HelpingLittleHandsLearn

Making a difference. Seeing and drawing out unlimited potential. Support. Play. Guidance. Fun.

[SEND Action @SEND_Action]

The petition to save disabled children’s rights is rocketing up. With your help we might actually make it to 100,000. Please share everywhere.

[Naomi Fisher @naomicfisher]

I’m hearing from ever more parents of primary school aged children that their children really don’t like school. They say that it’s boring, that they have to sit for long hours listening. Parents say that young children are taught things which they, their parents, have never needed to know. Things like ‘fronted adverbials’ and the difference between homophones and homographs.

Which wouldn’t matter if the children were interested and curious, but this isn’t why they are learning those things. They’re learning them because someone has decided that this is the best way for young children to spend their time.

That these – fronted adverbials, for example - are the most important things.

Parents say that their children are stressed about school work before they’ve even turned seven. They say that children wake up at night worrying that they’ll be put in the Red Zone or taken off the Sun and put on the Rain Cloud.

They say that when they tell school that their child doesn’t want to come, school tells them that maybe home is just too nice. They suggest that rather than improving their experience of school, parents should focus on making their experience of home worse so school seems better in comparison.

Huh?

How does that make any sense?

We’re losing a generation of children. They’re learning that they don’t like to learn, at the stage of their lives when they should be bursting with curiosity and excitement. By the time they are nine, some of them are already saying that school is ‘just something to get through’.

Here’s my take. Education shouldn’t be about ‘information in’. The first priority should not be covering content or passing tests.

That is something which can happen later, but first?

We need to inspire children about learning.

When our young children think that they are stupid. When our six-year-olds learn that learning is irrelevant and difficult. When our eight-year-olds believe that they are bad because they can’t sit still and concentrate?

Those things last a lifetime.

This is the foundation of education. If we get it wrong now, we’ll be dealing with the consequences far into the future. Our children need change.

[DPAC @Dis_PPL_Protest]

#PIP

The vile & toxic DWP are sending out a horrific survey asking disabled people how they spend their PIP money

1. DWP have no legal right to ask & you have no legal obligation to fill it in

2. if you send a letter of opposition tell them what you think of their vile cuts

[Neurodiversity Celebration Week @NCWeek]

It's here! Neurodiversity Celebration Week has begun! 🌟

Let’s make this week one to remember! Head to https://t.co/TbsrRGwMZD to get started 🌟

#NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek #NeurodiversityWeek #NCW #ThisIsND

[HelpingLittleHandsLearn @HLHLSkye]

Terrible! Our kids need more not less.

[Neil Barbour @nellybabs]

NEW: @CambsCC announce plans to cut funding for after school clubs for children in specialist schools across the county, saying "we are writing regarding a proposal to cease funding for Special School After School Clubs (SSASC) from 1 April 2025"

[HelpingLittleHandsLearn @HLHLSkye]

Absolutely 💯 this!

[HelpingLittleHandsLearn @HLHLSkye]

@myspecial3girls Happy birthday 🎂

[HelpingLittleHandsLearn @HLHLSkye]

An update on the pug dress up please. Was it just as good as you hoped?

[Lucy Griffiths @LucyGriff76]

A child in my class told me yesterday that they are coming as a pug and I for one, can not wait to see this! #WorldBookDay

[1Voice @1VoiceAAC]

Calling all AAC users and their families/supporters
whatever stage of your communication journey you’re at.
Come along to a 1Voice South West Branch Get Together

[Pinpoint Cambs @pinpointcambs]

🤝 The SEND information hub is designed to help families feel empowered and find support in Cambridgeshire
Learn more: https://t.co/QUmN5wxzxP
@CambsCC
#SEND #AdditionalNeeds #SENDInformationHub #ParentCarers #Education

[A Grain of SaLT- Sarah Reilly @sazalder]

When you ask a child what they thought of our first therapy session… 😀🤩 Maybe it was the messy play dough that we got everywhere 🤔 😂#mySLTday

[HelpingLittleHandsLearn @HLHLSkye]

@shitscaredmum Sending you so much love and strength ❤️

[Naomi Fisher @naomicfisher]

Do you have a child with a complex health condition who you think needs an EHCP? My sister, Dr Abigail Fisher (educational psychologist) is running a webinar tomorrow. Come and ask your questions. Please share if you know parents who might benefit. https://t.co/KQU4el8BT2

[A Grain of SaLT- Sarah Reilly @sazalder]

The wonder of AAC… by the end of an assessment session, a child who had never used a communication app before was smiling after I told him he’d done well and then used the app to say “I want big balloon” 😂💜

[🌻 c h l o é h a y d e n 🌻 @chloeshayden]

Reminder if you didn’t already know I have a podcast called Boldly Me and you can listen to it wherever you listen to your podcasts 🥰

[Jensens Antics @Gillian44890858]

Happy National BSL Day #NationalBSLDay #BSLAlly #jensensantics #hohkid #kidthatsigns

[Pebble Autism @PebbleAutism]

Three signs that a student is quiet and compliant but not calm and well-regulated, with thanks to The Neurodivergent Teacher on Facebook

[HelpingLittleHandsLearn @HLHLSkye]

@AnnMemmott 😲😡

[Daisy and Me Podcast @daisyandmepod]

NEW EPISODE ON MONDAY! Sorry we’ve been away so long but we’re back on Monday morning. In the meantime you can catch up on the series so far and the back catalogue with @CarrieGrant1 @DameStephanie_ @sbaroncohen @comm4allorg @MaxJGreen @anne_hegerty

https://t.co/45D2XB05KX

[HelpingLittleHandsLearn @HLHLSkye]

Best SPD info and courses!

[Sensory Spectacle @SensorySp]

Throughout April enrol onto ‘Becoming a Sensory Detective course’ for just £54, get 3 months access also includes our ‘Understanding our 8 senses’ for FREE!

Learn the skills to understand, interpret and support someone with SPD.

Enrol here https://t.co/dbyz7Efw7Z