Foundation (Prep/Kinder) 2014 Chat

[BlackCat]

We start tomorrow 0900 - 1505. Full days, full weeks, full hours, full on! Hopefully he will adjust well. I'm excited and scared and sad and excited. I think ds is just excited now though he is being mr cool about it lol.

[OceanPrincess]

Lovely to hear all these kiddies doing so well DD was thrilled when she crossed today off her calendar and realised tomorrow it is only one more sleep!

I'm so excited for her too. I'm doing a photo like Nai above and I'm going to draw a heart on her wrist so that if she gets scared or lonely she can look down and remember that I love her. Totally stole that from Bella's post lol

Tonight I need to label her school uniform, finally bought my Brother P-touch cloth label tape. And then we are ready!!

Oh - who posted about the jitter glitter? I just wrote DD a letter from Rachel and Kirsty, from the Rainbow Magic series, and included a bag of jitter glitter. Such a great idea. Hope it helps tomorrow night.

Another edit: she loved it. We now have a problem in that she wans to invite Rachel and Kirsty to her birthday

[Rowellen]

After a great first day yesterday, I thought DS would be glad to go to school again today. But when I told him he was going to school today, he said, "But muuuum. Do I have to go to school AGAIN!" Yes mate. 5 days a week. 40ish weeks a year. For the next 13 years. Poor kid.

[Bella29]

Dd loved it! And was just as excited to go again today. Dd2 grabbed ahold of dd's hand when I tried to say goodbye and waved to me and said goodbye from behind her dummy. I was like "sorry honey, you don't get to stay". She is totally devastated that she is left behind. I have managed to be late picking her up the first day by about five mins. Today I ran out of fuel! Had to ask my sister to pick her up, Hoping that day three I will actually manage to not have a parental fail! I am managing the whole new routine pretty well so far and actually finding that getting outta bed at 7:30 is helping me to get more done with my day. Previously the girls would just come in for snuggles and then go turn on the telli and help themselves to fruit for the first 1-2 hrs of the day. (I know, I am lucky/it was horrible ms with this baby and I have been enjoying the extra rest)

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

DD loved it & was so excited to talk about all the things she did.
We took her out for tea as a celebration of her first day.

We brought a pretty writing book a week or so ago so we are going to use it as a bit of a school diary, put some photos in it & write stories etc.

Yesterday we write in it about the letter 'Ss' and her first reader book which she read from memory with DP covering the pictures & she only got 1 word wrong!

It's going to be such an exciting year!
Will find a way to upload pictures somewhere & put up a link, she was so darn cute!

[Rowellen]

DS was really upset this morning when I dropped him off. He didn't want to go into his classroom, he just wanted to play in the playground. I have promised him tomorrow we will arrive a bit earlier and he can play in the playground before school starts. I feel a bit sad for him because the kindy friends he was closest too are all in different classes. He has a few kindy friends in his class but they weren't the ones he played with every day. So far he hasn't tried to make new friends in his class, just stuck with those he knows, but I'm sure it will come in time. He has been playing with his other kindy friends at lunch time.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Poor thing, hope he finds his groove soon.
None of DD's friends are at our school, actually no-one from her kinder is but she seems happy enough knowing she will see them outside of school... Fingers crossed!

[feeb]

Dropped DS1 off this morning, he was fine me on the other hand blubbering mess!! I am putting it down to fact I am sick as well. He found his bag hook and was excited to get into his classroom and start doing things. Play doh then cars. He has a few kids he knows and 1 from kinder but rest of kinder kids he knows 7 of them are all in other room!!! I think 18 kids in his class and lots if boys which is nice for him. Pick him up at 1300.

[black_rose]

Dropped two little girls at school today! Dd1 is in grade 1 and dd2 just went in to her room and started drawing and ignored us. She finished at lunch time and is now off to lunch with dad. Can't wait to here how she went.

[Bella29]

Had to laugh at the picture dd brought home on her first day. It said "dd has conpleted her first year of prep. Only 2,600 days of schooling to go!"

[OceanPrincess]

Well we all survived. Walked DD up this morning, she chatted all the way up to school, waltzed into her classroom, said hi other teacher, told her teacher she had spelled her name wrong (), put her bag away, found her desk, sat down and started drawing. No dramas.

I was fine. I think because I had the boys with me and I was quite distracted by DS2, but even since then I've been ok. Maybe it'll be different when it is my baby? Who knows.

Back tomorrow, 9-1.

[Dansta]

Dj did really well too... Copped a cut lip from tripping over in the play ground. He was really well behaved on the bus too. Getting him up was a little harder but that'll settle, as hopefully.will his bed time.
Now i need to start thinking more about lunches/snacks for him

[Astrid]

Bit mixed with DD2 this morning. Wanted to walk to the class room by herself, then changed her mind. I had to do a few things at school for DD1, so was still around and she saw me in the playground, so then clung to me. She was then perfectly fine when one of her friends arrived

[black_rose]

Dd2 enjoyed today even wanted a play date after school, but she was very tired and cried when I put her drawing upside down on the wall.

[Lenny]

Dd2 enjoyed today even wanted a play date after school, but she was very tired and cried when I put her drawing upside down on the wall.

What were you thinking! That's the ultimate crime...I have been guilty of it before!

[Nai]

It was a good day here too. Dd2 now sitting on the couch with an icy pole, still won't take her school dress off

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

So how did everyone go with their first few days back, kids buggered?

DD1 is LOVING it, she can't wait to get homework next week (only kid I'm sure) and has been doing some home printed work sheets based around what she's working on at school.

She was so excited her name was in the newsletter welcoming the preps (only 4 preps in total).

She has read 3 readers and is doing so by memory and looking at the pictures and her teachers are really happy with where she is at, they don't actually do any testing etc at this school but work on each child at their individual level (benefit of a small school).

The principal commented about how confident and happy she is to lead the class and participate and he thinks she is going to do really well, which is great to hear as she can get a little shy and nervous at times.

I'm REALLY happy with our decision to send her to this school, it really is tiny (17 kids total) but she gets so much one on one time, they still do sports and see other schools and she gets a lot of interaction outside of school with gymnastics and swimming.
I'm looking forward to this year, I really am.

[Bella29]

My dd was tots buggered zavara! I think she will hit a wall at the end of next week, or in the week after. Her teacher said she could tell she was tired on Friday cos she was a lot more quiet! We have signed her up for soccer at the local club, but she doesn't start till the end of February, so not to much all at once. Ready to do it all again tomorrow ladies?

Good luck to all the preppies who are starting tomorrow!