This term has started really well. Over the holidays we created a behaviour plan for Logan which we haven't even really had to use yet. He had an "off" morning this morning but came right with some consequences for being out of class and had a really good rest of the day. We have split the class a lot more this term and it seems to be working quite well. I think it is a bit easier for Sarah too as she is able to plan and take control of the same group of kids each day. I would still really like to get back to changing groups a bit but for now this provides a bit more structure for Sarah as she finds her style.
We have come up with some good ideas for Cody this term to develop his Oral Language as we don't think continuing to push along his reading is really going to help because he cannot articulate the sounds clearly and we don't know how much of it he actually understands. So, we are reading one book over two days, with the first day focusing on the pictures and identifying nouns. I am looking forward to my Oral Language course I have coming up and I'm hoping this will also help with some more ideas. In the staffroom today, I overheard a conversation about some ESOL resources and thought I might look into them too.
We are using Sue a bit differently this term with her working with target groups and Cody during our literacy time to support them with their reading and writing skills such as letter sounds, HF words and oral language.
We had some interesting feedback from Nat and Rose at staff meeting yesterday about attachment issues in students. This really made a lot of sense and reaffirmed my beliefs around the importance of relationships with our students. How we need to be nurturing like mothers but also firm and fair in our boundaries and consequences. The students need to feel safe and valued. These are all things I hold very highly in my practise and that I have seen strong evidence for within my own classroom experiences - even when it has been really hard to do.
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