Hi all.
Well, it has officially got to the point where I am struggling to even sleep at night with worry. My DS is 5.5 years old. We move back to England from Scotland next week. DS has only ever had a half-day Nursery School experience. In Scotland they don't have a reception class. - DS will be starting YR 1 in Sept. I am so worried. I am trying to explain how his school days will be from Sept. He seems to understand and accept it. We recently took him for a look around his new school and he seemed very happy. I asked for a phased start, the deputy head refused, unfortunately, saying she believes it will do him more harm than good. His new teacher and the teaching assistant are both wonderful, I feel incredibly happy for her to be my DS's teacher.
I just can't shake my worry. He has never been in school for a full day, he has never experienced sitting at a desk and doing work, he can't read, he has never experienced sitting and eating lunch at a school. All of this and around completely new children he has never met before. They use a buddy system, where they place all the children in to pairs on the first day, so DS will have no choice other than to get to know him/her (which I am happy about) - The school is very military (not all children are military children, but most are, including DS.) So I know DS won't be the only new child in the class.
Can any of you shed a little light on this for me please? Has anyone else's DC gone straight from Nursery in to YR1 and has been absolutely fine? Can anyone help ease my anxiety over this? I am careful not to let DS pick up on this anxiety, it all seems to come flooding in at night.
Absolutely any advice welcome. Thank you.
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Help ME deal with my DS starting Year 1 - with only previous nursery experience (No Reception)
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MrsPeeWee · 25/07/2013 12:18
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