[senco-forum] Dancing Bears

because we are spending time withg children - well, I guess it'd be a big

We have this and have used some of the resources.
I don't like the flashcards much, but staff like the way the whole course is set out: simple and user friendly.
Mary

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Today's Topics:

   1. targets for annual review - professional development
      (WrayJanice Wray)
   2. Use of TAs (Mary Ross)
   3. Using TA'sd effectively. (Audrey Smith)
   4. RE: parents info (Jean Dowding)
   5. RE: targets for annual review - professional development
      (Ruth Newbury)
   6. Dancing Bears, Bear Necessities, Bearing Away,	Apples and
      Pears (Elizabeth MacKenzie)
   7. RE: Dyscalculia Screener (Lorna Prestage)
   8. Re: Use of TAs (Amanda)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 15:12:38 +0000
From: WrayJanice Wray <jwwray14 at hotmail.com>
Subject: [senco-forum] targets for annual review - professional
	development
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The Head is currently doing my annual review - 
part of UPS progression - 
targets for learning are easy enough - raise writing levels etc - 
and for SEN is easy - find out about Asperger's and write a guide for staff. 
It's the 'professional development' one I am stuck on - ast year it was learn about CBT but this year - what could i do for teh department or the whole school - 
what do you do ? 
Cheers
JaniceJanice Wray Secondary SENCO, Herts
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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 15:14:21 +0000 (GMT)
From: Mary Ross <maross13 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [senco-forum] Use of TAs
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I need to do some Inset on 'Good Use of TAs'.  Anyone got any suggestions or ideas for material I can use?

Mary. Senco. Norfolk Junior School.

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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 16:24:46 +0000
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Subject: [senco-forum] Using TA'sd effectively.
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Hi

Today i was asked to do an inset on the above subject to new staff on the training day after christmas.  has anyone got any ideas, power-points etc that i could use, as i am sure this subject has been covered in other schoools.
Thanks in advance.

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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 16:44:37 -0000 (GMT)
From: "Jean Dowding" <jeanld at fish.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [senco-forum] parents info
To: "WrayJanice Wray" <jwwray14 at hotmail.com>
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I am never quite sure just what is the same/different in England and in
Wales, where I am, but are governors meant to ask you to do things like
that?  Ours never did, in the schools I was in and they never do that in
the school where my husband is a governor.

Sometimes, new governors take a while to get used to the fact that, as
individual governors, they have no power at all; any power resides in the
Governing Body as an entity.  Both my husband and I have experienced
several people who have been full of what they were going to get teachers
and schools to do; they eventually learned exactly what was possible and
what was not!

Regards

Jean

 Hear, hear Gaynor - if we all added up the paperwork that has to wait
> because we are spending time withg children - well, I guess it'd be a big
> senco mountain - and that's how it ought to be - those little troubled
> people who put their heads round out door looking for someone to help
> Cheers
> JaniceJanice Wray Secondary SENCO, Herts
>
>
>
>> From: gadunkley at hotmail.co.uk> To: whitehouse_tara at yahoo.co.uk;
>> senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk> Subject: RE: [senco-forum] parents info>
>> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 19:10:48 +0000> CC: > > > Our SEN policy includes
>> info on how what why where who of SEN and was ratified by governors -
>> available to parents on demand or via school website. Check you policy
>> as starting point it may have the info in it. > > If my SEN gov asked
>> for a leaflet I would direct her to the policy and tell her to have fun
>> - but please let me see it first just in case> > I would also tell her
>> that her work would be very low down on the list of tasks I had to do as
>> the work with the students will always come first.> > Gaynor> > > Date:
>> Sun, 2 Dec 2007 14:02:48 +0000> > From: whitehouse_tara at yahoo.co.uk> >
>> To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk> > Subject: [senco-forum] parents
>> info> > > > Hi can anyone out their PLEASE HELP! I know I can rely on
>> the forum for useful advice.> > > > I had a meeting with our SEN govenor
>> last week and she has given me a huge pile of work to do - typical as if
>> we haven't got enough to do this time of the year. Firstly I need to
>> design a leaflet to give to parents infoming them of who does what in
>> our school and all relevant SEN info - does anyone out their have a
>> sample one that would give me a base line to start from? As I have no
>> clue at this moment.> > > > It would also be useful if you could let me
>> know what infomation you give to parents.> > > > I really appreciate any
>> help and advice anyone can give me.> > > > Thanks in anticipation for
>> the fantastic responses I know you will give me.> > > > Thanks again
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 18:48:45 -0000
From: "Ruth Newbury" <rmnewbury at ntlworld.com>
Subject: RE: [senco-forum] targets for annual review - professional
	development
To: "'WrayJanice Wray'" <jwwray14 at hotmail.com>,
	<senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
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My most useful whole school professional development was SEN friendly
classrooms - did it for a term with departmental reps - and then had to see
a classroom  - or more than one - depending on the department that developed
appropriately in each dept.

