Dd starts tomorrow too.
I can't get my head around it, so worried I'm going to forget something (I already forgot to pay the fees last Monday).
So she's wary and I'm anxious.
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Dd starts tomorrow too.
I can't get my head around it, so worried I'm going to forget something (I already forgot to pay the fees last Monday).
So she's wary and I'm anxious.
:hug: you know I forgot heaps of stuff last year but everything worked out ok.
I've been the Mum who turns up with lunch during class and has to rush home for the permission slip more than once.
My DD1 had her first day on Friday and I spent a lot of Thursday night sobbing about it and was convinced I'd be a total wreck Friday morning, I came to realise it was about letting her go, letting her 'grow up', turns out I was fine in the morning.
LittleLara - Good luck for tomorrow, hope your DD has a great first day of school! :hug:
All the best for tomorrow girls!
It dawned on me tonight that this is going to be my life for the next 12+ years... thinking about lunches and school uniforms every sunday night LOL. *sigh*
As for forgetting stuff.. I haven't had much to remember yet... except that Wednesday is library day... so he'll need his library bag! This is probably where getting to know a few parents would be handy.
I forgot I needed to take up DS1s trackable pants and had thought he probably wouldn't need them til at least Autumn. They're 6 inches too long but that was the smallest size
So I was horrified to wake up freezing this morning complete with car windows frosted.
Forecast is for 22 here so hopefully he won't be too cold by recess when they are outside.
Yeah it's 18 here at the moment. We only have shorts and tshirt. Uniform shop is open monday afternoons.. Might get him a jacket. He'll survive tho, they'll be allowed to run today.. They weren't letting them run in the heat. Would love to know how to stop 5yo's running??? Lol.
I packed her school jacket in the bag this morning and we got to walk to school because of the cooler weather - yay!
Good luck to all the ACT kids who start this week. It feels like we're already into a new routine here, like we've been doing it for ages. Except for the wad of permission slips and newsletters that came home on Friday. And the bday invitation for this weekend. Someone's parents ate organised!
What's been especially good for me is that I already seem to know a fair few other parents through preschool and just generally. I love that we have gone to her community school and are already a part of that community. Settling in is important for parents too! I met some others at the morning tea and it's really nice to have others to chat to during waiting times.
Yeah I know a couple of parents from preschool, and I've met a couple of new mums already that seem quite nice. So I'm feeling a bit more settled in myself ;) We find out this afternoon who has been selected for the composite class.
Must say I'm enjoying the peace & quiet at the moment :) Am just going to get some stuff ready for dinner, then going out for lunch. Aaaah... lady of leisure once again hahaha.
Well DD1 went off to school without a hitch. She waved goodbye, as I hung around the door as if to say "go away mum, you're embarrassing me" :( No tears and all smiles so that was good. It's quiet here now so I probably should go and clean the house!
All went well for us today but OMG it was hard getting out of bed.
DS was worried about being a bit shy when we were walking down but he seemed pretty happy once he was settled into his room and when we walked back past the room after tea and biccies in the library he looked quite cheery.
It's a half day today so I have to go and pick him up in an hour.
How is everyone settling in after the first week/s?
We had tears this morning. His teacher warned me that often they're fine until the end of the week or the second week when the novelty is over and it seems that in our case she was spot on. I said bye-bye and hung around for notices and then when they were walking in I saw him chewing his pack-pack strap and rubbing his eyes really hard. He was trying so hard not to cry, it broke my heart. I went and held his hand into the classroom (trying not to cry myself) and his teacher took it from there. She said he's really chatty in class so I guess that he's not feeling out of place.
I might give him a half-day next week... they encourage parents to do it so I may as well take them up on it.
Oh, your poor ds Onyx, that would have been hard to see. Glad you were there to help though.
DD is home sick today (she is such a bad patient. No idea where she gets it from!) and has made it abundantly clear that she would rather be at school playing with her friends.
She had her evaluation on Wednesday, seems to be well and truly on track. The one comment that stuck in my mind was "she talks a lot, doesn't she?" had to laugh. Yes, yes she does.
we went realy well, much better then i thought!!
his first day, he was realy shy, i never had so many cuddles in one day from him! :heartbeat: it! ds2 however requested to go for doughnuts as he was feeling sick in the tummy about leaving his brother at school.
Getting him up in themornings is still a work in progress, but that is going better then bedtime! ive been asking his teacher how he is going at the end of the day, there having a few problems, but that is from his kindy letting him do as he pleased when he pleased, when they were ment to teach him to follow the teachers instructions, she said its ok tho, nothing she cant handle or fix.
we were running late the other day, and he had a mini freak as all the kids were sitting down and he couldnt see them from the door!! He seems to love sport, had it on monday and hasnt shut up about the sports teacher or how he got the goals in basketball yet!!
also loving the cuddles i get on the couch each evening when we do his nightly reader!! he is still a rough-nut, but i have started to notice him settling down a little just in this first week alone, AMAZING!
he goes full days, 9 untill 3:20 everyday except wensday, only for feburary, march he is there 5 days a week!
Sarah, he has a reader already?
DD1 seems to be settling in ok. Think she is struggling with the strictness and having to do things for herself (not just dumping it on mummy). She is loving the outdoors, which is great as she is such a coach potato at home. She is finally getting tired, getting her to bed the last few months has been hard and last night she went to sleep quite quickly. Full days start next week, which I am looking forward to (well expect for the parking) and full weeks start next term.
Readers here from the first day. Have no idea if we are doing the right thing with them. Both DH and I read with her of an evening.
Going really well here. DS has settled in with no problems. Very tired tho.. and this afternoon in the car he asked if he could have a sleep. mean mummy said no... he can go to bed straight after dinner LOL. He went to bed at 6.30 last night!!
We haven't got any readers yet. We have a parent/teacher night on Wednesday where they're going to discuss everything they're going to do this year etc, so I assume this is when things will kick into a higher gear. They've been busy settling in and starting up weekly routines like library visits and music lessons and things. DS told me he gets to be a leader next week hehe. I think that just means he gets to be at the front of the line, but I'm happy to hear he is getting involved with everything already :)
yup! had it since monday (his seccond day) each day it comes home with a new book, just a simple 4-6 words max each page, i read it to him, but the last 2 nights he has been going by the pictures and trying to work out what the words are ment to say, gets mighty pleased when he is right!:
not sure if thats how im ment to do it or not either, but after he has a little folder to fill out, he puts a smily face for how he felt reading it, then tells me his comment on it, im realy enjoying the time we spend doing it! its the first time he has EVER shown intrest in trying to do it himself!!!
we have the prep assesment on wensaday fingers crossed, i remember his kindy parent teacher interview, i was nervouse astho i was the student again!!
We've not had a reader as yet but he came home with a library book ok Monday.
There was an info night in Monday about reading with your child and they sent home a leaflet of hints and tips like pause a lot, encourage them to guess what happens next etc.
Sort of how they read the stories on playschool