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hi ladies here is our new thread

Acinonyx - I would expect positive encouragement on the register issue not the cloud
Definitely speak to the teacher

I have a question - what am I supposed to do about headlice? Do I inspect their heads each week?

Hi all, back from holidays and marking thread. School starts Tuesday.

Will catch up but very to hear Acinonyx is havign a thing going on.

These shoes get scuffed quick don't they?
.....or is just my DD?

My other mummy friends were a it [shcok] too.

Hadn't thought about headlice yet - I suppose I might look occaisionally when I think of it but I expect she will get itchy or we will just find them. I never had them at primary school but twice at secondary school. I remember my poor mother going through my very thick waist-length hair with a fine tooth comb . Oh happy days!

Shoes already scuffed here too. Dh is on permanent shoe duty.

Hello Mrsdevine.

I totally missed your post norfolklass. I really feel for you and ds.

I know he has to go full time in the end, but he doesn't have to now. If you can manage shorter days for him maybe give them a try. Maybe a lot of his distress is sheer tiredness and over stimulation.

Great to hear the teacher is gentle though.

Still and somewhat at the sunshine to cloud thing Acinonyx.

Og God is this school life? Us being a bit unhappy over things and not being sure if it is really an issue or not and having to get used to not liking stuff even though these are our precious babies and how dare they put a cloud in our childs sunny day. Gah!!

Yes, I don't want to get huffy and precious over every little thing (I'll come here and do that ). It's as they say with toddler-taming - I need to pick my battles and save the big guns (whatever that might mean - not sure...) for when I really need them (whenver that might be - [shcok]).

Can't believe weekend is over already and they've got to go back again tomorrow!

Im hoping a lot of the problem last week was overtiredness cause he was completely shattered so fingers crossed things are better this week.

He has been very positive over the weekend about school and the fact that they are actually going into their own classroom this week (they spent all last week in what can only be described as a hallway cause building work wasn't finished!)so I hope it continues tomorrow.

I am very lucky in that I am a SAHM (well I work weekends) so it would be very easy for me to have him do part time and I am definitely going to say something this week if he continues to be so upset. I honestly can't see why they just don't ease them in gently...he has been used to going to nursery but only for 2.5 hours a day so to go full time is a huge shock for him as I imagine it is for all the children.

His teacher is lovely though and I am very pleased with her...she seems a good mix of kindness and strictness (if thats a word lol!) which as with most boys my DS definitely needs lol!

Acinonyx... my dd is anxious and clams up when put on the spot too so i'm on your behalf! I warned dd's teacher 'She may not speak much for a few months, if she's pressured it'll get worse' and the response was 'That's good to know, thanks for telling me'.... any other responce and i'd have donned battle armor!

Your dd's teacher sounds like a complete B#*%$ to be perfectly honest, i'd have words now before she thinks you dd is an easy target and starts picking on her even more.

welcome back delivery, hope the holiday was relaxing... are you nervous about tuesday?

Acinonyx - but are we huffy and precious? Or are they in fact miserable bloomers for clouding a sunny sky! I think so. You are right though. I can see I'll need your calming influence over the next few years weeks.

Prepare to be stalked!

Thats all good positive stuff norfolklass, at least you have a fall back plan and probably wont need it. Bet he was just tired and overwhelmed.

DD1 is really tired after her holidays. She is going to bed now in hopes of an early start and an early night t omorrow ready for tuesday.
Right on cue she is having poo trouble. She has just managed a sweet potato sized one, so has a bit more colour in cheeks at least.
Am going t o resume swaying and muttering......

...can't find blasted gym pumps either.......

Me? nervous? nah, I always have anxiety brain spirals and read offstead reports a few times a day. Totally chilled.

Well dh is dead against talking to the teacher and he is taking her in tomorrow. I will give it one more day and if there is no improvement I don't think I will be able to restrain myself.

Ah, News, the (seemingly) eternal poo vigilance. I gave dd some extra laxative last night in order to clear her system ready for school tomorrow. Now if I can just get her to wee at school more often.

Anyone else getting involved in the PTA/PSA? I've put my name down and there's a meeting this week. No idea what to do though - never done anything like it before. Not sure it's really 'me'. Also, I am, frankly, not famed for my organizational prowess.

I'm hoping to keep my head well down and not get involved in the PTA. They are very active at our school and I am nervous that I will start to feel guilty if I don't offer to help. But it is sooo not me that I know if I do offer I will then proceed to let everyone down and piss them all off by being rubbish and lazy about it.

