[senco-forum] Separate forum for the teaching of reading/literacy

I have re- subscribed only to post this one message.

Hi Eddie,
I endorse what Mark Norwood said.
There are many topics on senco-forum that don't interest me. I teach  
in KS1 and Primary, so I just delete the Secondary stuff and any  
other threads that are outside my area.
I have read your comments with great interest and really appreciate  
the input you have made. I know you have received negative criticism  
and that saddens me. We all have our own areas of expertise and ways  
of expressing things. Many of us get very evangelical about the  
things near to our hearts, which is fine, but when it descends into  
including criticism of other people it makes me feel very  
uncomfortable. Without each of us having those areas of specialism  
that lead us to fight our corners with great vigour the world of  
education would be a great deal poorer. However there are many ways  
to skin a cat ... as the saying goes ... and many reasons why  
children experience difficulties in learning, we need to be open to  
all of them and listen with respect to those with a different slant  
to ours.

So, please Eddie, remain connected to the forum and continue to give  
us your valuable views.

Can we all try to limit our enthusiasm to expounding our own theories  
without the necessity of pulling other's views and ideas to pieces  
and making them feel they can no longer be part of the forum. It just  
feels wrong that a forum concerning SEN and Inclusion should not  
strive to accept all and learn from them.

Cheers,

Liz

> I have re- subscribed only to post this one message.
>
> I unsubscribed some months ago because I felt that Senco-forum  
> members were
> no longer interested in my own special area which is the promotion of
> literacy and the initial teaching of reading. I take the view that a
> resolution of the initial teaching of reading issue would remove  
> many of the
> ''special needs' which later emerge on the basis of the idea that  
> prevention
> is always better than cure and since we are obviously not very good at
> delivering 'cures' anyway.  Even a cursory examination of the topics
> discussed on the Senco forum shows that SENCo are now more  
> concerned with
> the administration of illiteracy than with its remediation. Since I  
> have no
> interest in its administration, I simply unsubscribed. This is not to
> denigrate these causes or issues - I know they are of great  
> interest to
> SENCo and others but they are of no interest to me personally. I  
> felt that
> by unsubscribing that would be the end of the matter.

Liz Curtis
KS1 Ex- SENCO/ICT Co-ordinator
Supply teaching at the moment.
Northumberland