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Sharon Beattie shares her experience of her son starting school. This is part 3
of a BLENNZ Family story. Starting school for Boston was really exciting but also quite
daunting, in the way, as I mum, I felt that, "When he goes to school, how are the other
kids going to react to him? Are they going to be his friends?" Just little things like
that. But when Boston started school I was supported by Chrissie and another lad called
Rachel, where she took me around the schools in my area and where we decided collectively,
with her input. She didn't give me any negatives about the school but just the input that would
best suit Boston. And we visited all the schools in Titahi Bay and I chose the school that
was the furthest away from my house, basically because when we went for an interview with
Titahi bay North school the teachers were so, so forthcoming because they were so excited
about teaching a child like Boston because they hadn't had that before. And what really
got me was that they were willing to learn along with him as well, his Braille. And they
were prepared to change the curriculum to meet his needs. And the whole school came
on board with his well being at school. You know the children, I think they were spoken
to by different people about Boston. And plus he had, before he even started school, he
had a few interactions with a couple of the kids who were going to the kind with him.
So therefore he had, he sort of had friends coming into the school as well. But the main
reason why I did choose that school, in the end, was because it was small, the classes
were small and the teachers were wanting to learn with him as well, they were willing
to. Many thanks to Sharon and her family. You can find more ideas, information and stories
at www.blennz.school.nz