 until october term hoping its not just very good talk

Great news, at least bubbla boy is sorted till October. Have you heard anything back from the LEA yet re statement?

We have some good news too, DS probably has been accepted at the new school as they have sent an e-mail to say received application and will send invoice shortly. Hope this means acceptance. I am worried like you bubbla girl, don't know how DS going to cope with 8-2.30 school days and then from 3-6 therapy. I am worried that he will have no time for himself.

nothing back from LEA as yet should be any time though

fingers crossed all accepted at the school for you im sure once routine of school has set in we can give them time alone if needed when home to just relax

Hello,

My son with HFA is nearly 6 and will be starting "big" school in September. We live in France so he has already done 3 years of preschool. He has a high IQ and can read, write and do additions and subtractions, but has a significant language delay (expressive and receptive) not helped by living in a bilingual environment.

I am somewhat concerned about how it's all going to go because preschool is a lot about painting, singing and telling stories and apparently it gets a lot more serious and a lot less like play this year.

He had an "AVS" this year (a sort of personal in-class assistant!) 12 hours a week and will be getting a new one next year. I just hope that the new one will be as good as Christophe was this year because they are low paid jobs often given to people who have been out of work for a long time, so often they have no training at all with SN kids.

Anyway, just wanted to say hi and ask if I can join in?

hi fs not saying your name lol my ds has also got HFA is starting to read and write and do addition and subtraction he has atypical speech sounds

im worried also about starting school but seem to see reception is based around play as well although i think the learning side would be what my ds needs as play has no structure for him he needs structure

i hope your ds gets on ok and has good TA also welcome to our thread

well my ds statement has just came back they havent changed the hours still 23 hrs but have added access to speech therapist and have added few simple things i dont think we will get more than this as ds has come along a lot also had teacher and TA come to my home on home visit yesterday and reassured me there are enough staff to help at lunch and unstructured times without it being in statement so i feel more reassured also staff will do work on speech daily so i think i'll just accept it this time at least its 3 hrs more leaves about 1 half hours unstructured but it wont be as enough TA in class and at play so instead of fighting for something we wont get may as well accept i think school and he will cope as they seem to be on the ball with there own help

just pray i make the right choice by this

well im thinking that maybe 23 hrs is good, its definitely as good as we'll get as ds improvements have been huge and if we wanted we could start on half days full 1-1 if he doesn't cope so im feeling that maybe its the right choice

they have now added access to SALT they say they accurately wrote his needs but then added few extra bits so obviously they hadn't school sound good to deal with his needs so i think im accepting this one to go any higher with hours his behaviour would need to be worse and needs etc so i think 23 is good

he has no behavioural problems so i can see why we wouldn't fit the next band so i think finally my process is done just hope now that ds will cope and school seem to be fab so i dont see they will let him struggle anyway

well nearly end of the pre school yr anyone else feel sad to say goodbye to them i definitely do they have done so much for my ds

i'm feeling sad to say goodbye to all the wonderful staff at pre school tomorrow ds actually joined in with party today doing superman dance very close to me still but did go stand with the other children and or once didnt have hands clamped to his ears he was jumping about with the others was great to see

i just feel so sad to be saying goodbye to wonderful people that without there efforts and kindness ds would not be where he is today all his improvements are no doubt down to all there efforts daily cant thank them enough for everything

so holidays and then big school

know that feeling ds last day at school tomorrow hes goes to big school in September

hes going into ms after all but with f/t statemet luckily manged to get them to agree lunch and break cover but am so nervous will need large drinks drink to cope with it

oh well done for getting full help sorry sn school didnt go to plan i'll keep fingers crossed that they'll do all to help im sure they will

bubblaboy got 23 hrs but school say that they have enough assistance at lunch and break anyway so many per small group of children so feel bit happier about that

i'll get the crates bottle in and we'll have a toast to the unknown and the new beginning for them

let me know if over holidays at all you want to meet finally did mail you the other day not sure if you got never heard back

defintpey have meet up will be up some point to old macdonalds farm dc love it

yes the snschool admitted they was not sure about ds hes very much square peg round hole

no didnot get note ds had swine flu spent 10 days in hospital

oh dear i hope he is ok that must have been very worrying

old macdonalds farm sounds good

Hello, I hope somebody can help, I am looking for V Neck Royal Blue Jumpers in size 20"/2 year old for my 4 year old DS.

He will start school in Sept and his uniform is huge on him because he is small for his age.

I am desperate and have googled for hours without success. All Ideas and help will be really appreciated, many thanks.

i see m&s do 3-4 what about sainsbury jumper and washing on hot wash might shrink up slightly the joggers lose a size when washed

Thanks Bubblagirl, I already bought the M&S Jumpers, they are still too big but I will try to shrink them in the wash. Sainsbury are all out of uniform but will keep trying.