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MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Sorting
This week I feel like I’ve been sorting things out. There is still so much more today and today’s job is to write a list. I always feel better when I have a list of things to do, don’t you?
I’ve been sorting out Boo’s college and her diagnosis path. She has been waiting to be assessed for Autism and Learning Difficulties for a few years now and now the ball seems to be rolling in the right direction. We have a meeting at the college next week and I have been sorting all my information ready for her assessment. I was a little shocked to find out that she’s actually learning primary level maths. I know she failed her GCSE and would have to do it again, but to be actually having to start from the beginning is not what I expected. What did they actually teach her at school and why wasn’t this addressed sooner? Star failed her Maths GCSE too and now I’m wondering just how bad her Maths is. We did have some private tutoring last year, but the teacher was only doing it for a short while and had to leave and there has been no replacement as yet.
I’ve also been sorting out the bedrooms with swapping over to the warmer duvets. I ended up having a bit of discussion with my eldest son about the difference between blankets, quilts and duvets. To me the distinction is very clear, but he was quite argumentative. I would never call a duvet or a quilt a blanket.
I bought some dividers from my trip to Ikea for sorting out Boo’s chest of drawers. She’s good at sorting out what she wants to wear for the day but when she goes in her drawers she just leaves them in a mess….and I have ironed most of her clothes. So, I’m trying the dividers so she can just see exactly what she needs and take them out. Fingers crossed. Star very rarely wears anything but pyjamas and the Little Man gets dressed every day but I sort his clothes for him. I might buy him some drawer dividers too.
Ok, I must get on with writing that list now. I still have to sort out all the documents I need to present the Little Man’s case for his EHCP but we are nearly there. And I have to sort out all the documents needed to appeal to PALS for Star’s treatment. It’s been way too long before we have even spoken to a doctor apart from in A&E.
As for sorting out my life, I don’t think that will happen any time soon!
Now it’s over to you, what word or phrase sums up your week this week?
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Sorting. Ahhh! I love doing it if I have the right resources and time. It looks so much neater and it’s easier to find what you are looking for. Good luck with the sorting and I hope the children’s needs are taken care of sooner rather than later. As for Maths, I am still convinced that some people’s brains are wired to be able to cope with learning it. For some people, it’s harder. I am also one of those. But if I really put my mind to it, and get the right resources, I can teach myself. I never got Maths while I was in school. Yet years later, I did it on my own. Maybe she does have a learning difficulty and that makes getting Maths concepts harder too.
I feel so much more motivated when I have a list or two on the go.
Good luck with the meeting at Boo’s college. That is pretty shocking that she is learning primary level maths, it sounds like her old school really let her down.
My girls don’t know the difference between blankets, duvets and quilt either. They just call everything blankets which really confuses life. lol
I hope all of your sorting goes well. x
I should probably make a list of all the stuff I need to get sorted out. I did chuckle at the duvet, quilt and blanket debate. Mine call them duvets, quilts and blankets. Like me (and you) they differentiate between them. That’s shocking about Boo having to start again with Maths. I remember looking at Madam’s maths homework in mainstream school and wondering what on earth they’d done to make it so complicated. Maybe Boo needs to learn it differently.
I’m with you on feeling better with having a list of things to do. Glad the ball is rolling with Boo’s autism and learning difficulties assessment and hope things continue to progress with that. That sounds frustrating having to go back to primary level maths and the maths difficulties not being picked up sooner. Sounds like you’ve been busy with sorting out bedrooms. I’d agree with duvet, blanket and quilt all being quite distinct things. Good luck with sorting out the documents for Little Man’s EHCP and Star’s PALS appeal. #WotW