What I've learned from working in schools

Did you get any of those 'how to be a parent' books before you had kids or when you were pregnant? I didn't.

How to approach parents' evening

Anyone with school-aged children will be more than familiar with parents’ evening.  All our kids are now in full-time education, but rather bizarrely it will be the first year that we have regular parents evenings to go to.  We are familiar with meeting the kids teacher's but parents evening can be a bit of a whirlwind and it's easy to shy away from the event, simply listening to the information presented, thanking the teacher and leaving.

#WonderfulWednesday: The letter praising a student with autism after tests

This week's wonderful Wednesday share is about a letter that a teacher sends to her student with autism that praises him for all the qualities not tested for in the SATS.  I came across it on Scope's facebook page via the The Guardian.  It was originally shared by the students mother, Gail Twist, but has been picked up by lots of outlets including The Mighty site.