Anyone with 4.5year olds at preschool?

[mam29]

middle dd starts preschool in sept she will be 3 mid sept.

she currently attends the private day nursery preschool unit 1day a week.

but went to a party sat and nearly all her freinds are going to school next sept. shes missed an academic year by a few weeks.

eldest when to this preschool within same grounds.

maybe its the sibling thing but dd2 seems so much more grown up.

hoping she likes preschool.

but wondering what to do next sept? will she be bored and missing her freinds?

Eldest has feb birthdayso was 4.5 when starting.
dd2 literally be 5 when she starts and if goes same school will be in split class as she will be 1 of 15 oldest combined with 15youngest in year 1.

eldest got bit bored in preschool the last summer term and couldent wait to start school.

I know being oldest probably preferable to being youngest I was a july baby but not sure if we started at age 4 then.

There is a nursery attached to a primary but the primarys not good and she wouldent be going there and if they following birth to 5matters then not sure how

primary school nursery class
preschool-church run
or private day nursery will differ?

I would hope they all be doing same things.

maybe im overanalysing and see how she gets on.
shes exited about idea of preschool.
so hoping she loves it.
just feel sad she will lose so many freinds from nursery.

DS3 is a very early September baby. A few days older and he would start reception this year as they youngest in the class.
However, he will instead be entering the nursery attached to the school as the oldest child. He has been at a private nursery for the last year, doing the 'early entitlement' from January. If I had been willing to pay full fees they would have kept him for the next year (but they don't get funding for children the academic year of their 4th birthday). However, DS3 was starting to get bored there - their words, not his. e.g. when they did Welsh he would complain he knew that Welsh and wanted to learn something different. They couldn't/wouldn't as the younger children didn't keep up. He would probably go stir-crazy if there for another year.
So for him the change to a new nursery attached to the school is something he is really looking forward to. I'm hoping that the school will be better at differentiating work levels than the nursery was (helped as the nursery is a split class with reception children).
He hasn't seemed too bothered about missing the other children (although did cry when he left as he would miss the teachers).

Not sure if that really answers your questions, but I think at that age they are all fairly adaptable regarding friendships, and due to learning through play curriculums should be fairly similar (although some places implement better than others).

I think if the kids are getting bored at nursery the nursery is doing something wrong? Since reception is not that different to nursery.

My DD is an early October birthday and has been going 2 mornings to the pre-school attached to our infant school.

However, the pre-school was committee run and not very good as I went in to help and there weren't enough toys out to stimulate my 3yo dd for 3 hours, neither were there any adult led activities apart from a song at the end maybe and reciting the rules - that's why I only send her 2 mornings, just to socialise a bit, otherwise I felt she learned and benefited much more by spending time with me.

Luckily, they have closed down and a new provider is taking over in September - their Ofsted is 'outstanding' and the report sounds lovely. I will still stick to the 2 mornings to start with as dd wasn't too keen to go to the old setting. I would like to sent her a bit more but she will have to enjoy it.

I think I need to ask the new pre-school how they meet the needs of 4-5 year olds. DD is German bilingual and I don't speak English to her, so I would like her to improve her English language which is not as good as her German. Also DD is very shy with adults but will open up if they make a consistant effort. I want to know how that will happen as in the old setting they were supervised but not spoken to very much.

But all in all I am glad that she is not starting school yet despite the fact that she is much further academically now than my DS was at 4y 5m when he started reception - he wasn't ready. DD concentrates and listens for ages, she draws, tries to write, is very independent and mature - however, I don't think you could force too much structure on her. After all, considering all that play based stuff in R, there are expectations and they do teach them to read and write which I think is too early for many - it was for DS.

I am glad I have another year with her, being able to nurture and teach and do stuff with her at her at her own pace. Its a lovely age.

When she starts at almost 5 she will be confident and ready - after all, statistically autumn born children have a clear academic advantage up to GCSE!