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Would you let your 3yo go on a day trip without you?

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Yurtgirl · 07/04/2008 22:55

Following on from someone elses thread - Would you let your 3yo - 4 this term go out for the day, by coach

With 50+ other kids ?(and school staff obviously!
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Anchovy · 08/04/2008 14:03

The DCs nursery school used to have a "school trip" in the summer term. They both went when they were 3.7 and 3.8 respectively. In each case it was to the Wetlands Centre - very close - about 15 mins in a coach. As someone said, it was well organised, we were given plenty of information, ratios were good, lovely, experienced, practical head of nursery school was running it.

Mine both had a whale of a time - talked about it for days and days afterwards. Having their own packed lunch was the highlight, I seem to remember.

Fennel · 08/04/2008 14:15

I have sent mine on day trips, at 2 or 3. My 3yo is the sort you could leave anywhere, she has always been easy to leave at parties or at a friend's overnight.

And I mislaid her myself on a day out at a theme park recently, I think preschool staff are probably better at not losing 3 year olds than I am.

mrz · 08/04/2008 18:24

I wouldn't take 3 year olds on a trip without a parent or some other responsible person.

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Yurtgirl · 08/04/2008 19:51

Thankyou for your replies everyone - The general response seems to be 'yes'

She didnt go - We went out together and did stuff that needed to be done - we had a bonding exp you could say!

What really annoyed me I think was that yesterday was her first full day at school with the rest of her group. I went to pick her up at 3 and was given a letter stating that they were going today - first I knew of it.

My general feeling was if they could be that haphazard in their organisational skills then my dd wouldnt be going.

DS is going tommorrow however but he is 7!!!

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Bellie · 08/04/2008 20:52

Oh - if it was only on the second full day of school I would have been wary too. You have to build the trust with the people you are trusting with your dd.

Clary · 09/04/2008 00:54

! Yes I did, DS1 went with his nursery and it was fab.

Maybe not if only second day of school tho.

Why would you be worried about a whole day out for a 5.5 yr old IF? (After all she is at school all day isn't she?)

uttertripe · 09/04/2008 01:05

yep. why wouldnt i?

PinkTulips · 09/04/2008 10:50

bit differant if she's not really used to the place yet... you might feel differantly for the next one though once she's built up trust for the teachers.

dd is going to be going to a castle with an adventure park place attached to it in a few weeks, probably going to be going as one of the parent helpers though as they're letting the mother and toddler group kids come too and ds would love it.

would trust them completely even if i wasn't there though, they insist on a 2:1 adult to child ratio, it's very well organised and one of their key conerns when deciding where to go was safety and security at the venue and making sure it was somewhere they knew well enough and could be sure the kids would have a busy day to prevent bored toddlers misbehaving.

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