My podcast today is about the challenging that is running in Lockdown. 

Hello and welcome to my podcast. My name is Fatima. My channel for this is 24k news. My podcast about the challenge that is running in lockdown. Today I am doing a presentation to Debbie about her interest to teach students with learning disability. Thank you Fatima for inviting me to your podcast.

What interest you to teach student with learning disability?

When her daughter was small she took her to a play group where there was a small little boy that was about 3 years old. He was autistic and she was fascinating me the way he pilled up the Lego and the from that he has always interested her.

What do you do in your spare time?

In my spare time I like to go for walks. I really like going for walks in lockdown, I also like to do Pilates which is like Yoga

What experience have you learnt?

In Lockdown I want to be thankful for everything that I got for my family  and friends and for my health. I am thankful for having wonderful students in the department.  

What are the something that you have done in the collage? 

Right I make sure that all our student in Pathways department are safe and included in everything that they want to be included in. I make sure that the lessons are interesting for the student. We have outside agency coming in to see the students and working with them. I do a lot of outside of the curriculum to make sure all of the student are kept safe  

What are some good thing in being in a bubble?

Good thing in being in a bubble is that you feel safe and that you know that you are keeping other people safe.

What are some bad things in being in a bubble? 

Some bad thing in be being in a bubble is that you can’t see your family and friends if they live far away. 

If we were going in to lockdown again what would your change about the setting? 

Online learning for the students was fantastic and the staff work hard to give the student-interesting curriculum with different lesson everyday so there is nothing that I would  change . 

If the student with physical learning disabilities that cant understand the teacher that much or that well or that well what would you do?  

So what we have done with some of the student is who have struggle with physical disability and they haven’t be able to come in to college because they are shielding at home. They have a record at home were they can take part at home in the lesson. They have staff phoning them twice a wee to have a chat with them to make sure they are ok.

why has covid 19 be challenging for young people?

It has being challenging for young people because they have been in school and it has been so different for them and they were out of school and they haven't be able to do there EXAM. They haven't been able to meet their friends. They haven't been able to see what college they want to go to. I think some young people found it really difficult.

what are some thing that you have set all ready to prevent from us getting covid 19?

So in the department most of all the staff are vaccinated now. All the students had their vaccination. We keep in a bubble where the students go home and the staff clean all the tables and the door handle. Everywhere they have touched we do it on a regular basis  every day. We also make sure that they are not sharing pens and pencils. I brought pencil cases for all the students so they will have there own pencil case. And also we try to encourage the students to make sure they are social distancing and wearing their mask at all times.

How do you get everything organise for your point of view?

I start planning a year in advance for September, so we have all the new students ready for September. We have already interviewed them and have met their parents and I make sure that all the leavers upper six know were they are going for you. Fatima, your going on a supported internship and I make sure that the lower six students that are moving to upper six are very clear on what they will be doing. We have planned an open day for the new students to come in so that they can see that department and meet the staff because they haven't have chance to meet them because of COVID . I plan the timetable for September so that I do all the timetables for September so that everyone has lesson 

Do you ask the teacher how they plan their lesson ?

We have a scheme of work. We have a teacher meeting every week  and we go through the planning for the lesson and planning for the curriculum. and we ten to  look at the lesson and weather it suit the student and weather they can progress. 

we haven't be able to meet our friend in other class why have you created that ?

So the lower six and the upper six students are all in another building so each year group was put into bubble. lower six was put in there own bubble and there own staircase. upper six was put in there own bubble. Pathways were put in to there own bubbles . The reason we kept Pathways separate from other parts of the college even though everyone is separate because we have students that have medical needs and if they get Covid they would be very poorly.

In our department we are in bubble right know but we cant see our friend in other bubble why is it like that? 

Well the upper six students have left now so they have left for studies leaver and until everyone is vaccinated and until the Covid rate really goes down we won't be mixing with other departments  just to keep everyone safe.

Next year when we see the lower six the new ones that are going to come in September that will be different are we actually going to see them?

You might do . Your going to be busy doing your internship.

Do you go and visit your family and friend now at home?

Yes sometimes

Do you have to keep your distance away from them?

Yes 

Do you have to wear a mask?

Yes 

We are in a college with three and a half thousand students so you got to be careful.

Did that explain everything then?  Yes it did 

How has Covid affect you in collage?

It has effected me alright because we are in a safe bubble and we are not getting anything such as not getting any viruses. The teachers and teaching assistances give us more support than usual.

Thank you for,

coming to my podcast 

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