My just turned three year old has recently joined a school nursery at a through school.
Before he joined, he was at a day nursery since he was a baby. The day nursery was very small. Small rooms, lots of gates going into the garden - big door system with security cameras and door bells to let you in.
it felt secure. The garden was small and all completely gated off…
the school he’s started at is absolutely huge. Huge playground, Forrest, play areas etc.
during the school day he’s in his nursery room and outdoor area which I’m not worried about. He goes to have lunch in the lunch hall which is also fine as it’s nearby.
but the after school club is my worry. There are children from nursery to year 2 who attend. It’s free flow. Some kids are outside in the yard riding little bikes, others are in the playground near a Forrest and others are inside just running around between lots of classrooms and the lunch hall. It just seems really big for him.
security wise, you just walk up to the door, which the kids can open ( they don’t, but they can ). A member of staff is usually in the room where you pick them up, but sometimes distracted doing stuff with the kids.
it’s absolutely fine for older kids. My older son is at this school too and I’m not worried. But my little one is still so all over the place, I am worried he’ll get lost. The teachers need to supervise him constantly- not like a child in year 1 or 2 of even reception. My older son was nearly 4 when he started so just seemed a bit less ‘ all over the place ‘… my little one is a little menace and loves opening and closing doors and that kind of thing.
It’s a great school, I’m just worried that he may get lost of the teachers will really lose patience with him. He’s a clever little guy, but he’s still in that dangerous phase where you do need to watch him all the time.
does anyone else have experience here, sending a child in this kind of phase to a very big school? Will the teachers be ok watching him so closely ? He’s the youngest child in the school at the moment.