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

hmm what about debenhams mind I have same problem trying find ds school trousers we need a 2 year olds have triedmarks etc and3 means turnups of 4,5 inches or so and crotch by his knees lol my mini teen

I found a great small independent shop called ellesmere embroidery in lancashire give them a call they may post to you. Can't do link thingy 0161 7991099.
My DS wears size 20 as his waist is very thin they drop down to his hips and the length is then right.
You may be better with size 22, they will give you measurements over the phone anyway.
Let me know if they don't post, I'll be happy to

oh great thank you , yep ds is very skinny to especially as looks like he might be out of nappys by then

Hi all,
Well DS started school 'properly' yesterday after about 20 short visits! I arrived to pick him up and he was wearing a totally diff outfit so he'd had the inevitable accident. But the staff seemed cool with it. And he was quite excited about everything.

So, for now, I feel quite relieved. I fear there will be lots of battles ahead, but getting that first day out of the way was my first aim.

By the way Bubbla - the teacher LOVED my passport thingy I made and is showing it to all the staff. So big thank you for your suggestions.

One thing - at the teachers suggestion we went to the school in the holidays (we're in NZ so diff holidays) to play in the playground and look at the rooms (its not locked up here) and it went horribly wrong as DS very cross that the teachers and kids weren't there and got all confused. So that wasn't a good preparation exercise at all.

No doubt you're all knocking off for the summer soon. Hope you have good breaks.

wow

Im glad ds enjoyed it, yes we finshed for the holidays last week

Ds has only had one visit to the school though he knows the outside of it as dd is there.

Going to copy the idear of the passport to they have a form uin the book all about your child but this will be easier to personliase

shells im so glad your ds enjoyed his first day bless him my ds would be the same with no children and teachers lol

the passport worked im glad we done ours for pre school and have passed it on to school who all read it before his inductions so have better idea of how to handle him also had home visit from school teacher so a personal approach which was nice to say about any other worries or his needs i feel it just helps as it comes from child's words of how they feel and what they need

my ds last day at pre school was last week an all set for 7 weeks of not really knowing what to do lol so far so good though he seems to be coping well weathers a bit touch and go so hard to arrange what to doa t moment but were finding enough to do in doors with walks into town in the mornings for exercise

well i hope your ds continues to enjoy school

shells just peeked at your profile ds's are gorgeous

Ah thanks. They are lovely. Some of the time....

I feel for you with the holidays stretching out. I always find its my worst time for envy of other families as they troop off to group activities and days out and things that just wouldn't work for us.
So I'll keep my fingers crossed for decent weather for you all so you can at least be outside happily.

Day 2 went ok I think but didn't get much feedback today. I think this is going to be my big frustration - that they don't have time to talk to me enough. Maybe I should suggest fortnightly catch ups or something.

Bubbla - sounds like you've done loads of prep. Well done.

could you set up a diary that can be passed back and forth daily thats what me and pre school done and apparently me and school will do the same

hope everyone is handling the holidays well and all children behaving lol took ds to soft play centre today and he really enjoyed it so that was good he hasn't been wanting to leave the house its been hard work

im going to push the idea of home/school book as ds wont be able to tell me what hes been doing

Ds has been pretty good ,Were of to chessington next week with a local sn groups.

He has got his wheelchair as he was fed up being called a baby an all of a sudden he looks so grown up dont think be able to get him in for under 3 now

oh bless him phoenix well i am glad he has been good for you ds has had bad cold he always takes step back although his speech seems to have improved and today could have been turning point for wanting to go out bless him

hope you have good time at chessington that should be good day out,
the diary idea was fab as i would get day to day happenings so im asking school to continue with this as if he has bad night etc i can write this in the diary allowing them to understand his sensory issues for the day

just tried ds school uniform on oh my goodness he looked so grown up bless him making me more nervous now but he did look so sweet

Hello all, just to update on our school situation, DS has been accepted. We went for a meeting with the head of student support yesterday and she was very understanding. DS will have his therapist going to school with him for the first month to settle him and train the classroom assistant on ABA and after that if it looks necessary they will employ somebody full time for DS. They also suggested carrying on with his therapy at school giving him a break etc. I will come back to this, DS wants my attention.

oh fantastic it sounds promising for him then doesnt it that is good news

chessington was great busy but we got exit passes or ds would not coped.But the staff went out their way was very impressed.

ds ha shis uniform no school trousers they are just to big he so diddy.And were going to go get his afos very soon and then got buy piedro boots thenhe be done but its scary howquick its coming around

ooh its going too fast isnt it in all ds has coped so well it was only the illnesses at beginning of holidays that set him back but always does his doing ok

he was all excited when he put on his uniform so at least that was a good sign what age trousers do you need?

glad all went well at chessington for all of you we were supposed to be going to Plymouth to stay on bubblaboys nanny boat but would appear dp cannot get time off work so im gutted really wanted to have a holiday before ds goes back to school and he wants to go the beach so its upsetting me at moment

sorry about the holiday and coure now thei going school going to be harder.

have some school trousers in 2-3 but they are very generous full down round his ankles and turn up sof about 4 inches lol he is such a titch

oh bless him guess no other trousers for school come smaller than that do they

im gutted about the holiday but to be honest we have rough time at home at moment so maybe best we didnt go away although could do us good who knows its not going to happen anyway so maybe i'll just take ds away fro long weekend somewhere near a beach on train so cant be too far he wont cope otherwise

just feel quite down at moment at least what with everything else going on ds is being fab for me and were so much closer just wish i felt happier maybe going a way on my own is what i need with ds

nope lol going me mini rebel and go in jeans.least should save the knees some

what about frinton,Walton Clacton way not to far on the train not exactly costa de sol but walton/frinton have nice beache

Sorry to hear feeling down

i'm going to look into few days away to somewhere maybe clacton could be good or Yarmouth its just so costly even for few days so im confused lol really want to take him to beach and not Southend lol

well ive been really good and sat and labelled all school stuff last night its beginning to feel too real now

lol yur so better than me I got 3 lots of uniform to label and not started .Been on beach all day dont know about knackering dc out am almost ready for bed mysef

lol sounds lovely thoguh well needed to get it done as when we come back off hols on 5th it will be too much of a rush and i have my spa day 9th and then ds goes school 10th i wanted to go away without thinking of the what needs to be done lol