S got his first school report on Friday. On the same day, we had our first SSG to check on how all was going.
Firstly, the report. It was great. S is achieving well in all areas and the teacher had some lovely things to say about him. I’ve mentioned the crystal ball before, the one I wish I had 5 years ago. Well I can definitely say I wish I’d known that his transition to school would be so smooth and that he’d be keeping up with his peers and confidently enjoying himself so much too!
Not suprisingly, the SSG was very much on the same positive lines. We have so little in the way of problems to solve that it was largely just a chance to chat about how well he is doing.
The notable exception as mentioned earlier is some concern about the speech therapy he’s receiving. Wish I could say more, but we are working towards resolving the problem.
Goals for the second half of the year are all about building on the great start we’ve had to the year, especially in relation to the use of technology to facilitate his learning and communication and building on the great relationships he’s developing with his classmates. We’re also looking to add some sensory activities into the classroom to help with his fatigue and concentration levels – that being really the only area where he’s trailing his classmates. He just gets very tired and he took quite a few days/half days off over the first 2 terms (I think 15).
The school buildings are now completely accessible, with the new lift for wheelchair/walker for the rear entrance to the main school building (and easy access to the main toilets) arriving last week. I haven’t seen it yet, but apparently it’s ‘cool’ (so the other kids in the class tell me!).
I’ve committed to making an ‘All About Me’ book so that we have a reference for anyone new coming in to work with S that includes a basic overview of all his tools and tricks. I aim to do that over the hols. I also aim to do a heap more programming on the iPad P2Go because I plan to bring that in to school next term – mostly for interaction in the school yard. Tossing up whether an iPad 2 might be on the cards too. It just has few more bells and whistles and it would be preferable that if S is going to use an iPad for school it only has his apps and stuff on it. Not a mishmash of all the family’s needs (besides, the rest of us will get iPad withdrawal symptoms if it heads off to school all day long!).
So as term 2 draws to a close, we have almost got only good things to say and we are looking forward to this week coming to an end so we can have lots of days in our PJs and out catching up with friends. I love that we are loving school, but love holidays even more 
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