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valska

Growing Pains

Jan 15, 2009 13:17

Originally published at As My Life Is. You can comment here or there.

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parenting, clare

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debbstar January 15 2009, 05:30:11 UTC

sighhhhh school's always been a tough one for me. i used to hate the first day of school all through primary school!!
but i hope clare starts to enjoy it a little more!

valska January 15 2009, 11:02:46 UTC

Really? I always looked forward to the first day of school and hated the rest.

olimomok January 15 2009, 05:36:27 UTC

Haha, I love that first picture! I feel like that all the time in the mornings!!!

My mum said I was the last one in the class to stop crying (after a month maybe, oops) - I went to school when I was three and I'm a December kid, which may explain things a little - but the point is, I was okay after that.

Just give Clare a bit more time - she'll be fine :)

valska January 15 2009, 11:02:21 UTC

Hee... thanks. :) I don't think I cried. :P But I was a very quiet kid in kindergarten.

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valska January 15 2009, 11:00:16 UTC

Yah lor. And I feel so bad that Clare is an end of year kid. I know it won't matter in the long run, but in pre-school, I think it's a pretty big deal!

woollendrums January 15 2009, 09:49:31 UTC

Don'r worry - I'm sure Clare will get the hang of it. I heard so many winning testimonies abt St. James, I'm sure she's in very good hands. Another of my blog friend's kid is there too. :) Now if only I can find such a good school in the East!!!! Driving myself up the wall trying to find one!

valska January 15 2009, 10:58:41 UTC

Are you talking about Pat's son? If so, he's in the same classroom as Clare, only in the morning session! :) Have you shortlisted any schools yet?

woollendrums January 17 2009, 08:24:56 UTC

No not Pat :) I've looked at a couple but some drove me up the wall with the over-kiasu-ness and others with the poor standard of hygiene.

lilsnooze January 15 2009, 14:49:08 UTC

And we are thinking of enrolling nat into a playschool of sorts when he turns 18 mths...just to get his social skills going.

I think at our time, it was just straight to Kindergarten! I didn't even do nursery!

valska January 16 2009, 01:13:16 UTC

A while back I thought of doing the pre-school at 18 months thing, but I just didn't get down to it and was very worried if she could cope and/or if she would get really good teachers. Truth be told, having taught at that level before, I know how tiring it can get even after an hour, and how teachers can have an 'off' day in which they just don't feel up to it. And back then, I only taught the classes weekly. Also, I have seen teachers in pre-schools in general, and was less than impressed with more than I was impressed with.

Clare was on the waitlist for pre-nursery at St James and was accepted only late last year. I was actually OK if she didn't get the spot and went to nursery instead. But since she was given the spot, I decide to just go for it and see how it goes.