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I'm with you.. my DS will be 5 when he starts... its a scary thought.

He's so ready to go, but i'm not so sure i am!

Mine start in September too. They're really looking forward to it and enjoyed their induction days.

I will get all emotional though about how my babies are suddenly all grown up.

DS went on a day trip last week, it was quite strange having only DD around.. and she starts her 15hrs of nursery in April next year!

Its making me feel all wibbley!

DS has two mornings, then he stays for lunch, then its into full days.. i know he'll be fine, he LOVED the induction morning he went to!

My DS starts in sept. He has a week of half days then full days from the second week.

Have just made an appointment in Clarks for a school shoe fitting in August and chased up the school about the uniform I had to order as I wasn't sure when it was going to arrive, didn't want to get it the day he started!

Currently trying to get hold of the school nurse to plan how to deal with his allergies, 3 phone calls so far in the last month. I think she's disappeared into a black hole .

My youngest starts in September - I can't wait

It's not just that I will get some vestige of my life back, it's also that he is ready. Such an exciting time for him!

I've never been one to cry when my dc started nursery or school. Yes, it's a bit bewildering for me that suddenly a large chunk of their experience excludes me, and that they make emotional connections with adults that I don't know, but at the same time they flourish and develop into even more interesting people.

It will be weird not to have a LO at home, though.

Marking my place ! My ds also starts in September , which I'm dreading as his my only child and already the " so are you going back to work " questions have started .

My dgs starts Reception in Sept and will be 5 later that month.However he has been in the nursery class at the small village school for a year and Reception is in the same room!So no change of venue just of activities and time spent in school.I will miss my one to one afternoons with him.

I can't wait - saving £400 pm in nursey fees!!!
He is bored of pre-school now as he is one of the oldest and he is not being challenged. He will flourish at school- learning to read and write and looking after the orchard, chickens and goats of course. Here's to making new friends

My ds starts in September too. Mornings for the first month then 3 full days, not sure about the other two days. it's just changed from mornings only until after Easter so I'm quite glad about that. i'm excited for him but will seem starnge having both kids out of the house. I'm going to try and go self employed hopefully.

My eldest starts this September.

He had his induction last week. He was in the class while I sorted throughthe uniform and decided what size to buy. I showedhim his logo book bag when he came out. He carried it over hihs shoulder on the way back to the car and strutted! He looked so proud of himself when he said "people will think I go to school now wont they mummy!"

My dd starts in september. She already goes to the attacjed preschool and they have been brilliant in how they've inducted the new starters, she has a session in school roughly once a week, so she is an old hand by now

Meglet's post about making a school shoes apppintment has worried me - that's something i'd not thought of, clarks in august is a hell i have et to experience. So thanks for the heads up on that.

Shoe appt is a fecking brilliant idea! Thank you!

Mine too! DS will be 4.5 and I don't think he's ready for full time school but hey ho, we have no choice. My dd is in Year 3 at the same school so at least she'll be around too... I'm happy with the teachers and the classroom, toys, etc but just worry it will be too long a day for him. Eek. And he's my last baby so I:M sooooo not ready for him to be away all day. I'll miss him so much. End of an era really.

Hello.
My ds1 had his 3rd and final school taster session today. He is already in love with the reception teacher. She told him his breakfast sounded 'scrumdiddlyumptious' and he seems to think she is very daring and witty for using a made-up word.
(She is lovely, dd was in her class last year.)
It's all very easy for him because dd is at the school so he goes there every day to pick her up. When dd started she knew no-one and they had all been at preschool together but it was absolutely fine and didn't take long to settle in.

Hi can I join you? My eldest starts in September, she will be one of the eldest as a September baby, and although she is more than ready to go and is really looking forward to it, I am dreading it! I have another DD who will be following her in September next year, and am currently carrying DD3 who is due 22nd Sept - 10 days after DD1 starts school!

I know hormones are running riot in me at the moment, but every time I think of DD1 going to school I well up. Getting her uniform a couple of weeks ago I barely held myself together. Am worried about upsetting her on her first day!!!

She loved her induction morning and felt very big going to her new school without mummy, in fact she didn't even look back to wave when they were led in from the playground (cue wibbly lip from me...!) so I am sure she will want to go. I just worry about everything, mainly other kids being mean to her, or the teacher not listening to her. She can be very sensative at times and I worry that a bad experience will put her off wanting to go back or enjoying her time there.

As I say, pregnant and emotional - and my baby is growing up waaaay too fast!

Lovely thread idea, do you reckon we'll still be going for GCSE results?
I'm so excited by my PFB DD starting in Sept. I loved school so I hope she will too.
Is anyone else having strange panic moments such as....
I must research Jolly Phonics / encourage her to practise putting numbers in order
AND THEN completely reversing your thoughts
She's so little, let her play / get mucky / screw formal learning

I read some great tips on here such as
Practise putting on new uniform, showing them where you have sewed/ironed their name on their clothes
Sew down the tab next to zip on coats to give them a chance of doing it themselves
Put a keyring on their book bag so they can identify it out of 30 identical ones.

Anymore?

Swallowed - she manages a very bad job as I have over stressed the importance of front to back more than getting clean! She's May so those with Sept - Dec - are they any better at this?

Swallowed - glad it's not just me then! Am banned from watching pretty much everything on TV or reading any magazines with 'real life' stories in them - ha ha

My DD (Sept baby) had got the hang of bottom wiping and knows to do the front first, but think I may have drilled it in to her a bit too much about the importance of not doing it the other way around due to germs, as she uses a completely seperate piece of tissue for her bottom... oops! DD2 however is total opposite (3.5yrs) and will always wipe bottom to front - am hoping she will get her head around it soon.
After a poo though, DD1 ususally asks me to check and see that she 'got it all'... oh motherhood is just full of glamour!

Have had all sorts of panics about her abilities and what I think she should or shouldn't be able to do by now. Was so proud of her being able to write her name, then totally panicked because she didn't recognise some letters of the alphabet. Also keep having nightmares that we are late for school and she has no shoes, haven't got all of her uniform, couldn't remember how to get to her school etc... is this normal???! or is this just because of the pregnancy hormones?

Hmm SaF. Define 'proficient'

DD - fine, no problems.
DS - proficient if you mean no poo dribbling down his legs. Not proficient if you mean no heavy skidmarks on his pants... (sorry tmi there, I know)