Comments for The Schools' News Service http://www.blog.schools.co.uk Education news and product reviews for teachers Fri, 08 May 2009 23:59:16 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 Comment on Complete review of government stance on behaviour by Daniel Craig http://www.blog.schools.co.uk/2009/04/20/complete-review-of-government-stance-on-behaviour/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Daniel Craig Fri, 08 May 2009 23:59:16 +0000 http://blog.schools.co.uk/2009/04/20/complete-review-of-government-stance-on-behaviour/#comment-11 Hello, I was looking around for a while searching for Cyber Bullying and I happened upon this site and your post regarding Complete review of government stance on behaviour, I will definitely this to my Cyber Bullying bookmarks! Hello, I was looking around for a while searching for Cyber Bullying and I happened upon this site and your post regarding Complete review of government stance on behaviour, I will definitely this to my Cyber Bullying bookmarks!

]]> Comment on What difference does school office furniture make? by Ajay http://www.blog.schools.co.uk/2009/03/31/what-difference-does-school-office-furniture-make/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Ajay Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:46:51 +0000 http://blog.schools.co.uk/2009/03/31/what-difference-does-school-office-furniture-make/#comment-10 Yeah, school furniture will make a difference, because it will change the aptitude. Yeah, school furniture will make a difference, because it will change the aptitude.

]]> Comment on More on dyscalculia by Mette Christoffersen http://www.blog.schools.co.uk/2009/03/06/more-on-dyscalculia/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Mette Christoffersen Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:47:51 +0000 http://blog.schools.co.uk/2009/03/06/more-on-dyscalculia/#comment-9 Dear Tony, Randomly found this blog – looks interesting! Both in my personal life as a dyscalculic, and what I have heard from all the diagnosed members at The Dyscalculia Forum, there are two major reasons for getting diagnosed (a third is actual help like extra time). 1: A diagnosis means you're not stupid. Especially dyscalculics that get diagnosed as adults express this as a MAJOR life event. I was 21 before I even heard dyscalculia existed. I knew I had it, I just knew. But a big part of me still believed what I had been told my whole life - that I was stupid, and not trying hard enough. I wasn't in school at the time, so I didn't need a diagnosis to get help in school - I just needed to show myself that I had dyscalculia. And I knew I couldn't possibly be stupid if I had dyscalculia. Not being stupid, meant I had the courage to go back to school. I hadn't even finished 9th grade (equal to 10th grade in the US) at that point in my life - and you need that to go to high school in Denmark. So I had to start all over. And today, at 26, I'm about a year from having a bachelor degree. I took an education that had absolutely NO math involved - but even thinking I could take an education, after years of thinking and being told I was stupid, was a completely impossible thought without a diagnosis that told me I wasn't stupid. This sounds silly, but I'm sure you've heard it from other dyscalculics / dyslexics. 2: A diagnosis – a good one – will result in a better understanding of why the problems even occur. Is it a number fact problem, a working memory problem, a visual/spatial problem? The tester should always write a couple of pages, explaining what the test results mean. This explanation will make it possible for the teacher to find individual methods that will benefit the dyscalculic. But you already know this, I even think I have it from your books! Mette - admin from The Dyscalculia Forum Dear Tony,

Randomly found this blog – looks interesting!

Both in my personal life as a dyscalculic, and what I have heard from all the diagnosed members at The Dyscalculia Forum, there are two major reasons for getting diagnosed (a third is actual help like extra time).

1: A diagnosis means you’re not stupid. Especially dyscalculics that get diagnosed as adults express this as a MAJOR life event. I was 21 before I even heard dyscalculia existed. I knew I had it, I just knew. But a big part of me still believed what I had been told my whole life – that I was stupid, and not trying hard enough. I wasn’t in school at the time, so I didn’t need a diagnosis to get help in school – I just needed to show myself that I had dyscalculia. And I knew I couldn’t possibly be stupid if I had dyscalculia.

Not being stupid, meant I had the courage to go back to school. I hadn’t even finished 9th grade (equal to 10th grade in the US) at that point in my life – and you need that to go to high school in Denmark. So I had to start all over. And today, at 26, I’m about a year from having a bachelor degree.

I took an education that had absolutely NO math involved – but even thinking I could take an education, after years of thinking and being told I was stupid, was a completely impossible thought without a diagnosis that told me I wasn’t stupid.

This sounds silly, but I’m sure you’ve heard it from other dyscalculics / dyslexics.

2: A diagnosis – a good one – will result in a better understanding of why the problems even occur. Is it a number fact problem, a working memory problem, a visual/spatial problem? The tester should always write a couple of pages, explaining what the test results mean. This explanation will make it possible for the teacher to find individual methods that will benefit the dyscalculic. But you already know this, I even think I have it from your books!

