PARENTS'
FEEDBACK
The
following comments are taken from letters from parents
or from feedback forms requested at the end of a term.
For privacy purposes names and locations are removed;
however the originals are held at head office if inspection
is required.
Thank
you for giving us our child back. Our child was a motivated,
enthusiastic and passionate learner during her five years
at Playcentre. She all but disappeared in the school environment.
(My
son) is bubbling with enthusiasm after one day school
and enjoys telling people what he has learned. Last year
he fought going to school - he is more settled this year...he
was bored and frustrated and this has lessened.
(She)
is happier and willing to give her best, step out beyond
herself at her regular school. Her school work has excelled
since joining ODS.
For
the first time since (child) began school I have seen
his 'spark' return through the curriculum and challenging
learning he is doing at ODS. He has expressed that he
wishes it was 5 day school!
Really
enjoying the class, the topics and hands-on work that
is done...(he) loves the structure of the day and has
made good friends with children from other schools.
FANTASTIC.
Really thrilled with how this term has gone.
(child)
loves the 'one day school' - she is home-educated so this
gives her the opportunity to be in a class setting where
she is stimulated & with peers with same academic
ability.
I
think it's helped her be more confident in her creativity
in her other school work.
ODS
is definitely the highlight of (child)'s school week.
He is more relaxed, less frustrated and really enjoys
the depth of projects at ODS. He loves the interaction,
the sharing of ideas and being fully fucussed and immersed
in the topics. It has helped his focus, interest, concentration
and decreased his boredom at regular school. We couldn't
be more delighted with his excitement over ODS. Thank
you.
Her
depressed-like behaviour seen at the beginning of the
year has gone.
(child)'s
response to us of ODS is "Mum I feel that I am listened
to and I am not fighting 27 other children in the class
to share ideas and answers, I love it at One Day School!"
(child)
is a different child when he comes out of ODS. He is calm
but bubbling over with all the things he has done &
learnt - after a day of 'normal' school the most expansive
comment you can prise out of him is "fine".
I
like ODS because we don't have to do the same things over
and over again so others can learn them when I already
know how to do them.
(child)
is a happy and healthy boy who is thriving at school but
his social development has been of huge concern to us.
Since attending One Day School we have heard him talk
about having fun with other kids (especially boys) his
own age, and this is a huge breakthrough. We see One Day
School as an essential school for (child)'s well being,
and we will continue with the school for as long as is
possible.
(child)
was extremely bored at school in 2004. We noticed she
was developing many negative strategies in order to cope
with the boredom that only served to distance her still
further from her peer group. It was heartbreaking to see
such an able, well-behaved, enthusiastic student turn
into a bored and lonely outcast...One Day School has restored
her interest in learning and helps her cope with her differences.
For one day a week she can work all day at a pace suited
to her level, among peers of like ability. It has given
her better perspective to resolve the social challenges
she inevitably finds at her regular school.
(child)
loves going to ODS because it allows him to interact with
other children who have similar mental capacity as him,
This is very important for him because he gets frustrated
when classmates from his regular school do not understand
nor appreciate his ideas, thoughts and humour. His class
teacher has liken this frustration of his to a situation
where you try to pour the contents of a big cup into a
smaller cup! It just doesn't work!
The
school had a speech day competition recently and (child)
chose to talk about "The Cold War" which as
expected left his classmates and even some teachers, staring
blank-faced and mouth gaping at him. They didn't understand
and didn't like his speech. One teacher even told him
that it was inappropriate, he was devastated!! Needless
to say, the child whose speech was about her pet dog,
won the competition.