Good luck for tomorrow Acinonyx. I hope your dd finds her feet (or her voice) and you don't have to decide whether to tackle the teacher. I think you are astonishingly un-huffy and un-precious. I would be steaming in there at this point for sure. I don't expect I would handle it well at all. But equally I think it is important to trust your instincts. If you think the teacher is handling it appropriately, that's one thing, but if you are worried I think you do need to speak to her. You sound as though you have impressive self-control, so I'm sure you would manage the conversation well.

Welcome back newspaper!

just getting this back on my list of threads. will be back later to read thru, once dcs sleeping!

Hope next week goes well for everyone.

acinonyx, i'm vice chair of the playschool commitee and will do my couple of years penance on the Parents Association at school too, most of the parents do a stint at some pointwhile their kids are there so that no-one is stuck doing it for years (can you tell what a fun job it is?

Acinonyx - heartbreaking for your dd. I would go in Tuesday as well (and it would be against my dh's advice as well - he's the restrained one..) It sends all the wrong messages to your poor dd to do that sunshine/cloud thing.

I have had a weekend of naughty, grumpy, tired dcs. And only after a few days of school - oh joy.

Tomorrow is the first day I will have had to drop ds at school first for the whole day, then rush back in the car to drop dd off at school, as they go to different schools. I am already stressing.

Good luck all!

Acinonyx - as a secondary teacher I wouldn't make a big deal of this with a new year 7, so I do think that your reception teacher is being a bit mean. I hope your DD is able to be brave and not let it put her off.

Norfolklass - if it was me I'd be tempted to take him home for a couple of afternoons next week. If he's not 5 the school may not like it but he legally does not have to be there. I may end up doing something similar when youngest (end Aug baby) starts next year, as there is no staggered start at all here regardless of age.

Getting to school in the morning is easy for the boys, we are 5 minutes (grown-up) or 10 minutes (toddler) walk away from the village school. I don't take them though, as I have to go to work, so they go with grandma and grandad.

I won't be doing PTA, no hours left in the day unfortunately.

I think his first full week went well, although he did come home with his shorts on back-to-front on Friday - PE was in the morning so he must have been like that all day! He told me that before PE they "went to the hall for singing with the headmaster, then we shut our eyes and put our hands together". That will have been assembly then, I reckon.

I'm not planning on getting into the PTA. Evenings (when they meet) are difficult for me, as DH often works late. But I have said I can help out in the classroom once DD is settled - or another class if it seems best for DD. And more sort of hands on help with fundraising days.

I so know what you mean Newspaper and Acinonyx, about " Us being a bit unhappy over things and not being sure if it is really an issue or not" and picking your battles.

Off we go again then tomorrow....

I'm not PTA-ing. I'd say something totally sarcastic and get the tumbleweed effect - or make a balls of something major. Lordy.

I only have a car for tomorrows run. Then we are on foot [our 2 cars have imploded/exploded with no funds for repair]. How long do you experienced people reckon 2.5 miles will take with baby and dd?

golgi - that is very comforting what you say about not making it a big deal at secondry level. It's so hard to know when concerns are fair isn't it?
Yay for mn!

Acynonix-as an ex Reception teacher, I have to say that I think your childs teacher is completely out of order! There is no need to make such an issue out of this, so early in the year. I had a couple of children who wouldn't answer to their name at register (still not sure why some children find this stressful, but they clearly do!) so I waved my fingers at them, eventually they waved back but with one it took several months before she would whisper "morning". I would certainly go in and explain in your best, "I'm not complaining but I think you are completely wrong" manner ( or perhaps you would be better with a "I just thought it would be helpful to explain that...." expression 0 that DD currently finds saying anything too stressful but you are sure that when she becomes more comfortable etc etc....
Good Luck!

Well it's our big day tomorrow.
Trying not to think about it too much and it isn't such a big deal as it's only for 2 hours.

Still expect to blub at the school gate though....

Good luck tomorrow grammerpolice! It is a strange jolt when you leave them and look back to see them as part of a class.

newspaper.... 2.5 miles on foot?? Seriously?

Yes. Seriously and really.

No car What to do!?

Oh god. But if a mile takes 15 mins for an adult to walk, won't it take about 25 mins for a 4yo? So you're looking at a walk of an hour and a quarter each way! Sorry, this isn't helpful, is it? Maybe you could ask the school if there are other children who live near you that could give you a lift?

I reckon we are looking at a good half hour. So I'll put dd1 in our huge 3 wheeler and put dd2 in the sling and stride forth!! No bus of any use unfortunately. I've got a bad hip so should be a laugh!

Will get much mn disaproval for older child in pushchair but I think that is too long a walk when you are just starting school and generally not huge on energy. Constipation is such an energy sapper.