[senco-forum] Newbie

Welcome Matt
With regard to transition to KS3 the best thing is probably to contact the secondary school and plan transition. I try to go to Year 5 and Year 6 Annual Reviews so that we write the objectives together.  Do you have specialist teachers for VI children?  If you do they should be able to advise too.

Can't answer about signature file bit as I don't understand it!

Barbara

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Sent: 01 March 2007 11:51
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Subject: [senco-forum] Newbie

Hi Everyone

I joined the list recently.  I thought it would be good idea to introduce
myself.

I have been working in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for twelve
years, most of that time I spent as ICT co-ordinator in a 4 form entry
junior school.  This included 3 years working as a project manager for the
ICT Test Bed project which some of you may (or may not!) have heard of. 
Eighteen months ago I inherited the role of SENCo following the promotion of
our deputy to a local headship.  It has been a ridiculously steep learning
curve at times but I finally feel I'm getting somewhere thanks to the
support of many colleagues across the LEA and beyond.

I wish I had found this list much earlier than I did!

I have two questions.

Firstly, following an annual statement review for a visually impaired year 6
child I am trying to support the parents who are very concerned to 'cross
dot every i and cross every t' in the statement before transition to KS3.  I
need to know how much I can do to the statement given that a lot of the
items will relate to the child's KS3 school and not the current school.  For
example: Ensuring the availability of SSA/TA support for extra curricular
activities.

Could anyone point me at a resource which might guide me on this type of
issue?  I don't want to tread on the toes of the KS3 school but I do want to
ensure the statement is robust and effective, etc.

I hope that makes sense?

My second question relates to this list.  I notice that people tend not to
use signature files, or very simple ones, on their emails. Is there a reason
for this other than confidentiality?

Many thanks for your help.  I look forward to getting to know you all.

Regards

Matt

Matt Goodyear
SENCo London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

http://www.gordano.com - Messaging for educators.