I wanted to run a problem past you that is increasingly bugging me. even though it is still more than two years away. My DS is 18 months and will hopefully go to the local infant school just down the road. He'll go to school being just four, being August born.
I will likely to continue working full-time then, for various reasons, which may mean breakfast club or some other form of childcare before school, and an after-school club. How do you ever become part of the school / local community when you never get to meet other mums and dads at the school gate? How do you ever have the chance to set up play dates etc.?
Any tips / advice on how it all works? I also was not brought up in this country so don't quite know how the "school thing" works here!
Unfortunately, DS will also probably not be able to attend the pre-school that is attached to the infant school, as it is not full-time... so there will be little chance of making friends locally before starting school. He is currently attending my workplace nursery, which he loves, and will continue to go there until school starts.
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dodi1978 · 04/02/2015 11:08
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