Aww this is a lovely thread. Glad everyone got off ok!
Here's my little madam from Weds last week:
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We didn't get a visit nor a settling in day If you were in the pre-school, they got an hour with the teacher and that was it.. hey ho, she seems to have settled very easily so I don't feel she's missed out.
Jchuihuahua, is there any hidden agenda with home visits? Are they also to see the childs home environment, whether theyre looked after etc possibly or is it just a meet and greet, no more, no less?
I had mine today and it went great (i think). Aymens teacher and the teaching assistant came, the TA played with Aymen and the teacher focused more on asking me questions about Aymen and a few about our family set up too etc.
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This was Esther's first day at school which was Wed 10th Sept.
She seems to be really enjoying it. She's just doing 12.30 til 3 for her first 2 weeks and then she'll be full time.
If enjoyment if measured in paintings then she's really really enjoying it as during her first 3 afternoons she painted 8 pictures!!
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This was Esther's first day at school which was Wed 10th Sept.
She seems to be really enjoying it. She's just doing 12.30 til 3 for her first 2 weeks and then she'll be full time.
If enjoyment if measured in paintings then she's really really enjoying it as during her first 3 afternoons she painted 8 pictures!!
That's really good Esther is enjoying school and loving her painting! Charlie really just doesn't like painting and colouring in, and they seem to be getting a lot of that just now! He loves Tuesdays because they get professional football coaching and asked the teacher can he just come on Tuesdays
I love her uniform as well, she looks so smart!
We had an appointment arranged with Earl's teacher for the friday before he started. She seemed really nice - I think it was more for her to establish if there are any concerns about him, what she needs to look out for, what his interests are, and what he already knows. She also didn't know his birthday which is a bit worrying! lol
Earl has been in 1.5 weeks now and so far he's enjoying it. Although we have had a couple of things. On Saturday morning he was eating his breakfast and watching TV (only allowed at weekends now lol) and he jumped up and said 'Mummy, it's 8 o'clock, I need to put my uniform on or we'll be late!'. He then got a little upset that he didn't need to as it was Saturday lol. Second thing I've noticed is that I think he's a bit disappointed in the lack of true teaching. He has been excited for ages about learning to read. We've been doing workbooks and things at home, and he's well on with his letters, numbers and some basic maths and phonics/word recognition. He's brought home 'sharing books' which we're supposed to read with him which he is really enjoying but I think I'm going to have to put some time aside each weekend to keep doing his workbooks as they're not really teaching him anything new at all......he's been rather upset about that. He did love PE though - they did something called 'graphic dance' which I suppose is interpretive dance where they had to 'be' whatever was in the picture the teacher held up....so a bubble, a frog, a butterfly etc etc. I have also put him on the waiting list for a gymnastics club which is from 5.....I'm hoping they'll have space for him after Christmas.
We had an appointment arranged with Earl's teacher for the friday before he started. She seemed really nice - I think it was more for her to establish if there are any concerns about him, what she needs to look out for, what his interests are, and what he already knows. She also didn't know his birthday which is a bit worrying! lol
Earl has been in 1.5 weeks now and so far he's enjoying it. Although we have had a couple of things. On Saturday morning he was eating his breakfast and watching TV (only allowed at weekends now lol) and he jumped up and said 'Mummy, it's 8 o'clock, I need to put my uniform on or we'll be late!'. He then got a little upset that he didn't need to as it was Saturday lol. Second thing I've noticed is that I think he's a bit disappointed in the lack of true teaching. He has been excited for ages about learning to read. We've been doing workbooks and things at home, and he's well on with his letters, numbers and some basic maths and phonics/word recognition. He's brought home 'sharing books' which we're supposed to read with him which he is really enjoying but I think I'm going to have to put some time aside each weekend to keep doing his workbooks as they're not really teaching him anything new at all......he's been rather upset about that. He did love PE though - they did something called 'graphic dance' which I suppose is interpretive dance where they had to 'be' whatever was in the picture the teacher held up....so a bubble, a frog, a butterfly etc etc. I have also put him on the waiting list for a gymnastics club which is from 5.....I'm hoping they'll have space for him after Christmas.
How are all your LOs doing now theyre a few weeks into school?
Callum seems to be doing well so far, he got shining star of his reception class this week, he sounds like hes doing well. His first parents evening is mid october. We had a meeting today to see how they will learn reading and writing which sounds fun. He already recognises the words cat, dog, he and she, mom and dad and a few others.
Not sure about your LOs but Callums getting loads of homework as well! Most nights he comes home with at least 1 piece of homework, nothing like starting off slow! Are your LOs enjoying school? Xx
How are all your LOs doing now theyre a few weeks into school?
Callum seems to be doing well so far, he got shining star of his reception class this week, he sounds like hes doing well. His first parents evening is mid october. We had a meeting today to see how they will learn reading and writing which sounds fun. He already recognises the words cat, dog, he and she, mom and dad and a few others.
Not sure about your LOs but Callums getting loads of homework as well! Most nights he comes home with at least 1 piece of homework, nothing like starting off slow! Are your LOs enjoying school? Xx
What type if things does he get for homework if you don't mind me asking