We offically survived the first morning of school. We picked up daddy before we went to take Natalie to her class. Natalie has a place to hang her bag and her own draw with her hat, pencils and workbook. She was welcomed in and we were VERY pleased to see that when the kids moved out ready for morning fitness one of the older kids told Natalie what to do and showed her where to go. Mummy is feeling a lot more relaxed now about Natalie being in a R-2 class. We stayed for a little while to watch her doing some exercises out in the yard with the other classes and then had to take Stuart back to his school. She was there from school starting time until the end of recess (11:20am) and she will do the same tomorrow. Then next Monday she will be there until 12:30 and then on Tuesday (her birthday) she will stay until 1:40pm (till the end of lunch) and then the following Monday she with be there full time all the time!
When I collected Natalie after recess she said that she had had a fantastic time. Apparently she did fitness and some drawing and is VERY excited that she gets to go back tomorrow. She also mentioned some new friends that she has already made and she enjoyed exploring the new playgrounds at recess. When I asked her teacher how she went, she said "it's like Natalie has already been here for a term". Wow! I guess all of those kindy trips over to the school library paid off.
I am unbelieveably pleased that today has gone well, and obviously hope that tomorrow and next week are also as good. Now I just need Calvin to continue being "clean and dry" until bed time (so far so good today) and this will be a very good day indeed.
4 comments:
That's fantastic i'm so pleased! What a super grown up school girl... Hope it continues to be as good as today!
Much love to you all
xox
That's exactly what i was gonna say! It makes SUCH a difference when they're happy about it all, and I'm really pleased for you all! I'm glad you were able to be part of it too Stu! And good on Calvin for being dry all day .... fantastic effort! Well done, all of you! It's a big step, and I'm certainly thinking of you all each day and hope the good stuff continues! Love n hugs xxx
You know what I HATE about school, is that your child blends with the rest of them so well, and when they grow up you cant quite believe that is YOUR child that is so tall!
Thats fantastic that she is adjusting well. I really commend schools on how they introduce kids to their classes now. Transition is a great thing, and I know at Michael's school they adopt buddy classes from years 3 upwards that look after the new reception kids.
Michaels school has a buddy stop also, which is for kids who have no one to play with at recess and lunch. The view is that kids will meet and learn new things whilst not feeling left out.
School has certainly come a long way since I was a kid!!!
You rock Natalie!
The photo of Natalie sitting on top of the play equipment looks JUST LIKE Aunty Heth .... a few years ago!! Wow!
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