Mette – admin from The Dyscalculia Forum

]]> Comment on More money for healthy eating. by Healthy Eating http://www.blog.schools.co.uk/2009/02/09/more-money-for-healthy-eating/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Healthy Eating Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:35:18 +0000 http://blog.schools.co.uk/2009/02/09/more-money-for-healthy-eating/#comment-6 I am passionate about healthy eating, so much so that I have created my own blogsite dedicated to healthy eating books and dvds - http://www.healthy2eat.co.uk. Maybe some of the school governers will read these recipes and see how nutritious food can make a difference to a child's development. I am passionate about healthy eating, so much so that I have created my own blogsite dedicated to healthy eating books and dvds – http://www.healthy2eat.co.uk.

Maybe some of the school governers will read these recipes and see how nutritious food can make a difference to a child’s development.

]]> Comment on News about visits by mat board http://www.blog.schools.co.uk/2009/02/05/news-about-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4 mat board Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:29:49 +0000 http://blog.schools.co.uk/2009/02/05/news-about-visits/#comment-4 That was a great post. I will have to bookmark this site so I can read more later. That was a great post. I will have to bookmark this site so I can read more later.

]]> Comment on News about visits by Elaina http://www.blog.schools.co.uk/2009/02/05/news-about-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Elaina Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:45:27 +0000 http://blog.schools.co.uk/2009/02/05/news-about-visits/#comment-3 <p>I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.</p> <p>Elaina</p> I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Elaina

]]> Comment on Record payout over assault by Tazia http://www.blog.schools.co.uk/2009/02/10/record-payout-over-assault/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Tazia Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:59:50 +0000 http://blog.schools.co.uk/2009/02/10/record-payout-over-assault/#comment-7 How much do the thousands of kids who are sexually abused by teachers get, would it be nothing? “No-one should ever have to go to work with the expectation of being assaulted,” The kids have to, their parents get prosecuted if they don't. http://www.myspace.com/grahamconridge He victimized 261 schoolgirls, after being banned from every school in Bedfordshire. He was free pssed into Hertfordshire, by the DfES. The total could be 700 or 800. "Yet despite this he was allowed to continue in the school." A crime against the children of the world. How much do the thousands of kids who are sexually abused by teachers get, would it be nothing?

“No-one should ever have to go to work with the expectation of being assaulted,”

The kids have to, their parents get prosecuted if they don’t.

http://www.myspace.com/grahamconridge

He victimized 261 schoolgirls, after being banned from every school in Bedfordshire. He was free pssed into Hertfordshire, by the DfES. The total could be 700 or 800.

“Yet despite this he was allowed to continue in the school.”

A crime against the children of the world.

]]> Comment on More money for healthy eating. by Steven Holmes http://www.blog.schools.co.uk/2009/02/09/more-money-for-healthy-eating/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Steven Holmes Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:39:22 +0000 http://blog.schools.co.uk/2009/02/09/more-money-for-healthy-eating/#comment-5 Hi, I came across your blog on Google and read it with interest. My client – St Aidan’s C of E School in Harrogate – have created a website called www.catering4schools.co.uk which offers other schools around the country the opportunity to subscribe and receive access to healthy school meal plans. The website gives full nutritional information for every meal, contains over 350 individual school dinner recipes with up to 40,000 meal combinations and contains a portion calculator which tells the subscribing school exactly how much of each ingredient they will need to purchase in order to cater for X number of students. St Aidan’s are something of a pioneer in the provision of healthy school meals, having conformed to the Government’s Nutritional Standards for Schools for over two years. The school employs a full-time chef, and a dietician/nutritionist who monitors the food intake of each child who eats meals provided by the school. My reason for getting in touch today is to ask if you would be prepared to put a link from your blog to my client’s website, in order to generate more exposure for the great work they are doing? Please let me know if you have any questions. Kind Regards Steven Holmes Hi, I came across your blog on Google and read it with interest.
My client – St Aidan’s C of E School in Harrogate – have created a website called http://www.catering4schools.co.uk which offers other schools around the country the opportunity to subscribe and receive access to healthy school meal plans.
The website gives full nutritional information for every meal, contains over 350 individual school dinner recipes with up to 40,000 meal combinations and contains a portion calculator which tells the subscribing school exactly how much of each ingredient they will need to purchase in order to cater for X number of students.

St Aidan’s are something of a pioneer in the provision of healthy school meals, having conformed to the Government’s Nutritional Standards for Schools for over two years. The school employs a full-time chef, and a dietician/nutritionist who monitors the food intake of each child who eats meals provided by the school.

My reason for getting in touch today is to ask if you would be prepared to put a link from your blog to my client’s website, in order to generate more exposure for the great work they are doing?

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Kind Regards

Steven Holmes

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