We have had our share of problems over the past 2/3 years at school but school have (belatedly) got onside and so far Year 5 is shaping up pretty well (fingers crossed and touch wood and anything else that might help).
However he does have a bit of separation anxiety still and witnessed a traumatic event at the end of school in July which set him back a bit. He also has a major league phobia of bugs (and a million other things!) and their residential trip was to a nature centre and involved mini beast studies and small mammal trapping out in the woods.
I've had a couple of meetings with teacher beforehand and thankfully SEN manager was also going.
Can you tell I was a bit anxious?
He was a star. He coped with the bugs, using the strategies we'd discussed. He joined in with everything, and asked 194,326 questions. Pretty much managed to stay out of trouble (pretty much...).
He got back yesterday after 3 days and 4.5 hours sleep.
"I didn't miss you Mum - soz an' all" (he appears to have morphed from a nine year old into a teenager in 3 days)
He keeps asking me today "Are you proud of me?"
So proud I can't say it without getting soppy.
The last few years have been a bit two steps forward and 1.95 steps back.
This is a two steps forward week.