End of term

Well, here it is, the end of term.  Yesterday was both Aled & Noah's last days at nursery and creche.  PJ still has a half day today to go, but this afternoon that is it!

As a thank you to Aled's teacher for all of the support she has given both Aled & myself, I baked her some cupcakes and decorated them with royal icing stars embossed with the word Thanks on them. (Don't you just love the Cake Decorating magazine!).  I also printed off a Thank You Teacher card from Activity Village  in which I got Aled to write his name and draw a picture.  I watched while Aled gave her the gift and she looked really chuffed to get them.

Yesterday morning was also Aled's parent/teacher meeting.  It went really well and I was pleased with the outcome.  We discussed Aled's development throughout the last year and his teacher has highlighted the areas in which she feels that Aled is still struggling with, which is mainly his social skills and speech.  She advised me that although Aled is more tolerable of children playing along side him now, he still does not play with other children and is still prone to having a screaming fit when another child tries to play with the same toys as him. She also advised that Aled has struggled this week in school as, being the last week of term, they haven't run to their usual daily routine, which Aled found difficult to deal with.  I have written down all that we have discussed ready to pass on to the Child Development Centre when we eventually get his follow up appointment through.  As expected from the NHS, we are now past the six months since we last saw them and I am having to chase up an appointment.  All in all though, I was pleased with the meeting and will really miss having her as Aled's teacher.  I also briefly spoke with the Head of Early Years, who assured me that they will keep a close eye on Aled when he moves up to Reception and if he shows signs of struggling in full time education, then they will work with me to help him to adapt to the new school routine.  She also advised that the schools SENCO will still be working with Aled when he moves up to Reception.

So now, we have six whole weeks for me to try to keep 3 kids entertained!  On one hand I am looking forward to not having to rush around in the mornings and being able to do what we like, but on the other, I am dreading the constant fighting and tantrums that my boys tend to have!  At least the sun is finally starting to come out and fingers crossed it is here to stay!

Jackie. x

Last week of term...

Can you believe that this is the last week of term!  How quickly has the year gone since my Aled started nursery!

He has grown so much in this last year and has come so far.  Back in September last year he had very little social skills and his speech was not quite there either.  Now, even though he is still slightly behind the others in his class, his speech is so much better.  You can understand most of what he says and his social skills have come along loads as well, although he does still prefer to play by himself to playing with other children.

There are still some areas for concern and I am awaiting an appointment from the child development centre for his follow on appointment, but he is a totally different boy from this time last year.

Last Wednesday was his graduation ceremony at Nursery.  It was the cutest thing ever and I managed not to cry through it! lol.  The different groups all took it in turns to come up and sing a song and then they were presented with their graduation certificates.  At the beginning while the Head of Early Years was making her speech Aled spotted me in the crowd, pointed at me and shouted on the top of his voice 'THAT'S MY MUMMY!'.  I think the whole crowd turned and looked at me. lol.

I think Aled is looking forward to going up to Reception in September and I am looking forward to him going full time, but I'm not sure quite how he is going to take to the change of teacher and classroom.  I hope he takes to it smoothly, but he is quite attached to his current teacher.  

September also sees Noah starting nursery, so I will have all 5 mornings with myself.  I won't know what to do with myself having all that time child free!  Noah is a much more confident child to what Aled was last year and from his time in crèche I know that he will take to nursery like a duck to water.  I really hope he gets as much out of nursery as Aled does.

But before all of that, we still have the 6 weeks holidays to go.  I do hope that the sun does remember that it is supposed to be a SUMMER holiday and we get some nice weather so that we can take advantage of our Merlin Passes during the holidays. 

Jackie. x