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My child is going to school

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  • Savvy_Sue
    Savvy_Sue Posts: 47,477 Forumite
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    Becles wrote: »
    http://www.stamptastic.co.uk/

    Just stamp everything. Takes no time to do and it lasts for loads of washes. Definitely worth the money compared to spending ages sewing tags on.
    I had my own stamp made up with our surname on, must have saved hours although a bit tricky to apply to black socks!!!

    You do need to check it's not too faded after a while, but if it is you just re-stamp!
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  • A nit comb :eek:
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  • Amara
    Amara Posts: 2,176 Forumite
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    A nit comb :eek:
    AAAAGHRR! Never thought about it, LO is in nursery, but had no problem with it so far. Fortunately.
  • oystercatcher
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    Amara wrote: »
    AAAAGHRR! Never thought about it, LO is in nursery, but had no problem with it so far. Fortunately.

    It happens. Best to be prepared.

    After the first unexpected 'attack' had been dealt with I started combing through dry hair with a nit comb every few days, over a white surface. Sometimes one large louse would appear and that would be it so I like to think we avoided a 'major incident' by combing.

    If more appeared the combing with conditioner always worked for us. What you don't want is to discover an infestation and have nothing available to deal with it , this will always happen when life is at it's busiest and you can't rush to the chemist etc.
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  • Zeni
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    I would echo sujac, definitely find ways to make bottles/book bags different as if its like my school they all use the same book bag which can lead to a lot of taking other children's by accident.
    Another thing, although this would really depend on your child and how they are with the toilet, could be spare pair of underwear and a carrier bag. When I worked reception/nursery some children had small accidents and it was always helpful when they had a spare pair (although a lot of places will have these just in case).
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  • Valli
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    Amara wrote: »
    What is the best way to do it? I thought about getting white ribbon, write son's name on it and sew on item.

    Use an indelible laundry marker, or buy name tapes. You can use copydex to glue name tapes in shoes and plimsolls. Easily bought online.

    Please make sure your child can dress and undress himself - practise putting PE kit on and taking it off again. Teach him to neatly fold his clothes into a pile. Most kids in will just put the nearest item on:rotfl:
    The kids who struggle are thes who haven't been allowed to dress and undress themselves.
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  • maman
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    sujac wrote: »
    A few things that I noticed over the past year working in a reception class:

    - Label everything! If you do go down the route of writing name on labels check every so often it hasn't faded. If in doubt label it!
    - If your child has difficulty recognising their name (esp for water bottles) put a sticker on the side or top so they can quickly see it. (My daughter starts this year and can recognise her name but there will be 3 of them in the same class with the same first name so will be doing this)
    - If they have a school book bag that they all have the same put a small keyring or a ribbon on the handle so again can be seen. You'll be amazed how many children pick up the wrong bag in a hurry. Same for PE kit bag.
    -Coats- Practice at home putting it on and doing it up. With all clothes really as they get changed from PE many children couldn't turn sleeves/tops/dresses/trousers the right way round to put them on. Plimsolls - slip on ones/velcro are best, we had a child that had lace ups and not a clue how to do them.

    Enjoy the reception year as they have so much fun and its lovely to see them develop over the year with such basic skills as writing, reading, imagination etc. It was a shock for my son when he went into Year 1 and was expected to sit at a desk all day. I would highly recommend being a parent helper if you can. It helped me to see what was going on and how they taught things, I could support my son at home more. He enjoyed me coming in to help too.


    If you do write his name on anything then please write it starting with a capital letter and then in lower case. That's the format he needs to learn to recognise it. Please don't write it all in capitals.


    Otherwise I'd echo what's been said. Just buy the absolute minimum the school has put on the list.
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