All the posts here and on my Facebook timeline of proud but worried parents sending their children off to school for the first time has given me the jitters. DS will start reception next year having spent the last few years at a very naice private nursery. Many of his friends have left the nursery already to go to their school attached nursery but we decided against this for logistic reasons.
Yesterday my son told me that when he is bigger he will go to the same school as his best friend from the nursery (Who is leaving to start school nursery this week) so I thought the best thing was to explain to him now that he will be going to a different schools as children tend to go to the school near their house and best friend lives in a different part of the city. He seemed to accept this without any upset but it got me thinking about how other people start to prepare their kids for the change from a small nice nursery to a larger school with new people, many of whom will probably know each other already.
Is it lots of books, chats about schools etc?
I have arranged a visit to some of the schools nearby.
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How did you prepare your child for reception?
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DuelingFanjo · 03/09/2014 10:11
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