[senco-forum] Re: The new term

Hi Briony

Having just broken my ankle in Norway, my priorities will be to do senco 
role from a distance! I know I won't be replaced!

annie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amanda" <amandavh at btinternet.com>
To: "Briony Verdon (4)" <bverdon at didcotgirls.oxon.sch.uk>; 
<senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Re: The new term

> Hi Briony
>
>  Let's get down to the practical!  Not particulary inspired at the moment 
> and no magic wand either but this is what is on my list.
>
>  My priorities for the start of next term are:
>  Move my furniture back into my office and sort it out again (Replacement 
> water pipes still not finished after five weeks.  Current completion day 
> is Thursday!  Lucky the kids aren't back until Tuesday)
>  Where to place support for pupils who have less than full time TA cover - 
> and with who.  14 TAs, 6 of whom are part time)  Review after two weeks.
>  Getting Year 7 into a routine and getting to know them.  The best way we 
> find is to encourage them to eat in the SEN area if they want to so we can 
> chat more easily than we can in class.  Last year we had two pupils 
> working at P levels for the first time.  They spent their first two weeks 
> of English lessons doing a bit of Brain Gym, them practicing walking round 
> the school until they knew where to go.  I'm going to do that again with 
> the two new pupils working in P scales.
>  Statutory assessment and reassessment for two pupils - estimate five plus 
> hours of paperwork each.
>  Test Year 10s and Year 11s not done already for access arrangements so we 
> can apply before the cut off date for science modular tests.
>  Evaluate last year's results in order to point out what worked well (most 
> things) and try to see if we could have changed what didn't work well.
>  If I can draw breath after that lot, I'll start on the next things!
>
> TA inset.
>  We have a main INSET day for TAs every year.  I want to increase that to 
> one a term, even if I have to do a 'morning only' session.  This has to be 
> agreed by the teaching staff.
>  My priority is to try to get TAs to tell me how well pupils are learning 
> and not just how well (or usually badly!) they are behaving.  We are 
> embarking on a whole school monitoring of achievement across the 
> curriculum which is going to be my rationale for this change.
>  I have several hour to an hour and a half INSETs on things like reading, 
> spelling, and so on for TAs which I am happy to share with anyone who 
> wants them.
>
>  Amanda
>  Secondary SENCO
>  Cornwall
>
>
> "Briony Verdon (4)" <bverdon at didcotgirls.oxon.sch.uk> wrote:
>  Let's get into practicalities. What do people see as the priorities for 
> the new term. I've started wrangling over my support timetable for 17 TAs 
> and I need some inspirational diversion so that my brain is functioning 
> before Friday.
>
> What are you looking forward to getting your teeth into this year?
> Any tips for getting new year 7 settled as quickly as possible?
> Any suggestions for things to do with TAs on INSET days?
> In fact any pearls of wisdom that anyone wants to share would be very 
> gratefully received.
>
> Briony
>
> Secondary Senco
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> Amanda
> Secondary SENCO
> Cornwall
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