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Can you solve this Year 6 question?
Let me know if you want a hint 🤩

⏰ I currently have limited availability,
🌼 supporting learning in Maths and English
🌸 boosting confidence
🌺 SATs and 11+

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Dyslexia Awareness Week comes to an end this weekend - so it's more crucial than ever to get your voice HEARD!! We've partnered with the British Dyslexia Association and made the UK's FIRST EVER voice petition to get your opinion out there as the government makes key decisions about Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND) support in schools. Tell us what you think needs improvement - or even what works - so you can directly improve the system!! >> https://dyslexiavoicepetition.com/

Hi, I’m Pam, a teacher of 25+ years in KS1-4; boosting confidence and breaking down learning barriers.

If you are interested in arranging some support for your child, or have any questions, please get in touch
Thank you 🌸

Good luck to new students, returning students and school staff as the new school year begins 🍀📚📝

I’m keeping everything crossed for my students who are collecting their GCSE results today; I hope you get what you need to start your dreams today 🤞🍀🤩

This explains our students emotions as we near the end of the school year 📚✏️

Let’s talk about Term 6.

It’s a tough one. Really tough.
It’s the longest term of the year. Temperatures are high. Everyone’s tired – adults and children alike.

But for our young people, there’s even more going on.

They’re starting to feel it…
The endings. The goodbyes. The looming changes that September will bring.
New classes. New teachers. Maybe new schools. It’s a lot – even if they can’t quite put it into words.

You might notice more emotional outbursts at home.
Or a total shutdown after school.
That’s not you doing something wrong – it’s after-school restraint collapse.
They’ve been holding it together all day. And you’re their safe place.

So what can help?

Slow things down.
Stick to familiar routines.
Lower your expectations at home – and raise your connection.
Be gentle – with them, and with yourself.

Term 6 asks a lot of our young people. Let’s give them what they really need:
Safety, predictability, and room to feel what they’re feeling.

You’ve got this. And so do they.

I really hope that Jamie Oliver is supported and succeeds in this quest.
Since Bloom Tutoring began, I have seen way too many Primary and Secondary students who are not being assessed and supported for dyslexia (and other neurodivergent learning barriers). As a consequence of this, their self esteem and mental health have suffered enormously. It breaks my heart to hear a child refer to themselves as thick or stupid. This is certainly not the case, as people with dyslexia often work much harder to create solutions to their school and work tasks, displaying a talent for problem solving that non-dyslexic people would struggle to achieve.
More funding is absolutely necessary.
We need easier access to assessments and EHCPs; too many parents are battling with schools for answers, when we should be working together.
Secondly, we need to train teaching staff to identify key characteristics of dyslexia +, so they can then understand how best to support and scaffold their students’ learning.
In all my years of teaching, I can count on one hand the CPD which was related to some form of SEN. This simply is not enough, nor acceptable. The education system is failing these children and young adults. Money that should be spent here, is being swallowed up with supporting our students who need help with their mental health (I know there are unrelated MHI that need funding), the message is clear to them; they are not heard and often labelled with having ‘behaviour issues’. They know they have difficulty accessing their learning, that they are not always heard and supported and are worried about failing. Of course this is going to lead to mental health and self esteem issues.
A shake up is needed.
Remember the slogan, ‘Every Child Matters’?
Good luck to your campaign Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver: ‘They called me a stupid dunce’ The chef, who has just turned 50, always struggled at school and with the ‘grown-up’ side of business. After being diagnosed with dyslexia earlier this year, he now knows why

Changes brewing in SEN: What parents should spot! 🌟

We have written an analysis of this year's KS2 reading SATs. Grab a drink and have a read here: https://blog.edshed.com/

Wishing my Year 6 students good luck today as they begin their SATs; go and show your teachers how amazing you are!🤩
But remember, the world will still be spinning afterwards 🌎🌍🌏 and you’re all incredible young people! 🌟💫
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