General Chat

I'm interested that some of you have mentioned that "special needs kids' of all kinds are doing better at home. It's the one to one stuff, isn't it? All children whatever their ability perform better with individual attention and no-one is surprised to hear this.

I just want to mention the average, fairly able kids who find themselves in mainstream classes with several kids who need extra attention - they get left behind because they don't get any attention. All the schools' energy is focussed on the less able.

I have worked in schools at secondary level down to nursery age and time and again I have found the government guidelines expect the brighter kids to coast along, with no encouragement, because other children need more help. But what about encouraging everybody, including the able?

No wonder bright kids are also being home-schooled, as they are increasingly discriminated against in mainstream schools.

Rant over.

Helen had that with my daughter, she was 5 her first year,, she could read before she went to school she came back crying .. ask her why said she hadnt got a reading book and all the others had,,, i went ask why..couldnt believe what i heard ,, the other children were catching up.. was not happy and took me a week complaining how wrong it was.. she got a book in the end but she could read that to...... i made sure it didnt happen again ......

Yes every child has special needs.

It used to really annoy me years ago if I needed to prepare a report on a child in my class for a child psychologist. I'd spend hours on it then the child would be assessed.
Eventually I'd usually get back some glib comment like "This child could do with one to one attention". To which I felt like saying "So? And how am I supposed to do that with over 30 in the class?"

Educators should be trying to bring out of each child its own strengths and enabling it to achieve as much of its own potential as possible.

Sue

thanks again all

you still up

no lol am not here its me lol

lol

its only me checking my thread
its nice to see a good debate on here

its very good ...nice everyone joins in to...

its been a good thread

And perhaps a justification for proper streaming?

HAVNT READ ALL

BUT KIDS NEE TO LEARN SOCIAL
SKILLS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
WITH THEIR OWN AGE GROUP

proper streaming ? sorry you lost me suzian

nudge

thanks all