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Can an 11 year old grow up in 2 days?!

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3monkeys · 05/09/2013 18:09

My DD started grammar school yesterday and already she is like a different child! She is excited, interested, doing her homework. I can't believe the change.

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bigTillyMint · 05/09/2013 18:43

It's the honeymoon periodWink

Having said that, DD and DS had really changed within the first month.

Yonihadtoask · 05/09/2013 18:45

I think that they do change going into high/secondary/grammar school.

By the middle of Y6 in Primary - most children are really ready to move on. They have outgrown the school.

Good on her - am pleased she is doing her homework grumbles again at DS to do his

bruffin · 05/09/2013 18:46

I started a thread like this 6 years ago , it doesnt last Grin

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3monkeys · 05/09/2013 19:17

Ha ha, I don't think the homework will last either!! But she's so interested in meeting new people and different teachers. She'd got bogged down at primary with petty squabbles and she was bored. She's at a girls school but very happy walking home with the boys Wink

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pixelchick10 · 06/09/2013 01:22

yes but I doubt there is anything in it ... a lot of year 7 girls pretend they are interested in boys because its the done thing to do ... wouldn't encourage it!!!

kylesmybaby · 06/09/2013 02:13

I could have written this thread .. Ds seems so different for the exacct reasons you've mentioned!

Madmog · 06/09/2013 10:16

My daughter is in Year 8 and the novelty of a new school has warn off in my daughter's case, but she's still had loads to tell me about on her return this week. Her confidence changed greatly moving up, she wouldn't ask anything in primary, but now goes looking for teachers to ask things. She has continued to put lots of effort into her homework - to be honest I sometimes tell her to cut corners as she spends ages, but she says there's no point in doing it if she can do it well. She is part of a large group of girls who meet up at breaktimes, but she doesn't let that distract her from homework.

Tortoisegirl · 07/09/2013 19:14

My DD starts Y8 tomorrow and has just discovered she has been put in an accelerated class. So far she's flattered and excited but I will confess to being a bit nervous. Shes bright but no genius and I just hope she puts the effort in so next year we don't have tears because she has been moved down again!

piratecat · 07/09/2013 19:17

i've felt similarly op. DD just started Secondary and seems so revitalised and full of energy.
Also more grown up too.

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