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baby2xx · 21/06/2024 14:40

My 4 year old is starting primary 1 in August. He has been going to a private nursery since he was 9 months old for 9 hours a day (3 days a week) and I've never had any issues with him going in etc. he has his friends and he is sociable but these friends aren't going to school with him.

We have had school visits the past couple of months and he cries at every one of these visits where I've had to leave him for an hour or so. It's breaking my heart and I'm now absolutely dreading him starting school. He can be strange in new situations, for example kids club on holiday he begged us to go but then we had a phone call saying he was crying for me. Please please tell me it gets easier and they settle easy, I need some reassurance because I'm genuinely thinking the worst and I hate thinking of him being upset when I'm not there.

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dotdotdot22 · 21/06/2024 15:11

How old is he? There's a big difference between just 4 and almost 5... I think it's natural he's having separation anxiety at this point which is why the do settling sessions before they start. I'm sure he will get used to it and be absolutely fine, it does just take a bit of time unfortunately ❤️

baby2xx · 21/06/2024 15:12

@dotdotdot22 so he is 5 at the start of December. My worry is that he starts saying he doesn't want to go, what do we do as parents when that happens 😩x

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PuttingDownRoots · 21/06/2024 15:19

Is this Scotland? There's been a few threads about the new Scotland deferral rules recently

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baby2xx · 21/06/2024 15:20

@PuttingDownRoots yes Scotland, I wouldn't have deferred him anyway cos he's so ready to move on, just this emotional side that's letting him down when I need to leave 🥲x

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CelesteCunningham · 21/06/2024 15:21

The teachers will be absolute experts at this, they'll have a couple every year. Lots of bright cheerful chat about school between now and then, how lovely he looks in his uniform, the friends from nursery he'll see there etc. Then when the time comes, big bright smiles and see you laters (even if you then go cry in the car!). He will settle, and it's fine (if not much fun) if it takes a while.

P1 is much more about the social side of school than the academics IME, they'll help him.

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