September always feels like a fresh start to me; a time to reflect on the past few months and then plan ahead for the next few. This year is no different but how things are undertaken are slightly different, to say the least!

My main focus at the moment is working towards greater work-life balance by January 2021. This is including a focus on updating and relaunching my website, creating different sensory resource packs to sell and some focus on craft for wellbeing (my own and others). As you know, my best friend is my IT guru so she’ll definitely be helping me with this.

I’m also thinking of the new academic year and Girls Group sessions. I’m currently working on a ‘Chatter Bag’. My idea is that it’s a bag which contacts questions and pictures which the young people can discuss, answer and explore together to help support their conversation skills. I tend to find that some girls are great at this whilst others need more structure and guidance to develop their skills in this area. Once I’ve finished it I’ll share it on here and go through each activity.

Finally, did anyone watch Panorama last week on SEND support in schools and COVID? I’m really interested to hear your thoughts………? The confusion and complication to families seemed overwhelming and clearly added to a very stressful home life. The local authority staff seemed over worked and clearly not enough of them as things were taking time and mistakes were being made in written reports. It seemed very unfair to the children with SEND that needed support to access learning and prepare for adulthood.

So, I’ll be back soon with short and sweet blogs as a record of what I’m doing……

Bye for now