[senco-forum] Help

Thanks for that Amanda.
Finding that that student with street cred will be my challenge of the week
now.
They're all really good at either music ,sports, drama & art, I'm trying to
find ways of using those channels too.
a.

On 04/09/06, Amanda <amandavh at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi Angela
> Yep - this situation does remain.  Not usually 'nut cases' but more often
> 'dumbos' or 'losers'.  What you need is someone with real street cred who
> has some sort of leaning difficulty.  How you find him (and mine was a him)
> is a bit of luck but when you do, celebrate the successes and make the
> support visible.
> Also you need to make sure that staff aren't unwittingly reinforcing the
> stereotype.  It's good to be in set 1 for maths and science with literacy
> support and set 5 for English if you are dyslexic but it won't help if staff
> won't reward knowledge demonstrated through means other than reading and
> writing.
> Give 'your' kids pride - give them privilages if you can.
> Amanda
> Secondary SENCO
> Cornwall
> Back to the grindstone today - first job is to clean my office and move
> the furniture back in!
>
>
>
> *Angela Karuga Mutinda <angela.mutinda at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> I'm having a problem at school at the moment and was wondering if anyone
> had
> some good ideas.
> I had a chat with a parent on Friday who said that the Learning Support
> students are all seen as nut cases. Apparently everyone who I teach must
> be
> a nutcase.
> We have a EAL teacher in school and he doesn't seem to have the same
> problem.
> I've thought about asking the form tutors to use PSHE to desensitize the
> students.
> I could also have a session with the parents but would I then hav eto do
> it
> for all parents?
> In my last school it took ages to erase the stigma!
> Angela
>
>
> On 31/08/06, Sanderson wrote:
> >
> > I am new to this, could anyone give me any help with where I could
> > purchase
> > WRATS (assessment test) and toe by toe.
> > Thanks Sue
> >
> >
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> Amanda
> Secondary SENCO
> Cornwall
>