Mrs Simpson's Site

With the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II last week, we have put together a collection of resources you can use to talk to your students about the Monarchy. Explore the type of work the Royal Family do and some of the traditions and history of the Monarchy, and build your students' to help them talk about recent events. https://bit.ly/3RynoTX

September has arrived and with it a change in the seasons 🍁 What is your favourite seasonal change and why?

Use our Seasons book 📚 in Teach Your Monster: Reading For Fun to encourage your little ones to focus, observe and connect with nature 🔍

Tag a friend in the comments section who would love this book for their child and play Teach Your Monster: Reading For Fun for FREE here - https://tym.st/eed7

SIMON SAYS FITNESS FOR KIDS

https://www.730sagestreet.com/keeping-kids-healthy-active/

Some more options for your positivity wall perhaps?! ☺️ Take care and have a good week!
https://www.woojr.com/positive-sayings-adult-coloring-pages/

Ooh! lovely 😊

Meet the Sticker Dolly Dressing Fairies! Meet the magical Dolls from the Sticker Dolly Dressing world! They have some awesome book recommendations you don’t want to miss out on! Graces favourite books are: Lilly’s recommendati…

Fun coloring

Here is a super cute chameleon to doodle on! What colors will you choose as background?! Always remember… the little chameleon will try and fit in! ☺️
https://thecraftyclassroom.com/chameleon-zentangle-art-project-for-kids/

Four cute Animal Coloring Pages in one Card. And not just any card! An Endless Card or also called Neverending Card! 😍
https://hattifant.com/stripy-animal-endless-card/

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This is how to empower Dyslexic Thinking in every workplace. Read our workplace guide: Join the Dots and find out why LinkedIn and Dictionary.com are adding as a skill 👇 www.madebydyslexia.org/workplace.

Then join the movement to show you recognise as a valuable skillset by joining the conversation or adding the skill to your LinkedIn profile if you are dyslexic.

Elizabeth Mc Garty

There’s a lot to absorb in the SEND Green Paper – and a lot to be concerned about. We’re still carefully reading the proposals and looking at how these fit with the current legal framework, and will produce a detailed analysis soon. In the meantime, a few things jump out:

▪️ Reference to local decision-making and 'local discretion', requiring national standards to fix. Local authorities may think they have discretion, but existing law is clear – that’s why local authorities lose so consistently at Tribunal. Applying the law should be priority, not creating new structures.

▪️ Assumption that increasing number of Tribunal appeals demonstrates parents’ ‘frustration’ with SEND system. No: it demonstrates unlawful decision-making by local authorities.

▪️ Proposed amendment to process for naming school in an EHC plan. This appears to be led by what already exists in local area rather than what child’s individual needs might be. By what method will local authorities produce tailored list of options – and how many options will there realistically be?

▪️ Making mediation mandatory and making it harder to appeal to Tribunal. Lots of problems with this. But if ministers want a less adversarial system, they need to find a way of making sure the law is followed in every area, for every child.

To add:

Thanks everyone so much for these comments – we are taking note of them all. IPSEA will be preparing a detailed response to the consultation on the proposals in the SEND green paper, and we also encourage you all to submit your own response so the Government knows what you think. The consultation runs until Fri 1 July, so there’s plenty of time. Details of how to respond can be found at the link below, and we will also be putting information about it on our website shortly.
https://consult.education.gov.uk/send-review-division/send-review-2022/