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Bati · 16/07/2012 13:44

long story so will cut it short
my daughter moved school last febuary from a school she hated and was in special needs to an out standing ofsted which she loves
she absolutly loves her teacher and doesnt want friday to come (last day) as she doesnt want to loose the teacher. She has got a fantastic teacher for next yr and she really likes him and is looking forward to having him but wants the present one as well lol
she is yr5 at the moment and last night was crying about high school asking what will happen if she doesnt like high school and she doesnt want to be seperated from her friends
she is sitting the 11+ in september and i think this is what she means about loosing her friends so i pointed out that what ever high school she goes to she will make new friends just like she did when she moved schools a few months ago and i was sure some of her current friends would end up in the same high school
I think the not liking high school questions is resulting from her old school as she really didnt like it and quite often would cry about it at home. I pointed out that if we didnt like her high school we could always move her
I dont want her to worry and get upset about it all especially as its another yr away
what can i say or do to make her feel better

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anice · 16/07/2012 14:40

Tell her its a year away so don't worry! Then follow up with lots of reassurance that everything will seem different in a year's time as she will be so much older etc. How proud you are of how well she settled into the new school. How hard she thought it would be but now she's proved that she can do it, and next time it will be easier because everyone will be new and maybe she'll be helping someone settle in who hasn't had the experience that your DD has had.
Maybe finish up with something about how she's had her bad luck and now she's starting to discover how great things can be.

At least this is the sort of stuff that works with my son who is the same age. IME it doesn't all have to be a 100% accurate prediction, just enough to make him believe it will be alright until he has stepped through the door and seen for himself that he can cope and may even be happy!

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