Year 6 leaving - anyone else feeling emotional?

[Kerryblue]

My ds is leaving his primary school tomorrow.

I feel so emotional about it! I never thought I would do tbh, he is ready for the challenges of secondary school and he doesn't seem that bothered, but me! Well, I keep feeling myself well up

It doesn't help that he is only one of two boys from his school going to an out of catchment secondary so he'll be leaving lots of his friends, and the whole class seem to have really jelled together this last year.

Anyone else feel the same?

Both mine left dry eyed. It helped that the Head was petty to the bitter end. It all feels a bit of an anti climax tbh.

I'm certainly not going to miss some of the power crazed parents, I can tell you!

DD only a bit sad because she'd only been there just over a year (we'd moved her from a school she hadn't been happy at) but she has confessed that she's really going to miss one of the boys that she'd taken a liking to!

Do any of you let yours have facebook? I reluctantly gave in on the last day after months of badgering on the condition that I have the log in details so I can pop in from time to time and police it. I don't want to violate her privacy but 11 is young isn't it? Was surprised how many young kids were on it and had been since year 4!

I've been there x4 and its horrible at the time (mostly just for me, they were all mostly so ready and excited about secondary)

but I learnt (particuarly because eldest was had left secondary as youngest left primary) to picture them finishing the next step, so as they leave primary just think of them coming to the end of their time of secondary happy and successful with lots of new friends that they are sad to be leaving.
For me for some reason it makes me feel better, that there is loads to look forwards to and their next school will be just as special.

Admittedly As DD finished sixth from last year at her prizegiving I was trying to picture her at her graduation but then got sad and had to try and refrain from crying at the thought of her leaving home and being independent from me! I'm not good at these things!!

Your post strikes a chord happymum22 - September is a month for new beginnings isn't it. First it's first time in reception, then moving from infants to juniors, and then the big one to secondary school, and then leaving and maybe going on to college and then uni. I've been through them all and I think the biggest thing was when they left for uni - my first son didn't settle and it was all very worrying, getting phone calls from him, saying he wanted to come home, which he did do eventually after a couple of months. In fact he called me one night at about 10 and said he couldn't stand it any more and was crying.........(aaah) luckily the uni was only 20 miles away and I drove out and brought him home. We went to see the Principal next day and he agreed that DS was "not ready" for uni. He then got a job in the civil service which suited him much better.

Younger son went to uni and was fine, but when we used to go and see him (about 80 miles away) I would be sitting in the passenger seat of our car with tears streaming down my face and a big lump in my throat. My DP used to joke that I didn't stop crying until we reached the motorway! It was wonderful to have him home for the holidays, but he never came home to live, as he stayed in the uni town with his girlfriend. Later they moved to London and they married a few years later. It was a good transition though, because I got used to him not being at home over those 3 uni years.

DS1 did go to uni eventually (when he had met a girl with whom he settled down) and got a 2.1 in social science. They are both primary school teachers and have a wonderful daughter aged 12 (not that I'm biased or anything!)

Now - well many years on I still shed tears in the airport as DS2 lives in Ireland and we visit regularly (2 grandchildren aged 7 and 3) are a big pull! and when he drops us off at the airport to come home and hugs me I start to cry a little......

See it never ends............sorry I think I may be hi-jacking this thread, my fingers sort of ran away with themselves. The things you worry about change over the years obviously but the intensity never goes away..........good luck to all year 6 children moving on - I'm sure they will all be fine.

Oh just saw the post about FB. I cannot believe how many of my 12 year old grdghtrs friends are on it. She certainly isn't.....and won't be till she is 16 say her parents. Her cousin who is 11 is on all the time and posting photos of her with her boyfriend - and sending each other smoochy little messages.

What happened to childhood? Oh I know the answer really but I think we should try to stretch childhood as far as we can - you're a long time being an adult.

Wassup,I had the same feeling. I kept remembering all my friend and kept feeling depressed thinking ill never see them again.But here I am meeting up with my old friends everyday btw some of them moved out of their house and they came to my school with was a real jolly thing. Anyways mate wish you the best of luck with your future and I hope you live happily.