Brace Yourself for reception.
So I was watching my son having his swimming lesson the other day and I got talking to another mum. Her son had recently started reception class and she was in a state of shock.
She found it preposterous that she was not allowed to call the school to find out if her son had settled and was further astounded that she would have to discover what her son had eaten for lunch by asking him.
This is no high maintenance mother dear reader, merely another victim of Triple S Syndrome.
Started
Started
School
Shocker
Not many parents are prepared for the monumental transition from nursery to school.
Yes, the children adjust after about a day, happy as clams with their new classmates they skip into school. But what about us?
Yes, the children adjust after about a day, happy as clams with their new classmates they skip into school. But what about us?
Parents whose children have attended nurseries have long been accustomed to having their every need, whim and demand met by their child's care providers.
The lovely young ladies at your local Honey Pots/Kiddie Factory/insert name here are more than happy to chat with you at the end of each day. They'll tell you anything you need to know, toilet trips, nap time, what they ate and what they played with. They'll even write it down so you don't forget.
Try getting that information from your child's class teacher and they'll look at you as if you've grown an extra head and god help you if you dare ask them to give your child medicine!
The reality is that teachers don't have enough time to devote the same level of attention to your little darling as the staff at a nursery. Ratios in nurseries can be as low as 1 adult to every 3 children. Compare that to the average 1 to 14 ratio in most school reception classes and you can begin to understand the dilemma.
But I do think there's an answer, nurseries and schools should work together to make the transition much easier on us, at least for the first year. Maybe after our children's 4th birthdays, the nursery nurses could start calling parent's Mr and Mrs (*insert child's surname) regardless of weather they are married. Maybe the school teachers could extend the usual 30 second 'hi-collect your child-bye' routine to 3 minuets so they could talk to parents after school.If they eased parents in, rather than throw us in at the deep end (without armbands) when our little darlings start school; We might see a reduction in the ever increasing number of frazzled parents grilling their exhausted 4 tear old's for scarps of information at the end of the day.
Here's hoping! ;-)
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The lovely young ladies at your local Honey Pots/Kiddie Factory/insert name here are more than happy to chat with you at the end of each day. They'll tell you anything you need to know, toilet trips, nap time, what they ate and what they played with. They'll even write it down so you don't forget.
Try getting that information from your child's class teacher and they'll look at you as if you've grown an extra head and god help you if you dare ask them to give your child medicine!
The reality is that teachers don't have enough time to devote the same level of attention to your little darling as the staff at a nursery. Ratios in nurseries can be as low as 1 adult to every 3 children. Compare that to the average 1 to 14 ratio in most school reception classes and you can begin to understand the dilemma.
But I do think there's an answer, nurseries and schools should work together to make the transition much easier on us, at least for the first year. Maybe after our children's 4th birthdays, the nursery nurses could start calling parent's Mr and Mrs (*insert child's surname) regardless of weather they are married. Maybe the school teachers could extend the usual 30 second 'hi-collect your child-bye' routine to 3 minuets so they could talk to parents after school.If they eased parents in, rather than throw us in at the deep end (without armbands) when our little darlings start school; We might see a reduction in the ever increasing number of frazzled parents grilling their exhausted 4 tear old's for scarps of information at the end of the day.
Here's hoping! ;-)
If you liked this you might also like:
Back to school...not quiet
Schools Outdated this summer
Making new friends at school
The never ending toilet search
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