Child not being offered place in Reception

shirlgirl2004

katym79 wrote: »

hi, sorry to crash in - but is this true? my DD was born 30 August 07, so of course shes still only 15 months but do you think she will suffer from being the very youngest in the school year? i'm dreading leaving her at the school gates already......!:eek:

Yes is is true but all children are different. I desperately wanted my DD to stay put but she arrived early on the 25th August. She was 4 and 2 weeks when she started school and you wouldn't know she's the youngest in the class. Aside from the fact that she has superb English skills (reading & spelling age of 8 etc) she is so happy and confident at school. There are others that are much older that could do with another year at home.

Be grateful of the time that you have with your children at home because the time goes too quickly.

Millie's_Mum

Rince wrote: »

pre school at our local school is where these vouchers can be used, but they are only open 9 till 11:30 and 1:00 till 3:30, which is no good to anyone who works. Is this pre school, or is there something else my son can go to thats full time other than nursery ?

Yes thats pre-school, maybe your private nursery would be able to take/pick up to/from pre school for you?

Loz01

I think it definitely just depends on the child, some will benefit from the extra catch up time and home and some will be ready for school even if they've only just turned 5. My friend was the youngest in my year (31st August!) and she was one of the cleverest!

lindsaygalaxy

Many areas are not chnaging to only one entry a year. Before there used to be a september, january and sometimes april intake.
Up to the cut off date 31st august, your child will go to school in the year they are 5. so if your child is 31st august, then they would be only just 4 when they started school.

Although the younger ones are often less able to start with, they soon all level out, so you dont need to worry.

jackomdj

My DD is an Oct baby too & has another year to go till she starts.

She is desperate to learn & she does a lot at creche (2 full days when I work) & pre-school (the other 3 mornings). She came into my room the other morning with a "letter", I looked & she had written "Katie" which is her sisters name (she knows it as she traces over it in cards etc)

We have just made a work folder for her using www.sparklebox.co.uk & each day she does a few worksheets from it. Tracing letters & freehand letters, likewise with numbers, a bit about sentances, clocks/time, road safety etc. She loves it & gets to colour in a stamp chart (like she has at preschool). She will often ask to get it out when Katie is snoozing.

I showed it to a friend who is a teacher (teaches Y1 & Y2) & she said it was fantastic. The only thing she said to look out for are some schools do letters differently. She said they use sparklebox.

Like one of the other posters I think my DD will be so excited when it is her first day at school she won't miss us at all. She is already talking about what she will give her creche keyworker as a present on her last day & she has almost a year left!

HTH
Nicky

Zziggi

I can understand the OPs frustration. My DD was an early September baby. When i was preganat with her i was soooo hoping she wasn't born early in August as I didn't want her to be the youngest in the year. When she was born (in September), I was so relieved but this led to frustration for me too later on!. She started nursery the term after her 3rd birthday but then had 5 terms in nursery. She became school aged this year and was 5 a few days after she started school "properly". There is a world of difference between a September 2003 baby and an August 2004 baby! My DD was moved up a year in Nursery (into reception class after 2 terms in nursery) because she could cope well with the work. If only she had have been born early then she'd be in the "right" age group. Luck of the draw and the way things worked out.

I never wanted a July/August baby because they typically perform less well. However, in my DS's class, the brightest child in the class is the youngest - a boy born 29th August!!

anonymousie

Mojisola wrote: »

I've seen studies that show a difference in achievement between Autumn babies and Summer babies that persists right up to degree level. Of course, that's only averages so some Summer babies will be high achievers and some Autumn ones won't be.

Enjoy your time with your little one.

I'm sure that is true, but for my DD1 (mid july birthday) she actually thrived "keeping up" with the others in her school year TBH and has exceeded most of her peers over time!

Be optinmistic about summer borns!

lindsaygalaxy

We often use sparklebox - but yes be careful with some of the letters.
I cant say for all schools bit we use cursive joined up writing.
All for phonics, it is different from when we were at school. children mainly learn phonemes (sounds) over letters, for which there are 43. e.g when they first start writing, them may write hav instead if have as that is how it sounds which is fine for their age. The letter l is always a tricky one too.
I would recommend the jolly phonics tapes from E.L.C for anyone that wants to do things with their children at ome.

Mojisola

anonymousie wrote: »

I'm sure that is true, but for my DD1 (mid july birthday) she actually thrived "keeping up" with the others in her school year TBH and has exceeded most of her peers over time!

As I said - some Summer babies will be high achievers and some Autumn ones won't be.

seven-day-weekend

When my son was young, the two children he socialised with most in his year were a year apart in age (Sept 7th and August 31) and the difference in maturity was always noticeable.

It won't hurt your child to wait another year.