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Anyone else apprehensive about LO's moving int Year 1

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lovingmy2 · 03/08/2010 20:55

Just a question really. I am a teacher an know there is nmothing really to be worried about but i am hating the thought of DS moving into Year 1 and it becoming a more structured environment. Anyone else or is it just me?

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onepieceoflollipop · 03/08/2010 20:59

I felt like this last year if that is any help. (dd1 is now just going into Year Two)

Her reception teacher and ta were both so so lovely and kind (nothing wrong with Year One teacher, just different!) Also in reception they had an outdoor classroom as well as indoor. So many people went on about it being so different in Year One, compared to Year R with a lot less play. tbh dd1 really loves writing and she really loved Year One. It was fine in the end

bumpybecky · 03/08/2010 20:59

not worried here

but dd2 is my third child to move into year 1 and the other two coped fine, so I see no reason why dd3 should be any different. She's an incredibly confident child, no idea where that came from!

Sammiez · 03/08/2010 21:19

lovingmy2 I am so nervous too! I worry she might not cope well with the structure or not listen attentively when she needs to,etc. So so worried. For me,I do not know if it is because I am a foreigner and haven't been in England too long because Reception was like that for me. I had no clue whatsoever about anything going on there

siblingrivalry · 03/08/2010 21:22

I am worried too. DD2 is my 'baby' and I think it's more about me not being ready to let her go

I also loved that she had an outdoor classroom and a lovely, relaxed environment in Reception.I was crying in the last day of term.

cazzybabs · 03/08/2010 21:22

a good year 1 teacher will ensure lots of play based learning leading on from the early learning goals.

But it will be strange because that reception year is all your little one knows of school.

Clayhead · 03/08/2010 21:23

My ds loved the freeflow play in Reception and spent most of the year outside so I was a bit concerned but the school managed the transition really well and still allowed outdoor play, phasing it out gradually. He was fine .

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lovingmy2 · 04/08/2010 08:28

These are my concerns. DS is a bright boy and has had an extremely successful year but is summer born so emotionaly is quite sensitive and loves the outside play and all the role-play. Year 1 is a massive jump even with a 'smooth' transition from reception. I think you are right though sibling it is more about me not wanting him to move. He just seems so young to be moving into Key Stage 1and all that comes with it.

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domesticsluttery · 04/08/2010 08:40

We are in Wales so the Foundation Phase (and all teh outdoor and play based learning that goes with it) carries on to the end of Year 2.

My eldest is going into Year 3 in September, and so is entering a more structured environment.

He is completely ready for it, but I am a bit worried as I work in Early Years and so understand the Fondation Phase but don't understand KS2 so well!

LostArt · 04/08/2010 08:57

My summer born DD really enjoyed and thrived in Y1. I was surprised how well she adapted to the structure after reception. But the lessons aren't as formal as you would imagine - children use role play, work in groups, outside and in different rooms, so it's not as if your DS will be made to sit at a desk all day. I bet your DS is ready for Y1.

compo · 04/08/2010 09:02

My ds is about to gointo yr two
he loved yr one
yr three is more of a worry because as they move from infants to juniors they lose their afternoon play outside

yr one seems to be numeracy and literacy in the morning and play, IT, craft etc in the afternoon

blametheparents · 04/08/2010 14:55

My DD is moving into Yr1 and I am having a few wobbles!
She learnt so much in reception (when it doesn't even seem as if they are doing very much!) and I don't want the momentum to be ruined.
She also had a fab Reception teacher and TA, and although I have heard great things about her Yr1 teacher I still feel it is a bit unknown.
DD is looking forward to it though, so I will follow her lead!

trainsetter · 04/08/2010 14:57

I am a little bit worried as ds is such a mummy's boy who is very affectionate and teachers are not allowed to cuddle them .

mrz · 04/08/2010 15:07

trainsetter why are teachers not allowed to cuddle him?

trainsetter · 04/08/2010 15:09

Who knows. Just what I was told when they started school. I had to give express permission in reception for them to cuddle them if they needed it

mrz · 04/08/2010 15:14

How sad we give hugs whatever the age whenever they are needed

trainsetter · 04/08/2010 15:15

I know. I don't know the teacher he will have in September but do know she is a bit older and just hope she gets him.

ihearttc · 04/08/2010 15:33

Im worried as well! DS is going into Y1 in september and is not a happy chap about it all. He doesn't want to leave his lovely reception teacher and he has been split up from literally all his friends...its a 2 form entry and he is in a group of 4 friends (all boys and 1 of them is his best friend)and all of them are in the other class!

So my happy smiley little boy spent the last 2 weeks of term sobbing and has spent the first 2 weeks of the holidays very upset and there is nothing I can do about it!

I know he'll be absolutely fine but at the end of the day he is only 5 and thinks he is being punished in some way because his friends are all together and he isn't.

Academically I think he'll be absolutely fine and in fact I think he needs a more structured environment but still isn't stopping me from having major wobbles!

Clayhead · 04/08/2010 17:43

My dc still did loads of free play in year one.

Runoutofideas · 04/08/2010 17:57

I'm a bit concerned too. DD1 is going into year 1 and to a teacher with a reputation for being a bit of a shouter. DD is very sensitive and lacks confidence and I am imagining her going completely silent as she would be overly scared of being shouted at. Apparently this teacher is "old school" and "likes academic girls and dislikes boisterous boys". I'm hoping this is an exaggeration and purely hearsay but surely this sort of teacher has been phased out by now....?

roadkillbunny · 05/08/2010 08:53

My dd is also moving up to Y1 in September, I have some feelings of sadness, the new reception classroom was completed last January and it's fab but now for Y1 they are moving back to the smaller older class they had the first term in however they still have outside classroom space and it is well used throughout the year, they have refitted the class room to make it more apropriate for the Y1 group and was very plesently surprised when I went in for a look see before the end of term. We will miss the foundation teacher and TA's so much, couldn't have hoped for a better start in school for dd however the Y1 teacher is lovely to, she was a newly qualified last year and has lots of energy and entusiasum, the current Y1 class (and thier parents) have not wanted to leave so that gives me lots of confidance also one of the TA's will be moving through the school with them as she is TA to a girl regestered blind but the TA offers them all a level of conternuity, dd came back bubbling from her settling in morning in class 1 and can't wait for some of the more structured aspects and finaly as dd has extra needs with a speech problem going into key stage 1 gives her access to the in school speech therapy so her IEP will be more comprehensive this year and give dd lots of suport so even though there is sadness at leaving reception I am feeling quite possitive although it feels like this is really the start of school, last year felt more like an extension of pre-school (in a good way) my over riding emotion is exitment, same as dd

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