Y7 "Bonding day" at new secondary today

[QuintessentialOldDear]

I think I am as excited as ds.

I truly really, deeply madly, hope that he will make some friends and have a good day.

Hope all goes well. Sounds like a good plan to have a bonding day

My son is also quiet, and does not know anybody, so he was quite apprehensive this morning. Hopefully his experience will mirror your sons Tiggy!

I doubt very much he will make new friend this very day - but I would be very surprised if he hadn't made a shedload by Christmas! That was approximately when the house started to be filled between hometime and last-buses-to-the-villages time with new children as opposed to only the ones from the same primary.

Hope it has a great day. I waited with anticipation the first day for lots of news, my daughter didn't say much when she first walked through the door and then half an hour later all she talked about was who she'd met, what she'd done, what had been said, what she thought things, what she didn't get etc.

My daughter actually hit it off, second lesson, with another girl on her first day and they arranged to meet at lunchtime. A year on she is still really good friends with this girl and she comes and sits with my daughter's friends from primary school. I don't think it happens for many this quick, but it might be worth mentioning to your son if he meets someone he likes or doesn't know many other children, to suggest meeting them one break time.

Not sure if all schools do this, but my daughter had three joint homework projects in the first term. It was a bit of a pain planning of them going to each others houses after school when you don't know them or their parents, but it was a good way of making them get together with others.

How did it go? My godson has his today and I think I'm more nervous than his own mother.

Hope it went well, Quint

He has had two fantastic days today and yesterday. Fingers crossed it continues like this!

For your godson too, Aldwick!

All good here too - I just can't believe he is of secondary school age. Feels like two minutes since my friend announced her pregnancy!

I suppose my daughter at boarding telling me that she is busy and will call tomorrow is a good sign.

Kenlee yes, it is a good sign! When they call you every evening, then you worry...

Quint - which school is your son at? Mine went off the Christ yesterday and when he came home gave me the biggest tightest hug and said thanks for sending me there mum it's the best school ever. Ive got the bestbform tutor, and im in the best House group. He had met a fantastic boy called daniel in his form. Had took his number and absolutely loved him. Went out to our bus stop this morning and who was there - daniel and his mum. He lives in the next flipping road to us. The school is quite away so its amazing. They got on the bus happily together and it's just saved me a week of taking and picking him up. Such a small world!

Kylesmybaby, what great luck he made a friend so close to home!
Quite a few kids from ds' class went to Christs and my son was really wobbly as he had an offer from there, but we are further east so quite a bit of distance for him to travel. We opted to go for an independent closer to home. Not that far from the hospital east of RPA.

they make up the admission rules as they go along. I spoke to a mum today who did not put Christ as her first offer and definetely lives further from the school than us and got their offer weeks before us. it makes no sense. so we may not have got an offer at all, live closer and had it first choice than them. hows that fair?