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Should I change pre-school?

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Chestnutx3 · 01/05/2012 22:27

DS has turned 3 and has been at pre-school since September. He seems to enjoy it when he gets there in general but is very reluctant to go in the morning and always says hopefully "its not nursery day today". He is very quiet at nursery and they have described him as sensitive - i.e. cries on and off (rarely does for me). He is an introverted child that is happy with his own company, and does like one-to-one attention. The pre-school keep pointing out he hardly says a word, and keep putting him into smaller groups where he is more comfortable. It is a very large pre-school but wonderful facilities and activities. It is attached to a school and we did think of sending him there but it is a large school with 3 form entry and we are not convinced he will thrive there.

School B - only has pre-school for one year before reception and you have to attend 5 days a week (which I am not keen on). It has very few facilties but only up to 16 children in the nursery. It is attached to a 2 form entry school and is much smaller. We probably will want him to go to reception in school B. I wasn't overly impressed by the nursery staff and very small play area etc.. Although my eldest when to a wonderful pre-school with very little outdoor space.

Do I move him now or wait for reception. I also need to give a terms notice at his current pre-school which is alot of money.

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BlueRinse · 01/05/2012 22:30

He is still only very little and maybe over whelmed.

I didn't send DD2 to pre-school until she turned 4 as I didn't think she was ready.

Littlefish · 06/05/2012 11:01

I chose a nursery for dd which was the best one for her at that stage of her development. I never had any plans to send her to the attached primary school. It was more important in my opinion for her to get the right early years provision, knowing that this would do more for her self confidence and self esteem then being in poorer provision, but with children she would start school with.

For my dd this has definitelyn proved to be the right transition. She started school knowing only one child, but emerged at the end of the day reeling off lists of names of children she had played with.

Littlefish · 06/05/2012 11:03

Sorry - major waffle. What I'm trying to say is that it's not always vital to send children to the attached pre-school. Sometimes it's better to mix and match.

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