Me & DS went to visit his new school today and he is not happy...

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Well we are moving from where we are over to Hampshire, so went to visit the lovely local school.

It is a fab school i was very impressed but ds misbehaved, he would not go in any classroom (he hid) he would not speak to the head mistress or do anything he was told

I know it was because he was shy/scared do you think the head will justt hink he is naughty?

He says he does not want to go there

What do i do now? he is 5.4 years old & in reception but loves the school he is in now, he is very very sad to have to leave his friends & says he does not like th other school!

He'll get used to it very quickly. We moved dd1 mid reception year without any probs. She didnt react the way your ds did but it was different circumstances. Head and teachers won't think he's naughty, they realise how hard it is for children initially. Once he's there i think he'll be fine but right now all he'll see are the things he's leaving behind not the whole new world ahead of him.

try not to worry, maybe don't even talk to him about it now unless he mentions it first. He knows its happening so let him deal with it in his own time.

I'm sure HT will understand. We moved house when ds1 was about this age, and because I didn't want him to fret in advance about it we simply didn't take him when we went to look round the school. (Also it was a huge move 350miles, so not very practical.)

The school sent a photo of his new teacher, and his new teacher with 6 of his new classmates and their names, which helped ds1 to anticipate the move.