Rock it, D!!
By Jeannette | August 7, 2013
I’m joining in #SmallStepsAmazingAchievements hosted by @EthansEscapades at http://bit.ly/158gHYV with a post that still makes me smile and so proud nearly 8 months on.
D is definitely in the right setting for her – in a special needs school – and her achievements since she joined 3 years ago have been amazing.
I can’t wait to see the Christmas play this year, yes, the "C" word!
We’ve been practising songs in the bath; on the school run….everywhere and today, it finally arrived. The day of D’s school play.
D couldn’t go into the school hall at all during her time in mainstream, I never got to see her in an assembly or a play, nerves and anxieties got the better of her. We’d practice the songs at home until she was word-perfect, do dress rehearsals and then, on the day, severe anxieties would set in and she’d be left with a TA in a classroom, whilst the rest of the class performed.
Not today though.
Our girl was Mary and she was brilliant!! It was a two year groups combined production and everyone did fantastically. It’s not easy to stand up in front of people and speak/sing but all these SN children managed it, with gentle prompts and persuasion from the school staff.
What was so lovely to see was, with D’s fantastic memory for timings etc, she was gently instructing her classmates into position and went to fetch the baby for the manger before it was handed to her. So proud of her.
We went back to her classroom for a mince pie and orange juice afterwards and D was very happy, lots of people had told her how well she had done.
The best part for D was she’d been told she could go home afterwards so..we did!
4 Comments
Single Mother Ahoy on 7th August 2013 at 12:59 pm.
How lovely! It must be so nice for her to be able to join in and be included, after such a bad experience previously.
Orli D on 7th August 2013 at 7:07 pm.
That is so great! preforming on stage in front of everyone! Wow. That is such a great accomplishment!
Mary @ Over 40 and a Mum to One on 7th August 2013 at 9:57 pm.
How wonderful, that’s a fab achievement and a proud Mummy moment 🙂
Jane on 11th August 2013 at 3:27 pm.
This is such a fantastic moment for both you and her. I’m so glad this setting is so right for her and school isn’t a nightmare, meaning she is thriving.
Thanks for linking up with Small Steps Amazing Achievements :0)
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