What all to carry to school reception year, day 1

[Saichinna]

We are moving from Scotland to England, where my son would be starting in reception, still don't know which school😢, I am so nervous😱 what do I need to send with him on day 1. Please advice. Do I need to buy any books, any bag, lunch box etc. thanks for your help.

The water bottles do correspond to their 4 house colours horry to narrow it down a little... Ds is gutted to not be in pink house ( there is no pink house)

Ds can read his name but maybe I'll draw a little picture or something to make it more obvious!

I wish I could go and sit in with him. I am so nervous....

Ds's school water bottles are branded too, not even coded by house colours so the whole school has identical bottles with their names written on by their teacher, its ok now he can read but we were forever getting somebody elses home when he was in reception.

Saichinna, he'll be fine, you're probably more nervous than he is!

I wish I could go and sit in with him. I am so nervous....

Your little boy is going to be the cool one with the different accent.

Has your little boy been to nursery / school in Scotland? If so, and if his teacher thinks it's a good idea, maybe a soft toy Nessie could come to school for a few weeks and then travel back to your ds nursery with messages / stories of adventures from England

I wish I could go and sit in with him. I am so nervous...

In all seriousness, this is about the worst thing you could do. It's observable that the children who are cheerily left with a wave and a "Have a great time, see you later!" cope better than those with parents who hover anxiously. Of course that's self-perpetuating (children of anxious parents are more likely to hang around) but in my experience most children perk up within five minutes of their parents' departure so hanging around just lengthens the misery - on both sides!

He'll have a great time. All the children will be new. Maybe a few will know each other from previous settings but nobody will know everybody (as would be the case if you moved a year later and he went into Year 1 with 29 children who had spent a year together in Reception). It will be great.

I guess you all are right. He will be fine, and I will pretend to be very strong.....

Saichinna, thats my plan, pretend it's no big deal and I'm not desperately worried and upset my baby is all grown up and the have a little teary moment once she can't see me.

Yep xihha, same here....