Senior school anticipation nerves

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Bless him

My lovely ds announced this morning that he was feeling quite scared about starting senior school

He doesn't start until 2016 so he is a little premature in this

I am totally not discounting his feeling though and fully take this on board

He knows he will be coming to all open days and will be fully involved in choosing his next school

I asked him what he thought was important in choosing his next school and he said social networking and it would be great if he already knew someone who will be going to start and the same time

(I would add here that he is fantastic at making new friends)

He also said history sports and loads of breaks and little homework were important to!

I guess this was just an observation, and not really start of a debate.

But, Yes, our DS was also worried starting secondary, (but that was 20 years ago!) For most kids it's the SIZE of a school, and fear of getting lost. (Many schools provide maps, or maybe pair with older children to ease them in; and of course, there will be visits before hand, probably 'dummy run' trial days.)

What secondary staff DON'T like is forgetting homework, sports kit, etc, being late for lessons, not looking on the correct noticeboards for change of room, etc. So, kids need to be more responsible for everything themselves, and having a selection of different teachers for different subjects is also very different from primary, when there is only one class teacher, maybe specialists for PE, music, drama, in a larger primary.

I don't doubt he will LOVE it once he is there!