Homework hasn’t been too bad here. School use an app for work tracking, so dd2 doesn’t have to write it all down in her planner. This is worked well so far - work appears as it should, dd2 accessing it ok etc.
Work also seems to be set with a week to do it, and is (so far) due in on a day where that lesson is timetabled, so hands in in lesson. This is a huge improvement over dd2’s prep school, where she had to remember to hand in homework on random days as well as planning for lessons etc. She is doing well with trying to get stuff done in the week, but we will need a weekend catch up too - probably 50/50.
She is still very wobbly going in, but that transition has always been hard for her. She is ok when there, engaging in lessons, and joining in various clubs and activities - she’s in the netball squad, has auditioned for the school play, and is getting to grips with music lessons etc. All in all, I think it is going ok.
Dd2 is fixated on the fact it doesn’t feel like her old school, and I’ve been trying to talk her through that - she has a very rose tinted view of her old school (not that it was bad, but she is very much focusing on the bits she loved), and I’m trying to remind her she had plenty of days where it was ‘just school’ there too.
It’s hard, but she will get there.