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Coming to the end of year 7 . . . how did it go in the end?

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Takver · 06/07/2014 22:14

Thinking of all those new year 7s back last September, and wondering how it has worked out for everyone.

DD struggled quite a bit with the transition for a long time, really until half way through the spring term, I'd say. Thankfully she does seem to have found her feet now, settled in to a nice group of friends and something of a 'place' in the year/school.

We shall see what year 8 brings . . . !

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KittiesInsane · 07/07/2014 12:11

Mostly good (only one from her primary to go to this school). New friends seem a nice bunch, but she's reluctant to meet them outside school so I haven't got to know any of the families, which comes as a bit of a shock after the close groups of primary.

She loses homework weekly. Parents' evening was all variations on a theme of 'lovely, hardworking, but disorganised'.

We're on our third school bag, and she's outgrown everything we bought this time last year!

LittleMissGreen · 07/07/2014 09:02

DS is still struggling a bit socially, but starting to slowly make friends. His school have been great at stamping on bullying as soon as I have mentioned it.
Academically he is doing really well. Trying really hard - 4 awards for effort in his latest prize giving and been invited to G&T enrichment days for maths and science.
I've had to buy 4 school ties and a whole new PE kit which managed to get lost (although one of the ties was because someone took his - they are clip ons, and threw it in a tree and the clip came off when he tried to get it back).