Anyone with a year 7 starting today?

This was not my DD's bus, but one going to another of the feeder vilages. The older pupils were all discussing it on FB so his name is known locally ... DD says she sat with him in maths .

Lots of unmumsnetty vibes and hugs to his family and wishes for a speedy and full recovery.

Thanks! This too will pass

He really likes his form tutor and is looking forward to dropping a "gluten free egg" out of the window tomorrow (God only knows what they are up to?)

Mine adores sport as well Seeker! His joy at being 'encouraged' to get covered in mud in Rugby just knows no bounds.

I have packed him up some chocolate bars for tomorrow! he can have a healthy breakfast and tea when he comes home, for the next couple of weeks I just want him to make friends.

DS1 started today. He knows absolutely no-one at all at the school He said it went ok but was a bit upset that they had not been allowed to use the bunsen burners

Had lunch on his own as the other boys didn't bother with any (they just had chocolate bars and went off to play footie together) Doesn't seem that bothered though and insists he had a lovely carvery lunch.

Yikes.

He got Irn Bru to drink for lunch?!

Even Scottish school kids don't get that! At ds' Glasgow (state) school, the S1s are not allowed at lunch (to "help generate a sense of community") so they either have to bring packed lunches or buy school lunches at the Fuel Zone - no added sugar or salt and definitely no fizzy drinks dispensers!

DD2 starts tomorrow. She's very enthusiastic, but we still had the drama of the missing trousers tonight, that took about an hour to resolve (bottom of dd1's drawer). (followed by dd1's lost PE kit, also taking ages to resolve. it was exactly where I'd put it, washed and ready, in July). I feel quite exhausted and they haven't even started school yet.

unfazed? unfased? Clearly the stress is getting to me

my ds is starting tomorrow - I feel excited/tearful/anxious about it and ma desperately trying to appear unphased. He seems quite relaxed though .

Something like that, seeker! Trying to convince her to take in the thing about the author doing the fake amazon reviews in G2 today....

How was DS?

How did ds get on, seeker?

Could always bring in local free newspaper. Local community news etc

My eldest loved her first day, was a bit miffed at 'missing morning lessons for assembly' but really enjoyed the lessons she did do. Her homework (due next week) was for drama - write a poem in the style of Roger McGough. Right up her street.

No setting yet, they are doing CATs next week and will set after half term.

That was supposed to read streamed by ability for all the other subjects together except Maths and English which are re-setted. I just wondered why they're trying to disguise top, middle, bottom streams when the subject sets are clear?!

Trying to codebreak setting myself too - It says set 1 for Maths and English on his timetable but for everything else where there's supposed to be a 'general ability streaming' he's in 'I' when apparently the other streams are named 'L' 'O' and 'N'? It spells LION?!!!

My eldest had her first day today and loved it!! Did German, RE, Music and "cutting up bits of wood" - D&T. No homework other than to write their timetable into their planners.

Meant to say, the biggest thing for DS1 was that he has been accepted for who he is, and not overshadowed by his more dominant twin, he LOVED that!

They came home saying they love High School! They also love not being in the same class as each other. DS1 had no homework from his classes, DS2 had RE homework, "why do you study RE in School?" which he actually sat and did this evening!!

My girls started yesterday and love it, came home buzzing. Still love it today even though the rest of the school were also there. Hope it continues.

Ds has now been in S1 (=Y7) for a whole 3 weeks and still seems to be enjoying it. He's growing up and maturing in front of our eyes.

No tantrums about homework (took a few days before he started getting any) - just gets on with it. Found him upstairs last week revising off his own bat for his Maths test the following day. He did well in it (even through he remembered the following morning that he had got one wrong - but thanks to our constant nagging had shown his working so it didn't have too much of an effect, so a lesson learned there ) and yesterday they were put into their Maths sets. He's in the top one, which is where he wanted to make sure he would end up as he loves maths.

They still have to set for English (the only 2 subjects they set in S1) and he's disappointed he might not continue with his current English teacher as "he is the best teacher ever "

He seems to be enjoying all his other subjects too.

Can't ask for much more than that! :)

Well DS is going into year 7 tomorrow but in a prep school where he already did year six and will also do year 8. But last year was a nightmare so I am just hoping this year will be better.

We moved to UK from Hungary last summer and he really struggled with the change and the new school. Hated it all.

Quite a bit changes for them from last year though. They are in houses and tutor groups rather than forms. He is not keen on his tutor already.

Tutor phoned today to introduce herself and say she knows he struggled last year and did I want to meet her tomorrow. Have said no for now. Think he just needs to get on with it. She also wanted to tell me that he will be buddying a new boy. Hopefully that will help DS feel more settled. Less of the 'new boy'.

DD started yesterday and had a lovely day.She didn't know anyone else going to the school and seemed to have made some friends. Today though she said they were trying to avoid her at breaktime but she got sat next to them in geography again and talked to them.I am a bit worried because she is very quiet and seems to be a natural target for bullying.I hope she will be ok