Also moving to coursework - SEN friendly coursework guides - again
departmental reps - who each produced a new GCSE - and then Yr 9 guide.

Working with each dept to get proper - subject specific word lists for every
unit - again we had one member of each dept - and once you had been the sen
person on one task it was time for another person to get a large SEN input.

And what happened from these things?

It was also prof development for others - AND staff found out that was was
good for SEN was good for an awful lot of other people too.

How about some nice SEN visits for you - to other schools - to your pyramid
- or whatever - or a course - or a SENCo conference - Fil Cames are
outstandingly good - and then you could cascade all that back into school.

Find something enjoyable that grabs you - too much of prof development is
boring at times - when I think of what I have been offered over the years.

Regards

Ruth

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[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of WrayJanice Wray
Sent: 03 December 2007 15:13
To: senco forum
Subject: [senco-forum] targets for annual review - professional development

The Head is currently doing my annual review - 
part of UPS progression - 
targets for learning are easy enough - raise writing levels etc - 
and for SEN is easy - find out about Asperger's and write a guide for staff.

It's the 'professional development' one I am stuck on - ast year it was
learn about CBT but this year - what could i do for teh department or the
whole school - 
what do you do ? 
Cheers
JaniceJanice Wray Secondary SENCO, Herts
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 20:48:56 -0000
From: "Elizabeth MacKenzie" <e.mackenzie109 at btinternet.com>
Subject: [senco-forum] Dancing Bears, Bear Necessities, Bearing Away,
	Apples and Pears
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Hello,

Does anyone have any experience of using any of the Promethean Trust's Sound
Foundations Dancing Bears etc. Reading and/or spelling workbooks with Key
Stage 2 children?  Our EP seems hooked on them and we feel that we are
unlikely to get anywhere with EP support for some of our least able children
unless we use them. Any comments would be gratefully received. Thanks. Liz

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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 07:29:31 +0800
From: "Lorna Prestage" <prestage.l at gardenschool.edu.my>
Subject: RE: [senco-forum] Dyscalculia Screener
To: "Jeff Hughes" <jeff at box42.com>
Cc: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
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Hi Jeff

According to the very nice technical man at GL, "unfortunately, the screener is incompatible with Windows XP." 
It was suggested I try installing the screener on a Windows 2000 machine, however we haven't had one of those for a v long time. I asked when it would be upgraded but they did not know as yet.

Lorna Prestage
Head of Learning Support

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Sent: 03 December 2007 23:07
To: Lorna Prestage
Subject: Re: [senco-forum] RE: Dyscalculia Screener

which OS does it work with??

Jeff

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> Hi Janice 

> Not an answer to your question, sorry. 

> Can I ask, what OS are you running? I had to return Dyscalculia Screener 
> because it wouldn't run our (Windows XP) system! I'm waiting for a 
> refund. It didn't say in the gumpf that it wouldn't run on XP and our 
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> I'm jealous you've managed to do an assessment with it. 

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> Subject: [senco-forum] Dyscalculia Screener 

> Does anyone use this? I have just obtained it and have done my first 
> test,   
> which came back with the result that the child is not dyscalculic. 
> However the   
> fact remains she is a relatively bright child who really struggles with  
> maths. I  am not clear about how to interpret this result or what action 
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 06:54:08 +0000 (GMT)
From: Amanda <amandavh at btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Use of TAs
To: Mary Ross <maross13 at yahoo.co.uk>,	senco forum
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I have an INSET for TAs and a set of advice for teachers which you are welcome to adapt if you want it.   Just let me know.
  Amanda
  Secondary SENCO
  Cornwall

Mary Ross <maross13 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
  I need to do some Inset on 'Good Use of TAs'. Anyone got any suggestions or ideas for material I can use?

Mary. Senco. Norfolk Junior School.

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