Hi, thanks for the replies, Robbie would be going to a special school, and it was robbies teacher i s poke to and she was going to speak to the head. Robbie as only ever gone for those 2hr each wk so it is a big change for him, the thing is robbie does not sleep good, so the mornings are the worst time ever for him, he is fed through a pump in the night continuous so each morning he is sick and uncomfortable for several hours,he as lots of mucus which he struggles to move. These are not excuses i just know how he is in a morning. Iam sure robbie will enjoy school but i need to know he is ok and i need to feel ok about where he is.Ive never been to or seen any kind of group thing or any play session so i wanted to know what goes on. I think because robbie cannot comunicate with us makes it hard.

its always hard when our Children dont communicate and they are away at school, especially when moving from a few hours a week to full time.
have you asked them about a home/school book where they can write in what he has done that day and any questions you or they might have?? also its worth asking if they have a parent support group in the school (we had to start our own years ago but it meant we spent time with different teachers) it might be worth explaining that robbie is ill most mornings and ask if he could do afternoons only at least to start as i think that would be an lea thing if its permanently afternoon only, dont know how that would work

(09-08-2010 02:29 PM)corinne Wrote:  its always hard when our Children dont communicate and they are away at school, especially when moving from a few hours a week to full time.
have you asked them about a home/school book where they can write in what he has done that day and any questions you or they might have?? also its worth asking if they have a parent support group in the school (we had to start our own years ago but it meant we spent time with different teachers) it might be worth explaining that robbie is ill most mornings and ask if he could do afternoons only at least to start as i think that would be an lea thing if its permanently afternoon only, dont know how that would work

just to say that Ben has got a home/school book and it is good. would they let u go in and see them just before/just after school? as i know ours does.

I know here if parents like yourself want to stay the school will help, like maybe the parent will stay in the class for 1/2 an hour and then you go the staff room for a drink then if possible you could see from the door how he is getting on, as others suggested maybe he could start off doing afternoons and you maybe stay for the first 2 i no its going to be hard but am sure the school could compromise with you

Vicky

we have a home/school book too, i dont write in it everyday, just if he's having an off day or i want them to watch out for something and they write back with when they changed him/what it was like/if hes had an off day etc etc, when he was at his old nursery i had one there too and i got them to write in how much fluid he had drank and what times he'd been changed as he was there longer (he was at private 1 day a week, i thort it would help his development...). I have to say we have been really lucky with his school, its a mainstream with a unit attached and the staff have been really accomodating! if you speak to the head im sure they can accomodate you in some way

xx