Statement approval

Great news – Charlotte has a statement from the local council.  She is going to be getting the maximum hours per week of classroom support which equates to a full time classroom assistant dedicated to her learning.  It is going to be wonderful for her progress in school, she is clever and she probably has been held back in the classroom by her vision.  The school are now due to recruit someone for her and I can’t wait to meet them.  It is going to be under review after two terms but hopefully it will be able to become longer term and might last her through her primary years.

She is making great progress in her independence.  I'm sure that having an older sibling really helps.  She sees her sister going to “drop-off” birthday parties and playdates and has insisted that she wants to do the same.  Luckily the last two parties were ones where her older sister was also invited so it was easier to leave the two of them together.  But she has been getting on fine on her own.  It is amazing what a difference that first year of nursery makes to their birthday party participation.  In September, she was lying on the floor, crying; now she is rushing off without even saying goodbye!

She is scooting to school every day.  I have to give her a lot of help with bumps in the pavement but on the flat surfaces, on a familiar route, she takes off in front on her own quite happily.  I would like to get her riding a bike some day.  It will be a good source of mobility and independence in adulthood, if she can be safe in traffic.