[SENco-forum] Access arrangements

From: Mmilesep at aol.com

Secondary writing speed tests are available from PATOSS, done whole class
and these students are  older they can be given the tedious job of counting
each letter /word. Similarly things like Kirklees and the Sentence
completion test are whole class.

I think all class teachers should do it every year.

It can throw up some real anomalies - motor control/writing speed/ as well
as chance to mark hard a piece of free writing for content, grammar,
spelling etc.,

The anomalies can be passed to the SENco for further testing and reduce
current workload whilst the school has evidence for parents that
writing/processing issues have been monitored yearly, along with
reading/spelling.

End of last minute problems.
Sharon Tringham.

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[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk]On Behalf Of WrayJanice
Wray
Sent: 16 November 2007 19:41
To: mmilesep at aol.com; gadunkley at hotmail.co.uk;
senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: RE: [senco-forum] Access arrangements

Every bliddy year it's the same - pupils in the sixth form suddenly saying
they're dyspraxic or dyslexic or something and need extra time - no
provision in their entire lives before, no assessments etc but parents who
say there is a 'problem' - or teachers asy their essays aren't up to scrtch
but they're good orally - maybe you should teach them to write a flaming
essay then - and then I have to get the information about which children are
sitting which exams from the subject teachers and the exams officer is
pulling his hair out because they aren't entered for the exams until
February by which time it's too late for the access arrangements - grrrrr -
and why can't we just apply to one lace for say a reader for someone
becvause they're going to need every flaming exam read to them - why do we
have to apply tp 4 different boards - and sometimes get different answers
back - stupid and a terrific waste of time - the Head etc have no idea how
much time I spend doing this - in fact - I am going to start logging it
right now - in my diary for this year - how many hours I spend doing testing
etc
Thanks for listening
Janice

Janice Wray

Secondary SENCO, Herts

> From: Mmilesep at aol.com
> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:01:01 -0500
> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Access arrangements
> To: gadunkley at hotmail.co.uk; senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
> CC:
>
>
> In a message dated 13/11/2007 20:40:13 GMT Standard Time,
> gadunkley at hotmail.co.uk writes:
>
> exams  officer has just been on new access arrangements course and she has
> come back  saying that the boards are now proposing that for certain
students
> text in  exam papers can not only be read to the student it can also be
> explained.
>
>
>
> There's an even better way. What about the students stay in bed and we
> adults sit the exam for them and then tell them how it was for us.
>
> This has nothing to do with showing an ever upward improvement in exam
> results does it?
>
> Silly me
>
> Martin
>
>
>
>

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