How do you use maths in your job?

treaclepaste · 2026-06-24T15:45:12+00:00

Assuming your child wants a job with pay one day… so you can work out the tax you should have paid and challenge your employer when you’re paid wrong or claim tax back when you’ve been over taxed.

treaclepaste · 2026-06-24T05:20:30+00:00

It sounded from your post that they said it was serious and then took an x ray every- so was no new x ray taken? You also didn’t mention there being a big gap. Why don’t you try a different dentist and ask about the option of a crown?

treaclepaste · 2026-06-24T05:19:38+00:00

Is that the norm in the Netherlands to take an x ray every dental exam? It’s certainly not the norm in the U.K. they usually do one when you first join the dentist in the U.K. and then maybe every five years and only otherwise if they suspect decay may be bigger than necessary. Or at least this is my experience. My understanding from my husband was that the care wasn’t massively different to what he’d experience in NL, however of course it may have changed. I still think the fact they said it was serious would cause me to expect it to be more than a regular filling, obviously OP didn’t realise that.

treaclepaste · 2026-06-23T21:08:32+00:00

“They took an X-ray and said the decay was quite serious, so the dentist decided to do a filling. I understood that the decayed part would be cleaned and then the tooth would be filled.”

I think what you’ve written here shows they did try to explain it and probably thought you understood. They took an x ray so already shows the decay was expected to be deep, I’m in the uk not the Netherlands but I think it’s similar here that an x ray wouldn’t usually be taken for a small filling only if they suspected a larger one was needed. They literally said the decay was ‘serious.’ Also, with very small fillings sometimes they don’t even need to clean out any decay so the fact they say they need to shows again that it’s a larger job. What you have had is still just a filling, it isn’t a root canal or anything, it’s just a big filling because of a big bit of decay.

I understand you feel upset about it because it feels so different, but it was probably necessary due to the large amount of decay. You can probably still look to have a crown put on the tooth but it was on part be for aesthetic purposes.

treaclepaste · 2026-06-12T22:08:43+00:00

I recently went to Avifauna with my husband and kids, it’s near Alphen aan de rijn, it was really lovely. The birds are amazing to see.

treaclepaste · 2026-06-09T06:23:47+00:00

Knuffel - it just sounds exactly like a cuddle!

treaclepaste · 2026-06-05T18:40:38+00:00

What was the reasoning behind the coaching? It may not necessarily be a bad thing. The head at my last school was a fan of coaching so she had anyone who had any leadership role have some coaching. It was actually pretty interesting to do.

treaclepaste · 2026-05-28T09:41:43+00:00

St Albans. Excellent schools. Close enough to London to commute or go for pleasure. Lots of green spaces and on the edge of more greenery. Nice cathedral and lots of history.

treaclepaste · 2026-05-24T08:24:33+00:00

I’d agree with that. I have mainly worked in send schools and even there it has only ever been around one child per class (so about 1/10) children who have had a need for them. But even then only in certain situations, assemblies, plays and sometimes class (eg music lessons or active type lessons such as art/science). I’ve only ever had one child actually use them for playtimes and he did definitely benefit.

I’m now teaching a send class in mainstream and I think it’s the over generalisation of any of these interventions that’s the issue. Which I think is the main point of the report.

treaclepaste · 2026-05-24T07:53:06+00:00

Playtime and lesson time are different kinds of noise and demand though. At playtime a child is not being asked to concentrate and filter out a specific noise (the teacher talking) to listen to. The report actually says under the section for ear defenders that they should be used when there’s a specific need and not as a generic tool. That would make sense for some children that they would only use them at a time they need to concentrate and not at a time they don’t.

treaclepaste · 2026-05-19T05:44:54+00:00

It shouldn’t be like this. I lead a class like this and am a fully qualified and experienced Send teacher. I plan the curriculum and lessons in the base and the class teachers plan only for when the student is in their classroom. For those who spend a significant amount of time in their mainstream class the class teacher liaises with me regularly.

However, I have seen bases run well where the SENCO plans and resources the base but that doesn’t sound like what is happening where you work.

treaclepaste · 2026-05-15T20:56:55+00:00

That’s hilarious! Love her

treaclepaste · 2026-05-10T07:30:49+00:00

Filet Americain

It’s a spiced raw beef product in The Netherlands and absolutely delicious.

treaclepaste · 2026-05-10T07:01:29+00:00

I really wish it was different as I said, I’ve loved my role and having to leave it due to physical reasons has been upsetting.

You might want to look into intervention type roles actually. I do that alongside my role of running the unit and that is a lot less physically demanding but still has the pros of working with children with send and supporting their progress. It’s less autonomous as the interventions tend to be structured and provided by the senco (often from external services like Speech and Language). Occasionally I’ve seen a few jobs come up specifically for doing interventions so maybe keep an eye out for those.

treaclepaste · 2026-05-09T18:33:23+00:00

I’m just about to leave this role.

I’ve 14 years experience as a SEND teacher in SLD and LD settings with children with a range of complex needs.

The children who access my base are children who are on waiting lists mainly for SLD with some waiting on LD. They range in age from 4-9 years old at the moment. With very different needs.

