My evening:
Go through all school newsletters, writing dates in diary.
Respond to email from daddy about all 3 parents evenings in next 2 weeks, plus dental appoinment.
Go through 2 bookbags in search of any lost letters and any clue about non-uniform day tomorrow, picking off bits of pear shoved in there by over-enthusiastic dinner lady, and glancing over the junkmail advertising playcentres, etc.
Notice unread reading books- my boys were playing outside from 3.30 till 7.30, thankyou.
Quick look at facebook, then blog.
Take washing out of machine and hang up, especally jodphurs, for tomorrow.
Maybe bit of myspace
Play guitar
Sod the washing up
bed with book if time
...Ok I seem to have got stuck in a loop between blog and facebook-well that's 5 items done anyway- others aren't that essential...
Went to see the ed psycologists today; pretty fruitless really. They don't do statements or extra help for dyslexics. Or screening. They just said it looks like he is dyslexic and the school is just gonna have to cope with it. It's the LEA policy that schools are dyslexia friendly. And that school does have the badge. They are managing by using the classroom assistant who is trained and experienced in dyslexia. Only problem is she is supposed to be there for the other children too, and other classes. Plus when she's ill there is no cover. They are doing a good job wth him, though, if it can be, ramming a square peg into a round hole. He's making progress, by finding coping strategies. He actually wrote a sentence yesterday that was just about readable, on his own, which is amazing, I think. He doesn't say "I cant", he says "i need help with this". They said he will get there, but it won't happen that easily; it will be long and hard. I suppose he will have to learn to read and write eventually. Shame he has to be forced into it, but hey, he doen't seem to be complaining yet, only like most kids complain about having to go to school: every day, apparently. So that's alright then. I suppose. Well it'll soon be half term.
Hey, I've done six things now.. jodphurs...bed
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That sounds not too bad, the non-complaining and the progress. It's looking like it was still a good decision then?
yeah...it seems to have been a good time for all of them, I knew it was now or never. Still not sure if it's going to remain right for fergus- square peg round hole thing- but we shall see. They actually seem more settled and happy in themselves than before!
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