Reception class - how are yours settling in?

[Misty9]

I thought it might be nice to have a thread for those of us with reception starters to share how they're getting on. And mine isn't even my pfb! But he was older and fine...

Dd is struggling a bit and getting upset and saying she wants to stay home with me (I'm not working much currently). She's finding the lunch time daunting as it's in a big hall. Big brother is there too but quite separate from reception at first.

I know they'll get used to it but this is hard and they're so little.

Early days for us, but we have our teacher's email address and she says she has an open door policy.

I know I can stay behind for an informal chat at the end of the day at any time. Or if I felt a situation had escalated, I would email and ask for a private meeting.

Do you feel you can do that?

Yes I mentioned it to the teacher this morning but feel like I’m wasting her time making a mountain out of a mole hill. I don’t want to be seen as a whinging parent, feel a bit awkward picking him up this afternoon.

Any decent reception teacher would want to know if a child was unsettled/not wanting to go in. Please don't worry about saying anything.

Nearly at my wit’s end, on the one hand my DS doesn’t hate school (he is happy to go in every morning), but this week he’s come home 4/4 days with wet pants and bottoms having weed himself, he even lied to me today telling me he told the TA and got clean bottoms and pants out of his bag (he didn’t, was still wearing the ones from this morning - stinking of urine).
Before he started school he sometimes had accidents at home, usually just dribbles and not daily so I’m upset that this keeps happening at school!
I’ve also been taken aside twice by the teacher over the course of the last 2 weeks about my DS having hit other children and not listening.
He’s late August born and although the teacher has said he’s not particularly immature I fear he’s just not ready and this was a mistake, wish I’d deferred him but what can I do now except grin and bear it???

@MoHunter you need to talk to the head of year if the reception teacher isn’t taking any notice! No child should have to sit with wet smelly pants all day, it’s awful of the teachers to let him sit in wet clothes all day!