D moving to new school in year 2....very nervous!

[WimpleOfTheBallet]

DD is moving schools soon...she's in year 2 of a very small private school and we're putting her into a small village school...were keeping this house for while and then movng to the village over the summer.

I have't told her yet as I have just today confirmed her place at village school.

I am so nervous for her..she;s quiet but popular at her current school and I don't know how she will cope. She's anxious around change...and likes her routine.

Her new class is luckily small...though not as tiny as her current which is part of the reason we want to move....and it seems a lovely place so I feel it's a good choice.

How do I tell her? Will she be ok at 6 moving into a new school? Very worried...I am a worrier!

Hi Wimple

Can completely understand you concerns as I went through similar feelings when I transfered my ds when he was in YR2 from the school down the road to a smaller village school.

Has your dd had a chance to have a day visit to her new school yet, we found that this really helped our ds as he got a feel for the new school before he started properly after the half term holiday.

Just be honest with your dd and tell her straight what is happening and that you are doing it for her best interests. You'll be amazed at how resilient 6 yo are. Our ds settled in within a week, made new friends quickly and didn't worry about not seeing his old friends.

All the best to your dd - she'll probably thrive on the novelty of being the new girl

Thanks treas..the head has arranged for us to tour the schoolwith DD (though dh nd I have already seen it alone)and then he said she can stay for the morning....this will happen before hlf term and she can start after half term,.

He also said it was a really lovely year group...I just hate uprooting her...but know in the long term it is he right thing to do.

My DD moved from Australia to UK in October. Went from halfway through YR1 to YR2. I was very worried but it wasn't half as bad as I thought it could be but then I wasn't very happy with her last school. She had lots of differences to cope with and seems to be doing ok. There were a few rumblings at the start about missing friends etc because she didn't know anyone. We talked with her how she felt and how we felt meeting new people. I hope that in years to come we can talk about the feelings and experience and how it wasn't as bad and there were many positives to come out of meeting new friends and relate to similar situations. Of course it is also ok for her to feel sad just as mummy and daddy do when we miss our friends terribly.

She has joined a class that has been together for 2 years already which I only just found out a few weeks ago so many friendships had already formed. She's happy at school which is the main thing and I see her joining in. I don't expect her to be the type to have one special friend so hopefully that won't be a problem.

Good luck.

I am hoping that at 6 it shoudn't be too much of a barrer that most kids have been togther since reception...if they were 9 or 10 then I miht worry...but surely at this stage kids are pretty open to new frienships?