[mum850]

Clearly a bit excited about my last child starting school. She is being early entered and won't know anyone from kindergarten. SHe kind of knows the school although is usually (read always) in childcare when we pickup the other kids!
She is already looking forward to her three induction days in November. I am sooo excited, about starting school of course, but also not having to drive/walk different kids to different places!
She is a very confident and outgoing child so I am not worried even though she will be quite young.

Is just anyone allowed to start a FYOS thread? LOL!

This post has been edited by mum850: 29/01/2013, 08:34 PM

[mum850]

maybe it IS too early, no-one wants to play!

[baddmammajamma]

Hey stranger!

I'll play!

My "baby" is starting school as well. No early entry, but with an October birthday, can you believe he is actually one of THE youngest? Who would've thought!

He is very excited. I am very excited.

After one super duper complicated child (who is quite spectacular in her own funky way), it will be fun & interesting to send one off to school who is a real people pleaser and just an all around easy kid. I think he is going to do beautifully at school.

[mum850]

Hi BMJ!
It will be so great to have all the kids in one place.
Is he excited?

[Pantograph]

I'm excited about my eldest starting next year. She's had 3 orientation sessions already (story & art session) which she's really enjoyed. She was excited to see other kids she knew there, and so relieved to see there were "little kids" already at the school i.e. the current preps. She'd been really scared about going to a school with big kids, big boys in particular.

They have another 3 orientation sessions to go in Oct, Nov & Dec. I'm also looking forward to buying her school uniform, although I'm shocked at the cost - have put some $$ away already for that.

[muggins_00]

I'll play! Sending my first off to school next year, he's excited and I'm teary!

[baddmammajamma]

My one and only is off to school next year. We've just finished the transition program and have orientation coming up in October.

I was incredibly worried about how he'd go, but he has breezed through transition and is so excited to be going everyday next year. The school have been very accommodating of his special needs, which has really eased my anxiety about it all.

I think the start of school is a huge deal for most kids (and their parents), but Ferdinand, I can appreciate how especially true that is for those of us who have kids with special needs. That's so wonderful that you've found a school that is accepting and flexible -- these are qualities that have made my daughter's experience at school a positive one as well.

Good luck to ALL of our little FYOSers! Do you guys remember your own first days at school? I was counting the hours!

[bubblebear]

My DS1 starts next year. Oh, my heart. He'll be fine I think, knows quite a few from kinder including his three closest friends. He has been excited, although the other day told me it goes for too long...'you do stuff, then you have a play, then more stuff, then another play, but then you have to do MORE stuff before you can go home!'. But he's pretty confident and I think he's ready for it, he's a May birthday and at kinder is one of the oldest.

[Kalota]

Not too early at all! I'm a FYOS teacher and our Prep transition program starts when we return from these school holidays! I can't wait to meet the kinder kids but at the same time I'm a little bit nervous (as I am every year about meeting the newbies!)

[ames_78]

My DS starts school next year. He's my oldest so it's a whole new experience (been a new enough experience this year with kinder).
unfortunately his kinder isn't the closest to the school so he doesn't know any of the kids.

Already taken him to 2 orientation days. He is extremely anxious and first time I ducked away but second time he wouldn't let me leave so I was forced to hang around (he also had a bit of a breakdown when it was suggested his "buddy" show him the toilets). thinking next session I'll just have to leave him and let the teachers deal with him being upset. He took a while to settle into kinder so I'm sort of used to it, but it's still really hard seeing h, upset.

2 days a week next year he'll have to be in after school care for approx an hour, but thinking Air might try and finish work early for at least that first week or so to try and help him settle.

Also have app't with paed in a couple of weeks to discuss DS's anxiety (and a few other things)- his kinder teacher thinks he's tactile sensitive and does cross crawling (I think I phrased that correctly).