Reply to Changing Schools in Second Grade

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Changing Schools in Second Grade"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]A change of school has always got its challenges - getting to know the new building, teachers, rules and mainly the other kids. But it can be a very positive experience.

My 2 ES aged children have had to make this move more than once (due to relocating for work) and each time I would say it takes about 4-6 weeks from the start of the year to settle in.

They are both friendly and outgoing children. They have (my DD) occasionally experienced exclusion from tight night groups of girls, but she knows to just move on, talk to other kids, be friendly with EVERYONE. And after time, even those tight knit groups of girls come round and my DD has been invited to their small parties and so on.

I would add that we did move our son in the middle of the year and that was actually a really positive experience. Because he was not lost in the general crowd of "new" kids in the class at the start of the year, he was a novelty and it meant that each child in his classroom was interested in getting to know him. It also meant that his teacher had the opportunity to assess him thoroughly in terms of academics, without having to do the assessments of every other kid in the room.

My son did not find starting mid-year more challenging than starting at any other time.  I don't know why people always insist that this is harder, but it really doesn't have to be so.

Hope some of this is helpful. Of course every child is different. I would say if you're not moving too far away, to set up some play dates with existing friends on weekends or official days off school - to keep the sense that there is more to life than just the new school and the kids there.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics