As a school we get a lot of mid year transfers of pupils particularly children who have difficulties in previous settings, are LAC or who have been PEX. I want to create a welcome pack that helps build a sense of belonging. Any ideas??? #traumainformed #send #nurture #primary #relational

Thanks both I’ll have a look

We are a nurturing/traumainformed/neurofriendly school.Just wondering what others are using to support PSHE,MH and well-being in primary? We currently use jigsaw but would love to hear what else is out there. #nurture #neurodiversity #traumainformed #send #primary

Mice here too 🥰 I love them x

Anyone got any experience of parents turning on a child for ‘bad behaviour’ there has been one incident that has been totally blown out of proportion I have parents constantly ringing demanding the child is excluded because theirs feels unsafe. We’re an inclusive school-this has shocked me #eduSEND

100% agree!!! Still trying to get minorities of staff at school to understand this despite all the training!!! We come so far in our journey but still had to have a conversation about why we shouldn’t line children up against a wall 🤦🏼‍♀️

The headteacher handbook was my absolute bible!!!

Wow!! Incredible. Thanks for sharing

YouTube video by Jessica Beaumont I Wonder If You See Me - A Spoken Word Poem About Childhood Trauma

I Wonder If You See Me - A Poem about Childhood Trauma.
Please find just 3 minutes of your time for this powerful, absolute must-watch, it comes with a trigger warning for anyone who has experienced any sort of trauma.
We’re all just kids that got older.
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Does anyone teach neuroscience at primary? Obviously a child friendly version. #send

Yes please!! I’ll message you later if that’s okay x

Does anyone teach neuroscience at primary? Obviously a child friendly version. @neuroteachers.bsky.social

Does a Welsh girl teaching in England count? 😂

Had the pleasure of listening to you today. Loved it, thank you so much! I’m off to explore the fruit salads in my school x

This is great!

Love love love this model of building a trauma informed classroom from the ACTRM model (Carter, 2023).

Empowering for teachers looking to apply trauma informed practice to the whole class.

#connectionbeforecorrection
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Which then means there are children in mainstream who can’t access special school because there’s no spaces 😢 It’s such a mess at the moment 😔

Yes to this! We are opening an ERP in our mainstream school in Sept and have visited children in their current settings as part of consult. So many could be fine in mainstream if a few adaptions were made. Mainstream need to start upskilling staff and making reasonable adjustments

100% agree!!! If we can get school level ‘right’ we would reduce the need for as many EHCPs. CPD is just the start

Absolutely, you should be proud of that thought and treat yourself to a beer as well!

I think first and foremost we need to look at the curriculum. This increase in pupil need for ‘EHCP’ is because the current curriculum is not fit for purpose. CPD and a better understanding of child development and neuroscience at ITT would also help. Although I could be wrong 🤷‍♀️

It is a lovely lamp x

Mine too!!!! I have clear in my head just can’t transfer it to paper 😂

New Scottish behaviour plan advises ‘high warmth and high standards’ ‘Culture shift’ in behaviour management has made teachers feel ‘disempowered’, says plan, which backs ‘relationships-based approaches’ and barely mentions exclusions

In Scotland, @henryhepburn.bsky.social reports that worsening school behaviour has been responded to by the government with a double down on "a relational style characterised by high warmth and support, high standards and high expectations".

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