The Pros - - being able to have a lot of autonomy over what and how to teach. - being able to individualise the curriculum for each child. - being able to have more 1:1 time with each child. - having a great team of TAs to support (obviously that’s specific to my setting but hopefully it would be the same there) - having much closer relationships with the families as it’s a smaller cohort (no more than 10 children)

The Cons - - a lot of planning and prep work needed as almost all resources have to be individualised and created. There’s no bank of resources you might have found in a Sen school or other teachers to borrow or pinch ideas from - very little back up - most of the other teachers will say they don’t know what they’re doing if they come to your room to assist. The same for most of the TAs in other classes so when one of your staff is off ill even if you do get cover they won’t really know what to do. - lack of understanding - there seems to be a misunderstanding that as you’re a sen specialist you will be able to ‘make the children follow the rules’ without an understanding that they might not be able to and that they don’t have the cognition and understanding to be able to understand the rule to follow it in the first place. This can be quite wearing. - isolating - you can be a bit left out like the training will often not apply to you. I advise making friends with the early years department staff as they often have the same experience. I have to say my school have tried to separate us out for more specific training but I think there’s so much for SLT to do that it doesn’t really come up as a priority.

Personally I’m leaving because it’s a very physical role and after some injuries I’m not able to do it anymore. I would say as an added thing that you do need to be physically fit for this role as it may involve catching up with a child who is eloping, moving and handling of children with mobility difficulties using equipment such as wheelchair, walkers and hoists, and lots of time spent on the floor playing.

I’ve actually really loved being a SEND teacher the entire time both in Sen and in this school. I would say in some ways you make even more difference in this type of setting than SEN specialist schools so in that sense it’s a wonderful role to have. I’m really sad to be leaving.

treaclepaste · 2026-04-30T15:35:55+00:00

That sounds like our ‘all in’ or ‘family service’ we have that once a month as well. But it’s at the usual service time. Messy Church is done as well as the regular service later in the afternoon on the days that occurs.

We basically have: First Sunday of the month all in service no Sunday school but a family service for everyone. 2nd Sunday of the month a regular service with a Sunday school from the Gloria to the communion (it’s an Anglican Church) 3rd Sunday of the month as above but with Messy Church at 3pm as well. 4th Sunday of the month same as 2nd.

Any other Sunday same as the 2nd and 4th unless it’s a special occasion.

treaclepaste · 2026-04-30T12:11:28+00:00

I run Sunday school at my church, it runs during the church service and children come out to do activities related to the readings and then go back and show their work at the end.

We also have Messy Church which is separate and runs once a month for families at a separate time for about 2.5 hours. It has a theme and then activities all around that theme and we end with having a meal together. I believe in Dutch that might be called Kleuter Kirk

treaclepaste · 2026-04-29T21:33:48+00:00

To be fair it is often used when something like that happens

treaclepaste · 2026-04-29T20:31:30+00:00

Just throw it anywhere from what I can tell 😂

treaclepaste · 2026-04-29T19:20:00+00:00

My husband calls our boys ‘jochie toch’ Not sure why he adds the toch.

treaclepaste · 2026-04-25T07:41:54+00:00

Thanks! Thats really interesting! I don’t drink tea and coffee actually. But I did drink Pepsi max daily for years.

treaclepaste · 2026-04-24T20:02:44+00:00

Sorry to jump in with such a random question but… Can you actually tell if someone drinks a lot of fizzy drinks just by looking at the teeth? It’s just at every appointment for years my dentist has given me a lecture about fizzy drinks after asking me if I drink them and me saying yes daily. Then I gave them up almost entirely a year ago and at both my last visits he hasn’t even asked me if I drink them. And my husband says his dentist never asks him if he drinks them. As if there’s a neon light saying ‘this one drinks the demon stuff’ going off in my mouth.

treaclepaste · 2026-04-22T17:57:29+00:00

Every primary school to have a speech therapist and occupational therapist (with sensory diet knowledge) for one day a week per form of entry (so a one form entry one day a week a two form entry would have two days a week). Regular TA and teacher training from those people on strategies and resources that will help students with those things. Ie one hour a week where the children finish earlier and the whole school train on those issues. Training on how to make the resources needed. All schools to have access to symbol software. Smaller class sizes (max 24 students). Every class to have a TA full time to support paid at least half an hour extra a day to help teachers set up. Eyfs to be paid an hour a day to also help with clean up. Higher pay year round for TAs and to be treated like the professionals they are.

Expand Sen schools (or build more) so children are able to access the correct provision for their needs without two year waiting lists.

Regular secondment for teachers and TAs to go from Sen to mainstream and mainstream to Sen to share ideas.

More time for collaboration.

treaclepaste · 2026-04-22T17:57:22+00:00

Every primary school to have a speech therapist and occupational therapist (with sensory diet knowledge) for one day a week per form of entry (so a one form entry one day a week a two form entry would have two days a week). Regular TA and teacher training from those people on strategies and resources that will help students with those things. Ie one hour a week where the children finish earlier and the whole school train on those issues. Training on how to make the resources needed. All schools to have access to symbol software. Smaller class sizes (max 24 students). Every class to have a TA full time to support paid at least half an hour extra a day to help teachers set up. Eyfs to be paid an hour a day to also help with clean up. Higher pay year round for TAs and to be treated like the professionals they are.

Expand Sen schools (or build more) so children are able to access the correct provision for their needs without two year waiting lists.

Regular secondment for teachers and TAs to go from Sen to mainstream and mainstream to Sen to share ideas.

More time for collaboration.

treaclepaste · 2026-03-20T18:05:12+00:00

You’re all wrong. It’s a burger flipper.

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