[senco-forum] Setting up SEN dept

As you are starting off a really simple way to organise your records is to:-
  - use a card envelope file for each child
  - allocate a different colour for each year group, eg Y1 pink Y2 red  etc, 
make a list of colour codings in order to make accessing a particular file 
easy  - arrange in year group piles in cupboard etc
  - make a brief note on the internal flap of the envelope file each time 
you add information, eg 29:06 phone call from mum (much easier to refer to 
this for general information than have to search through file)

Then at the end of the school year staple/paperclip all year's documentation 
together in each file,  change the colour coding list so that Y2 pink Y3 red 
etc and move the files into new year group position in the cupboard.

This works and saves so much time!!

Good luck - June