My PFB is starting secondary school in September

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As title says. PFB is going to secondary school in September. As transitions go,it "should" be straightforward - the school is 15 minutes walk away, half of the intake will be from his current primary and he already knows quite a few older children from scouts and a sports club he goes to, as well as plenty of children that used to go to his current school.

But of course I am still worrying :) What do you wish you/your DC had known before they started secondary? Is there anything I/he should be doing?

Agree with CamelHump about boys wanting to wear trainers instead of school shoes so the latter get "stolen". At our school they go into breaktime detention for uniform infractions and therefore can't play football so they soon realise it is smarter to save the trainers just for breaktime, but often not before mum and dad have shelled out for a second pair of school shoes.