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Subject: Extra Support

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Clea Gompels

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Date Posted: 06:41:50 10/26/12 Fri

My ten year old son has been having one-on-one lessons twice a week at school for three years. He does not mind those sessions as he realises that the work is more targeted to his needs and sees the benefits. He does not feel embarrassed by going to those lessons as many of his peers also go. The teacher in the class room and the teacher who teaches the Learning Support are very good at making it seem natural to the children and making them feel at ease. I have even heard children who have difficulties in class say to me that they wished their parents would allow them to have learning support as they realise they are struggling and see their friends benefiting from the extra help.
The main downside of being pulled out of the normal lessons is the lessons missed. It is up to the child to catch up with what has been covered during the lessons, out of school. This can be difficult as the child might not remember to ask the teacher to give him the materials covered or might forget to read through it. Parental support is therefore important to encourage the child to cover the syllabus, if you do not want big gaps in their learning coming to light before the exams at the end of term.
The school rotates the lessons that are missed per term, so for instance, my son might miss a lesson of Design and Technology this term, but it will be history or geography next term. Normally PE or Games are not subjects that will be missed, but unfortunately for my son, DT is one of his favourite subjects and he has to miss lessons in DT for a term each year.
On the whole, the Learning Support is run very well and the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.

I wonder if some of you have had similar experiences with the children you work with. I would love to hear about them.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Extra Support	Lucia (mother/TA optmistic)	23:42:26 10/30/12 Tue