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Primary: All those who started Reception last September...

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NorksBride · 09/02/2007 14:35

Today, we are halfway through the school year!

I know this half-term was short but it's whizzed by. We'll be back in gingham dresses and heading for Sports Day in no time!

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spudmasher · 09/02/2007 14:36

It really is halfway through isn't it!!!! Oh dear. When do you think my dd will stop howling when I take her in then....

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foxtrot · 09/02/2007 14:37

Ooh, thanks, hadn't thought of that!

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Oati · 09/02/2007 14:37

I hope my ds2 isn't in a gingham dress this summer

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foxtrot · 09/02/2007 14:38

spudmasher . DS1 runs in!

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spudmasher · 09/02/2007 14:42

Oh God, Foxtrot, it is awful!!! All the time I keep thinking that she will improve soon, but it's HALFWAY through and she still does it!!! It breaks my heart to see those little tears and her hand gets all sweaty as soon as we walk in.

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foxtrot · 09/02/2007 14:45

I guess you have spoken to her teacher about whether there any particular reasons for it? Is she ok once she's in the classroom?

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spudmasher · 09/02/2007 14:51

Well, they tell me she stops crying and she has made super progress so she must be fine. She has been invited to parties and on some playdates so she must be playing with other kids. She justs hates that moment of separation. She does it on the days I go to work a lot of the time. She sometimes does it just before her ballet or gym class. She is SO clingy and just loves being at home, but often she just seems a little bit depressed. Strange word for a five year old, I know but that is how it seems to me. I worry so much about her. My eldest is fine and so confident. I do the classic parent thing of analysing how I was with her as a baby and wondering if the controlled crying or whatever has damaged her psychologically.Ooooh. Sorry. This was meant to be a happy thread.

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foxtrot · 09/02/2007 20:53

Glad that she's ok once you've gone

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spudmasher · 09/02/2007 20:55

Glad it's half term. Take stock of the situation and plan next strategy. I think i will'ignore'. I've tried pretty much everything else!!

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Hulababy · 09/02/2007 20:55

spudmaster. Must be very hard for you both in a morning. Sounds like she is okay when you have gone though; so hang onto that.

Half way through - wow! That's gone quick. DD has changed since last September - seems more grown up in so many ways now. She's loving it fortunately.

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dinny · 09/02/2007 20:56

can't believe how fast this year is going! and how much dd has learnt. so prud of her

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spudmasher · 09/02/2007 20:58

I think my DD will just always be a home bird.All a mum wants is for their child to be happy and generally progressing ok at school isn't it?

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Gingerbear · 09/02/2007 21:01

Blimey!

Can't imagine DD in Year 1!

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Posey · 09/02/2007 21:03

Spudmasher - couldn't read your post and not respond because I know just how you are feeling. My dd was like that, just a few tears which would stop, she was doing fine, making friends etc, but just seemed a bit sad or flat about it. None of the exuberance I hoped for.
It drastically improved going into Y1. Not sure why really. They did mix up the 2 reception classes so they were with some different children and I think maybe she clicked more with them (she's had the same best friend since then and she's now 10). Maybe she just got over the shock of school, the tiredness, the long day without mum, I don't know. Maybe a combination.
Enjoy your half term and look forward to the longer days of spring and summer, which always seem to lift the spirits a bit.

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foxtrot · 09/02/2007 21:04

Has anyone else's DC sprouted since September? I've got to let down his tousers, and his PE kit nearly fits him now (I built in plenty of room to grow LOL).

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Hulababy · 09/02/2007 21:06

Yes, definitely grown plenty. Her school coat looked huge in September and it now decidely shorter than it ought to be. She is staying in it till Easter though, when we can go into summer uniform again!

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Califrau · 09/02/2007 21:08

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spudmasher · 09/02/2007 21:08

Thanks for that supportive post Posey.

You may well have hit the nail on the head there.

When she transferred from nursery we had to put down the names of a couple of friends she would like to be with . Sadly she was placed with neither.

So when she started, she was all alone and all the other children came in with ready made groups.

I think it must have knocked her confidence but she has made friends so good on her. But yes flat...not what I expected!You have filled me with hope though!

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marthamoo · 09/02/2007 21:09

I can't believe we're halfway through either. And ds2 going into Year 1 means ds1 going into year 6 Doesn't seem five minutes since he was starting in reception and suddenly it's coming up to his last year of primary

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nikkie · 09/02/2007 21:09

dd2 loves it, she now writes voluntarily too!
She got a letter about an after school club today too sohas put her name down.I live in hope that one day I'll get her to sleep more than 5 hours

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Posey · 09/02/2007 21:11

Spudmasher - Dd has never not wanted to go to school since reception. She loves it, nice friends, secure and happy. Really hope your lo settles soon as it is heart-wrenching when you know they just want to be home with you.

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Orinoco · 09/02/2007 21:15

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spudmasher · 09/02/2007 21:18

Oh good another positive post!!! It has occured to me in the past 5 minutes that it is VERY rare to see a child anywhere other than reception being upset about going in.

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Smithagain · 09/02/2007 21:47

Aw - I was so amazed that DD2 is one-and-a-half today that I didn't even notice we were halfway through DD1's Reception year. I'll be sad when it's over - they are doing such lovely things in their class that I want to join in!

But she is another who does not like that moment of separation in the playground. She cuddles in tight every time she has to go and line up. But I can see her walking along just fine once they are out of sight and on the way into the classroom.

Spudmasher, I hope you have a lovely half term and that the next half will be better.

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NorksBride · 10/02/2007 00:33

We have one lad in Reception who won't let his parents come down onto the playground with him, he lines up on his own and is perfectly happy. But there is still a big handful of clingy children, none of them cry (well, not regularly anyway), but they cuddle, won't let go of hands and get as many kisses as they can. But the second the line moves off they're in another world and hardly ever look back to wave at us dumb mothers waiting on the playground!

I can't say DD has changed that much since going, she was very grown-up when she went anyway (autumn baby) and has always been confident with other people. She's learnt quite a lot but perhaps not as much as I thought she would. She is a slightly reluctant reader, writes quite a lot but doesn't form letters in the correct way, hates IT and the maths is slow.

But she's making friends and likes school life, so no complaints here.

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