Ok, so it is a bit early but a piece of advice I was given today was to try and start fostering a bit of independence in the next few months to lessen the shock in September. Dd is summer born and very naive. At the moment she goes to a small village primary school and most of the children she is in a class with she has known since she was 3 yrs old! No-one from her primary school is going to the same secondary.
We live in the countryside on a busy(ish) lane with no pavements so neither dc walks anywhere by themselves - nearest shop is a couple of miles away. I think first big lesson for dd is going to be road safety.
Do any of you let your year 6 children go off in town independently? Dd doesn't have a phone and I wouldn't trust her to go off into shops by herself or even with a friend but in September she is going to be travelling on a bus to a school 30 mins away on her own. She's going to have to be responsible for getting herself to the right place at the right time (although we will drop her at the bus in the morning).
We will get her a phone in the summer before secondary so she gets used to using it etc.
So road safety and phone, what else can I do to help?
And yes, before anyone ask, she is indeed my pfb .
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ArthursaidMartha · 22/01/2014 03:22
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