Does your child enjoy primary school?

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Please answer a general yes, no or middling and share their age. Thanks. I'm intrigued ...

Yes dd1 (reception) she has just had chicken pox and hated being at home because it is boring .

DS said after coming home last Friday lunchtime: "I'm bored at school, Mum. I'm bored every day." I feel a bit like I've gone wrong somewhere, with so many of your little ones loving school. I'll bolster myself with the idea that he must think home is fabulous then!

Dd1 in yr 1 is part H/E part M/S with tutors. She has ASD, so a different case I guess. Dd2 in reception loves school and asks if she can go at the weekend!

My five and seven year old have a total whale of a time at school.

Yes - she says she loves school. She is nearly 6 and in Y1.

I totally empathise with the "no time to play" thing. My eldest used to say exactly that - along with being "bored".
I guess we tried to ease it by making the most of after school time, weekends and having a few regular activities for ours to look forward to. It certainly helped DD1 to get through the week when there were midweek things to look forward to.
We were at a more dire point than you though - we used to have to literally bribe her to go out of the house at times. It was awful. She would cling to the door handle with eyes wide open like a frightened rabbit and then cry on the way home our of relief she was getting further away from school. I never ever thought I would see such a change in her. She is now happy, confident, actually gets dressed for school herself without fuss and tells me to hurry up or she will be late! If my child can have such a huge turnaround, there is hope for all reluctant children out there As well as a decent teacher, I think she just matured and "got" the fact that it was not an option and we sympathised with her but were not about to let her stay at home. Encouraging her to talk about the good bits in the day, homing in on the positive (she loves art) and going really OTT with every sticker or star she brought home all helped too. Having friends home works a bit, especially if you can chat with them both together, asking the other child what was fun at school and getting your own to see the enthusiasm - it can be a little bit infectious like XX farting in class and everyone laughing. Anything that they recollect with positive emotions, however small, can really help.

It could be worth talking to the teacher too and asking them for feedback - are they aware of any issues in class, does he look bored, is he completing activites too quickly and sitting around? can the teacher make a point of praising him for xyz on the way out of the door in your earshot so you have something to chat about on the way home? just another thought!

Good luck and don?t give up hope.

DD 11yr old - Year 6 is having a ball and loving it.

yes! (DD1 -aged 5)

no...ds yr4

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ds(7) yes! he loves his new headteacher she is very passionate

middling - my dd thinks it's 'too long' but likes being with her friends

she finds the work dull, in Yr1

DS Almost 9 (y4): mostly hates it. His recurrent moans stress me out HUGELY.
DD (just 7), y2, mostly loves it.
DS2 just 4: I'm not sure what he thinks, but not moaning any more, anyway.

orinoco - that's a bit of a turnaround, what's changed? Do they have beastly teachers this year?

Yes for both DS (y3) and dd (reception).

Yes

My 6y DD loves going to school, right from day 1. She is now in Y2.

DS (7 - year 3) yes
DD (4 - nursery) yes

DD - 6 - yes (other parents here home ed, so have discussed it as an option with dd, she was very unkeen)

I have a nasty suspicion though that her teacher does not feel equally positive about having her in the class

DS age 6 (Yr 1) - yes

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dd 7yrs old middling to no (she doesn't get enough time to play is her main complaint) .

DS1 8yrs Yr4. Yes doesn't like to admit it but really misses his friends over the holiday and seems to get a bit unsettled in the holidays too.

DS2 4yrs just started reception. Absolutely loves it but he's been desperate to go to big school for such a long time and it seems to have lived up to expectations.

dd 5 in December, just started, loves it.

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