I don't feel as if my DD is ready to start school

[Usedaname01]

I know September is about 6 months off but that time will surely go quickly. My DD turns 4 in a couple weeks and she's currently in preschool. She quite liked it there, it's a struggle to get her there sometimes but she enjoys herself whilst she's there. She has her best friend there and that's the only person she seems to play with. He leaves before her most days and she'll stand by the door sulking until she's finally convinced to go back over to The other kids. She'll play by herself though. The thing is we're moving in the summer so she won't be going to the same school as her best friend. I'm worried she won't want to interact with any of the children in her class. She's also still needing naps, usually I'll let her lie down in the morning for a bit before going to preschool. she has her dinner there Monday, Tuesday and a lot of the time she doesn't want to eat because she's tired and grumpy. They try to keep her awake for as long as possible but when she's falling asleep usually her plate as a pillow they don't have much choice but to move her to the bean bags and let her sleep. I don't know how she's going to cope with a full day of school. She gets bored and distracted easily, during story time she doesn't really listen and starts wondering about. She's never really liked books, funny because tv easily draws her attention haha. She can't write her name yet either though I'm not sure if that's something she should be able to do yet. I just need some advice on how to make her a bit more prepared for school

[Usedaname01]

I meant *isn't ready for school

[EveryoneTalkAboutPopMusic]

I totally get where you are coming from. I have a late summer Dd and a few years ago we were in almost the same situation and I was thinking of deferring. If you are moving, have you applied for a school place where you will be moving too?

Standing by the door and not being involved won’t really be an option as hopefullybshe’ll be kept so busy in school, from our experience it’s not really like pre-school.

Our DD napped too, right up until she started school. The school said it wouldn’t be a problem, they had a quite area where she could sleep if she needed to, but she enjoyed school so much she never did need it there. What I would say is that she may need an earlier bedtime for a while and keep out of school activities to an absolute minimum.

We never did defer. We went on the visit wher they have small groups of 5he children starting in September for a morning and she sat down, joined in and absolutely loved it.

If you are thinking of deferring, I’d start a new thread in Primary education, you may get some more replies

[Lovelymonkeyninetynine]

Mine was like this, not a summer baby but needs sleep and napped until he was 4.5 and will still do so if in the car. I couldn’t believe he would be going to school when he seemed like he needed another year of nursery really.
But- if you can’t defer just accept it will happen, read lots of stories about school together, super early bedtimes plus maybe chats with the school before she starts to explain how you feel. They’ll have lots of kids like this and eventually they all settle in. My ds has done amazingly and can’t believe how well he has settled.