Ofsted report.Children of age 4 are been excluded from school

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I agree.

I am trying something out at the moment.It is social skills training. It can be very effective in using drama to teach social skils.

There are a few scenarios we can work on.Some subjects can be sensitive, but it has to be managed effectively.

 

It is very hard as has already been said when there are no boundaries at home, but I do think it is all about partnership working.

All parties have to be involved and it does mean a lot of time and effort and putting in that work early on is the key to success.

 

What I am surprised at when you look closely at these situations and ask the kids what it felt like when they acted out the scenes, they often do not have the language and know what words to use to describe their feelings.

We need to tell them words to desrcribe their emotions and they are more likely to use the words than lash out at kicking objects and people.

 

 

But some children have the whole support network around them - teachers, teaching assistants, behaviour workers, inclusion workers, psychologists etc but still they can't cope with the class environment. Other children suffer as a result. Also good teachers leave the profession because of a minority of children which make things impossible. Even the best, most caring teacher isn't a miracle worker! Partnership working is already in place, as exclusions only occur when everything else has been tried.

 

I don't see anything wrong with admitting that sometimes a different environment would be better for the child. Just as some children need to attend a special school. What is sad is when children are passed from place to place when nothing works. You wonder how their futures will turn out. Which is why I can see how exclusion is a last resort.

 

When you see the backgrounds involved in some cases it's not hard to see where all the aggression comes from. That's not to say that a good school can't be the thing that turns it around.

 

Also, it's easy to think this is the norm these days but it must be rare. A lot of parents I meet really care about their children, and the majority are happy.