[senco-forum] Do you use the gym for exams ?

From: luisapinnell at hotmail.com

Luisa 

No you are not being fussy . Get her doctor to write a letter saying it would be detrimental to her health etc . It may also help if you can come up with a room (or cupboard where she can sit - it often makes the exams officer a bit more amenable if you can offer a possible solution 

I have a couple of kids who have CFS and may need rest breaks for the longer exams - they cant be accommodated elsewhere because of space issues but sit at the back near the door and invigilators know that they are there and have stop the clock allowance. 

I have also had a student in year 9 last week who is being seen by CAMHS (mental health issues ) who on the friday before SATs week locked herself in toilets and threatened overdose through the stress of impending tests . We got her out and assured her that she need not take them - I got on the phone to her key worker who dropped a letter in by hand before school finished to say that it would be detrimental for her to sit ,she will be entered as unable to sit tests. 

I am increasingly finding that I am having to do battle to get what the students are entitled to ie one per room if reader -  SATs last week I had 2 in one room and TAs said it was a nightmare even although we had put screens up. 

Gaynor

> From: luisapinnell at hotmail.com
> To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 16:05:47 +0000
> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Do you use the gym for exams ?
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> Hope you are feeling better Janice,I will ask the caretaker what they use in our gym on Monday.
> Talking about heat and poorly ventilated gyms, I have a pupil who has a statement of SEN and she is also diabetic. She does not qualify for reader/ scribe, only extra time. As we are a small school and space is at a premium , the examination officer suggested that she does her GCSEs in the gym with the others. I am not happy with this (neither is the parent). Am I being fussy? And is it necessary to fill in extra forms and stuff for someone who has diabetes? 
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> Luisa
> > From: gadunkley at hotmail.co.uk> To: jwwray14 at hotmail.com; senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 14:28:59 +0000> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Do you use the gym for exams ?> > > Janice > > Sorry to hear about your tumble hope you are not to sore today . Did you report to Health and Safety Officer? > > We use the gym and it gets covered by a very large tarpaulin not plastic . This however still presents a trip hazard as it moves about and rucks up . > > The biggest problem we have in the gym especially as we move into main exam period is the heat . The very high windows have no blinds and let in very little air - it has been known for students to pass out in the heat and once one of the invigilators collapsed. We now have a supply of cold water outside just in case students doing longer papers begin to flag. > > Take care > > > Gaynor> > > > From: jwwray14 at hotmail.com> > To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk> > Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 20:51:24 +0000> > Subject: [senco-forum] Do you use the gym for exams ?> > > > I was wondering - I fell flat on my face yesterday - in front of 130 SATS students and 4 teachers - in the gym because I tripped over the plastic sheeting they put on to protect the gym surface.> > Battered and bruised at home today - horrid. Just glad I didn't break anything or knock myself out.> > Anyway, I was wondering what do your schools put over the floor.> > And also - if they are covered in similar stuff - please be careful because you could fall over too.> > Cheers> > Janice> > > > Janice Wray> > > > Secondary SENCO, Herts> > > > _________________________________________________________________> > > > All new Live Search at Live.com> > > > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000006ukm/direct/01/> > _________________________________________________________________> Great deals on almost anything at eBay.co.uk. Search, bid, find and win on eBay today!> http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000004ukm/direct/01/
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