Jamie’s progress

Jamie’s progress
A great clip of Jamie riding his new bike. It had been a lot of hard work to get to this point, with many years on stabilisers, using a tag-along and even running alongside him as he tried to balance! Now at last he was there, and a new era had begun.
2011 was the most difficult year so far in terms of securing Jamie’s future education. With government cutbacks to implement, Education Authorities became much more aggressive in their pursuit of children with SEN, relentlessly attacking their support to make short-term savings regardless of the long-term damage. During the lengthy and exhausting “process”, Jamie moved to Moreton Hall Preparatory School where he made an excellent start.
April: Completes mile circular walk at Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, going
over The Pinnacles, the highest point in the Mendips
May: Gets a new bike
June: Completes Grade 3 Double Bass exam with Merit
July: Completes Year 4 at Dame Bradbury’s with the following National
Curriculum attainments: Reading-NC3a Writing-NC3A, Maths
NC3A, Science-NC3B
August: Great hillwalking holiday in Yorkshire, Jamie completes 3-5 mile
walks in beautiful scenery, unfazed by the variable weather!
New Autonomic Test at Breakspear reveals abnormal neuronal
firing in the brain (ASBA score of 30 compared to reference
range 5-10): likely to be caused by irritation of brain stem by
infection and/or inflammation
October: Jamie and Dad walked to the top of Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, on
Jamie’s birthday
November: Begins Moreton Hall Preparatory School at half-term
Passes Grade 5 Jazz Piano Exam with Distinction
Starts on drug pregabelin to damp down neuronal misfiring
December: Plays organ on BBC Radio Suffolk as teacher is interviewed
Jamie riding his new bike
Sunday, 8 May 2011
2011