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pfb -in fact only child - off to secondary on Thursday...

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MaryAnnSingleton · 02/09/2008 08:07

am being calm but every so often panic strikes me - ds is fine about it, it's just me fretting about roads to cross/ money for the canteen - will it get lost/stolen, what about the lockers, arghhh ! Plus,as with the beginning of every term,I'll miss him - I love having him here in the holidays !
It also means that I have no excuses not to sit at my desk and work on the job I'm meant to finish by the end of Seot...

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Polgara2 · 02/09/2008 16:42

Oh you're all making me very nervous! DD1 starts secondary school on Monday and I too am a wreck worrying about her. She is a bit anxious and I am glibly telling her she will be just fine and inwardly thinking OMG my baaaaaaby!

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MaryAnnSingleton · 02/09/2008 16:40

will do !

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bellavita · 02/09/2008 16:35

hope everyone elses lo's have had a good day

MaryAnn and Soren - good luck for Thursday - let us know how it went.

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MaryAnnSingleton · 02/09/2008 16:33

ds is looking forward to the canteen particularly

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bellavita · 02/09/2008 16:32

think it was the chicken tikka that made the day

but I have just had a huge sigh of relief

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MaryAnnSingleton · 02/09/2008 16:29

Will do Wendy ! Bellavita - hooray ! that sounds great - I'm so pleased ...yes Roisin,hope all went well for your boy too

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WendyWeber · 02/09/2008 16:28

Oh, and bellavita and moo and all the rest of you - remember it's worse for you than it is for them

WendyWeber · 02/09/2008 16:26

Oh he hasn't gone yet! (Must read thread titles properly ) You will post on Thursday afternoon with an update, won't you?

roisin, is DS1 home yet? Please post your update later ]grin]

bellavita · 02/09/2008 16:26

Hello all

DS1 bounded in about 5 mins ago and said whats for tea I'm starving!

I asked him if he had a good time and he says yeah - I had chicken tikka and rice for lunch!

Seems to have found his way about ok without getting lost, managed the bus and has had 5 different teachers and done drama and pe on his first day (those were my worst subjects!)

He is absolutely full of beans!

I asked him if he wanted to go back tomorrow and he said of course!

So, worrying over, till tomorrow, will probably worry for the rest of the week until I know that he has settled in properly.

WendyWeber · 02/09/2008 16:25

Ohhhh, MAS, you poor love! I remember how anxious I was when DD1 started, & she only had a 10 minute walk with a lollipop lady on the main road - and also how sad and end-of-an-era I felt when DS2 (my baby ) started - you'll be getting both feelings at once!

I bet he's had a great time though. What time is he due home?

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MaryAnnSingleton · 02/09/2008 16:21

Are they back safely yet ??

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MaryAnnSingleton · 02/09/2008 16:12

fortyplus !!!! We practiced crossing the 2 big roads today with me wittering on about looking both ways etc...

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fortyplus · 02/09/2008 12:13

Oh I'm just the same - it's the control freak trying to get out! When they go off and tackle something new and I know I'm not there to reassure them. I've had to try really hard over the years not to let them know how I feel and just let them go and get on with it.

DS1 went rally driving with a friend last week - 14 years old and being taught how to do hand brake turns! I nearly freaked when he was invited but managed to smile and say @how lovely - you'll have a great time!' whilst secretly thinking OHMYGODWHATIFHECRASHESHOWFASTCANHEGOWHATIFHEHITSATREE!!!!!

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MaryAnnSingleton · 02/09/2008 12:05

that's comforting fortyplus ! I get anxious with any major change in life anyway..hope we'll all feel ok by Friday

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fortyplus · 02/09/2008 11:55

Mine are in yrs 9 & 10 now. I went through all the worry, too, but honestly they were fine. Of course they were a bit nervous on the very first day but the teachers are experts at keeping them busy so that they don't have time to worry. They soon find their way around - on the first day they had ^th formers guiding them everywhere and showing them what to do.

By the end of the first week my wussy ds1 was saying how fantastic it was to have a special room and teacher for each subject instead of being stuck in the same classroom all ady (even though he adored his teacher).

roisin · 02/09/2008 11:50

ds1 started today. He admitted to being anxious, and has been very quiet for a few days, but seems OK.

I'm far more worried than he is, but secretly!

Fortunately I'm at school today, so am not thinking about him constantly.

I can't wait for him to get home and tell me all about it. He is in the next town, on the bus, so won't get back until after 4 pm.

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MaryAnnSingleton · 02/09/2008 09:48

ds has done that at primary - I never knew what went on, or else he'd tell me stuff that happened a year or so back ! he claimed not to know what he'd eaten for lunch most days

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MaureenMLove · 02/09/2008 09:46

I bet he doesn't! If he's anything like DD she was so full of herself and I kept saying, 'and then what happened?' Like a excited 5 year old! She kept sighing and saying 'oh mummy! Nothing happened then! Its not that interesting!!!'

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MaryAnnSingleton · 02/09/2008 09:45

check back here this afternoon to see how he got on maltloafeater !

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maltloafeater · 02/09/2008 09:42

Me too. Very strange to wave ds off at 8am in his new uniform. Had a full 30 mins to kill with no arguing, just me and dd. In the end we set off for primary far too early and arrived to an empty playground. Felt a bit lost just taking one child to school.
Will be watching the clock all day until ds walks through the door at 4pm. Hope he wants to share his day with me.

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MaryAnnSingleton · 02/09/2008 09:35

so glad she's had a good first year !

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MaureenMLove · 02/09/2008 09:15

Meant to add, we have the same revolving notice board on the website, as the students have in the Foyer at school, so I knew what time she was in assembly, what time she was having her lunch and any special things that were going on for Yr7! DH was bored stupid of me saying, 'ah, she's off to tutor time now' or 'oh, its lunch time!'

MaureenMLove · 02/09/2008 09:13

She was absolutely fine! Like you, I was a wreck. She came back from school on the first day, like she'd been there forever. She goes back tomorrow and her uniform has been ironed and hung up, by her since Saturday!!

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MaryAnnSingleton · 02/09/2008 08:51

I've added school website to my favourites page !!
MaureenMLove - I do remember you posting this time last year and thinking that it'll be our turn next year ! sounds as though your dc managed very well

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bellavita · 02/09/2008 08:43

oh yes Maureen - school website now theres a thought!

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