reception ds has lost enthusiasm for school ,anyone else's like this?

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ds settled into school extremely well ,no problems ,always jumped up out of bed gagging to get to school.
Now he says he doesn't want to go ,pretends to be ill .
Teacher says it may just be the novelty has worn off.Still well behaved in school.
God he has yrs and yrs left,please don't tell me he'll be like this from now on.

When mine was like that, it turned out she was miserable at school, being mobbed

hmmm,wonder if something is happening at playtime.

mine was like this this morning! although has been very keen until now. Said "I miss you mummy! The day is too long!" poor thing

I gave her a big cuddle, put a secret love message in her lunchbox for her to find at lunchtime - talked about what she wanted to wear when she came home (favourite rabbit trousers!) and said I would take her to buy some new shirts after school too - all of this seemed to help give her a bit more focus to the day.

No idea if it will be like this every day - maybe! They are still so small though, and it is probably sinking in that THIS IS IT for the next 11 years, which is a big thing for them.

Good luck

Has he just realised (after the half-term break) that it's not a short term thing and that he actually has to keep on going there? My ds happy at school but loved being on holiday with us and didn't particularly want to go back - he wasn't looking forward to it.

Can you do something nice when you collect him, like for an ice cream?

Dd is like this at the moment, I think it's just a phase, she seem to enjoy it while she's there. Of course, it could also be that she has a teen brother and is copying him.

Yes good idea,will take him to the park after school.
He did say yesterday whilst putting his uniform on
"do I have to wear the same thing everyday?"
Think it is kicking in that this is it.
Quite sad really.

Yes do something nice when you collect him - I shall be taking a cookie wrapped in foil for her to unwrap and eat on the way home

Can he waer different socks or something?

hmm one of mine goes through stages like this periodically (and she's in yr 3 now)

I think it is the sheer inevitability of it all

but in a way, I think it's good because it means they are little individuals in their own right - it's their small protest at being squished into a system isn't it!

(but I agree, if it continues, or it seems more than just a brief protest, that it might be worth having another word with the teacher)

no,he has to wear grey socks,we do liven things up with transformer pants though

there are a few kids in my ds' reception class that are going through this atm. crying, clinging to mummy, not wanting to go in, ds' friend is currently one of them and his mum is beside herself with worry. But having been in there to help out yesterday I can say with complete honesty that every one of those children was absolutely fine within 5 minutes of going into class.

At break time the teacher in the other class said this is very common after the first half term because it's a bit like the reality hitting home once they've been on holiday and then have to go back.

I guess it's a bit like going on holiday and then having to go back to work, but when they're so little they just don't quite have the ability to communicate that they still want to be at home all day every day so the best way to vocalize that is to cry/say they don't want to go.

thanks
it is reassuring to know that it is probably a normal phase he's going through.

Mine came back yesterday and after dinner announced for the first time he didn't do school anymore.

Then a bit later he started drawing sad faces and said he was going to take them into school if he 'must' go.

After some prodding for more info, turns out 2 of his friends are fighting over him, they both want to play wth him and have been pulling his arms with him stuck in the middle, that and one of the friends is a girl and the thought that boys don't play with girls has been suggested by the other friend Anyway, with a bit of role playing for suggestions in how he might be able to cope with them, he cheered up, announced he was going back to school, but still taking in his sad face for one of his friends

I always try and do something nice (not spoil) after school, just to make the day a bit more than school, go home, have dinner watch a bit of tele, read books, bath type thing, whether it's go to the park or if Dad finishes work early we might go out for a quick drink at the local where our son enjoys drawing LOADS of pictures and having a chat not at home.