Last weekend something extraordinarily rare happened. My husband and I had a weekend alone… WITH NO KIDS!!! 😍😍😍
I know that to most parents, this sound like a “so what?” moment, but for us as parent/carers, this NEVER happens. Finding someone willing and more importantly ABLE to care for all four of our kids, especially when giving of meds, adjusting routines etc., is tough. Thankyou to Sheila and Tracey for giving us this rare but AWESOME break.
We decided to use this time wisely and so headed up to the big smoke 🌆.
Each year, the TES SEND show comes to the London Business and Design Centre.
This is an event that has been created for SEN professionals to gather together, make professional connections and learn. Compiled by the shows head of content, Beverley Walters, the CPD-certified seminar programme features an inspirational mix of seminars, providing an unrivalled opportunity to hear from acclaimed SEND experts.
This amazing show show attracts visitors from a wide range of roles across the public, not-for-profits (like us), and private sectors from early years, primary, secondary, FE, special schools, Pupil Referral Units, local authorities and more. IT’S AWESOME!
I learned SO much and came home with a library of new books, wonderful connections made and a head FULL of exciting and fresh support/teaching ideas.
Among the many phenomenal speakers, there was one that I must apologise too 😉 PDADadUK. I was so excited to meet him in person that I literally screamed his own name in his face, not my finest moment 🤣Thankfully he was very kind and spoke to me about PDA (a subject in which I’m studying at the moment) and he has helped me no end.
So this blog post is dedicated to him. With enormous thanks!
The content he creates, the advice he gives, and the lived experience that he shares has taught me so much in the past and this week has taught me even more. I have been using his advise (particularly the traffic light system) to help me support in class and it’s been so effective. LINK TO HIS WORK HERE 🙂
THANKYOU PDA DAD!
We at Awesome Archie recommend that all SENCOs and SLT visit the TES SEND show. The information shared has been unbelievably useful to me already and it’s only been a week since the event!
Please find a link to next years show deets here ➡ https://www.tessendshow.co.uk/
But fear not, it wasn’t all work and no play. We also had a whopping stroll around London, visited the sights, had a meal out and A FULL NIGHTS SLEEP!!! AWESOME!
