My DS (just turned 4) has just sterted reception. He settled in really well the first few days - he had done a year of nursery in teh same school so had the same friends etc). All going well till he got relaly upset in teh playground on Wednesday. The teaching assistant from his class happened to look out the window and saw him and went to comfort him. It took a while to get full story from DS but finally as we were going to school on Thurs the story came out that he couldn't find anyone from his class in the playground and panicked. The teacher on duty happens to be someone he knows but he didn't go to her for some reason.
I approached his class teacher that morning and she was great - they were to talk about playtime as a class and have a buddy system.
BUT - he is still panicked by it and now doesn't want to go to school and cries when I leave him - which he hasn't done since last Sept.
Anyone any suggestions for building up his confidence - he seems to be worried by "the big children" - he's an only child.
The teacher said he was fine yesterday (although panicky when he knew they were going outside) but she was on playground duty in the am and the assistant he knows in the pm. Don't know who is on today.
Sorry this is so long but I felt sick leaving him crying this morning.