Preparing for primary school.

Gingham_Ribbon

Spendless wrote: »

IF you are wanting to take him to the cinema, do you have a vue cinema near you? Their kids am showings at w/ends and on w/days in hols are £1.50 per child and the accompanying adult is free. These are the ones I take Miss Spendless to, cos if she can't sit still it's only cost £1.50. My son couldn't sit still till a loooooong time after he'd started f-time school.

Can you get your whites, white? If he has white shirts as uniform. I can't I've boiled/bleached etc and they still look grubby. I've resorted to buying glo-white from the supermarket.

Great idea. I'll look into the cinema thing.

And yes, the whites thing is an issue. Thanks for the tip! x

elljay20

my daughter starts in a couple of weeks and we are both beyond excited!!!!!!

she's having school dinners as they have a really healthy and diverse menu and she's good at trying new things when other kids are eating them too.

i wouldn't expect her to have much homework for the first term, but we will continue to have her reading lessons at home after school.

i'm also trying to find her a spanish tutor, but not had much luck there so far.

all i'm not sure about is what gym stuff she'll need? do they do pe in the first term?

oh, and when i drop her off at school, i will not cry, i will not cry, i will not cry....................

nearlyrich

elljay20 wrote: »

oh, and when i drop her off at school, i will not cry, i will not cry, i will not cry....................

You will you will you will it's the law, even when it's uni you drop them off at you can still cry:p I did anyway;)

elljay20

nearlyrich wrote: »

You will you will you will it's the law, even when it's uni you drop them off at you can still cry:p I did anyway;)

my best mate took her son to school the first day. their house backed onto the school field. by 11 am she was stationed out in the garden with her husbands binoculars!!!!!:rotfl:

Janepig

For PE I've got cycling type shorts for DD which she wears either under her skirt or trousers, and a t-shirt for under her polo shirt. She wears her trainers to school on those days too, thereby dispensing with the need for a bag to carry the bits in.

Strangely I didn't cry on her first day in nursery (full time), but I did cry last September on her first day in reception (full time), but that was because for some reason she was a bit distressed at being in a new class and I had to leave her in tears. I don't know why she got upset, she knew where she was going and had been there before, and was with all her pals. She seems okay about going up to year 1 next month, but I won't hold my breath until I've dropped her off and she's okay.

Jxx

Becles

elljay20 wrote: »

my best mate took her son to school the first day. their house backed onto the school field. by 11 am she was stationed out in the garden with her husbands binoculars!!!!!:rotfl:

Our house overlooks the school field, so I "spy" on them at playtime

elljay20

Becles wrote: »

Our house overlooks the school field, so I "spy" on them at playtime

you can't do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it's like reading their unwritten diary!!!!

Violetta_2

Gingham_Ribbon wrote: »

Great idea. I'll look into the cinema thing.

And yes, the whites thing is an issue. Thanks for the tip! x

Have you tried adding Napisan to your usual wash stuff that helps get stains out of our stuff seems to bring whites up good too. Not just used for nappies.
I know what you mean about the character's on everything. I hated all the winnie the pooh stuff stuck on baby clothes when my dd was born, developed a real aversion to it, they just seemd to slap pooh or tigger on anything and bump the price up.

michelefauk

The only other thing I have thought of is make sure your little one has a packet of tissues in their bag/drawer and that they know how to use them!
I have worked in Reception and most things am ok with, poo, wee, even sick, but runny noses are yuk! Especially when wiped on the same hand you know is going to be holding yours in the playground at playtime! Reading a story to 30 sniffing 4 yr olds is hard work!

Also, hard though it is, try not to get to school really early like some of our parents do at home time (some are there half an hour before end of school!) and stare through the classroom windows or even worse, wave at your child! It is so distracting for the teacher and children.
Your little one will be fine, and have a great time and probably will tell you next to nothing about what they have been doing all day, this is normal!!
And make sure that you have plenty planned for thier first day, nothing worse than sitting home clock watching. Good luck, you will both be fine!

Janepig

michelefauk wrote: »

The only other thing I have thought of is make sure your little one has a packet of tissues in their bag/drawer and that they know how to use them!
I have worked in Reception and most things am ok with, poo, wee, even sick, but runny noses are yuk! Especially when wiped on the same hand you know is going to be holding yours in the playground at playtime! Reading a story to 30 sniffing 4 yr olds is hard work!

Also, hard though it is, try not to get to school really early like some of our parents do at home time (some are there half an hour before end of school!) and stare through the classroom windows or even worse, wave at your child! It is so distracting for the teacher and children.
Your little one will be fine, and have a great time and probably will tell you next to nothing about what they have been doing all day, this is normal!!
And make sure that you have plenty planned for thier first day, nothing worse than sitting home clock watching. Good luck, you will both be fine!

I have to limit DD to one tissue because if I give her a pack then she doles them out to her pals in the yard!!!:rolleyes:

The difficulty for me with not arriving half an hour early is that I have to drive to the school, as do most parents (it's a welsh school (one of only 3 in town) so not within most people's walking distance). There's a nice large car park outside the school but if you're not parked up by 2.30pm (they come out just before 3pm) then you can forget finding a space. The surrounding roads are usually pretty clogged too. Although there's no need for people to start queueing outside the classroom that early, they still do, but luckily the children can't see the queue so don't get distracted.

Towards the end of last term I found an alternative place to park which is about five minutes away from the school, but it means I can get there just before DD comes out and there's no hanging about or queueing. Result!!! Although most parents seem to be too idle to walk as far as I do :rolleyes:.

Oh and trying to get DD to tell me what she's done in school is near impossible - the stock reply is "nuffin".:rotfl:

Jxx