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    Granddaughter starting secondary school!

    Has anyone heard of anything like this before?

    My GD went to the secondary school she will be starting in September, today and yesterday.
    A sort of Open Day type thing we thought. It did seem odd it being over two days.
    Tonight DD told us that in fact they had two full school days in the classes they will be in!

    GD really was not prepared for this, it seems they were not told what the days would entail.
    As she knows only one girl starting at the school (who is not from her primary) and they have been put in different classes she was very much alone.

    DD described GD's opinion as feeling very misled and almost duped. However in her style she just got and and made the best of it. Now I think they all feel quite relieved that as this has happened the start in September won't seem so completely new and strange.

    I think this is such a weird thing. Fancy making children spend the first two days of their summer holidays in the classroom!
    Tomorrow she goes with her friend and mum for a few days caravan holiday. She will need it!!
    “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown
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    Gem - it's a pity she didn't know beforehand how the two days would be, but it sounds as though she coped very well.

    Years ago at college we used to run an Induction Week for new students starting in September. This would be right at the end of the school summer term. The idea was that it gave students a taster of the subjects they'd chosen, and because students came from such a wide area it gave them a chance to meet others, test out the journey, and get to know at least most of their teachers. Sometimes students would realise a subject wasn't what they expected and they could then make whatever changes were needed, and it made the starting process in September much easier.

    We had to stop doing it when travel funding was withdrawn by a neighbouring county where a lot of our students lived. So we then had to have an Induction Week in September, effectively eating into some of very valuable teaching time.

    My GD1 has had just a couple of hours in her new school, but she was in her class with her group tutor. It wasn't much, but better than nothing. She's enrolled in a Little Theatre course next week and by co-incidence it's being held in her new school rather than the local Arts Centre so she will find her way round a little bit. Also the parents of girls in her class have formed a Whats App group and are arranging for them all to meet up in a local park one afternoon as well.

    I do hope your GD will have a great time on her caravan holiday.

    (By the way, GD1 came home with some reading and Maths for the holidays - not exactly compulsory, but I'm sure there's an expectation that they will all do it.)



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      #3
      I can remember when youngest grandaughter went to see the secondary school she would be going to.
      She was with some of her classmates at the time. They didn't spend time there doing lessons.
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        #4
        Yes Gem its been happening at our schools for a few years now , started just the one day then it went to two days ,
        When GS1 started he had a advantage he had been going 1 day a week for two years to do higher Maths and English so he already knew Teachers , Pupils and his way around ,
        It was a bit of a shock for the others though ,
        I do think maybe the last month of term they could maybe go one day a week for 4 weeks to get a taster then they don't spend the holidays worried about it all .

        Your GD is such a intelligent little lady I am sure she took everything in her stride , They make friends easy at that age too .

        Daisy The Whats app group and meeting up seems a good idea does it include the boys too ? .
        Im not fat just 6ft too small

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          Oma, I think Daisy's GD is going to an all girls school, so no boys parents to include
          “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown
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            #6
            Oma - Gem's right - GD1 is going to a girls school, which in her view is the only drawback!
            "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

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              #7
              Daisy my GD would feel the same, but I wish she was going to an all girls school!
              “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown
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                #8
                The induction days at the end of last term probably didn't happen because of all the Covid restrictions, so this was the best the school could offer. No other Year groups around, so mixing only with the pupils' peer groups. At least your GD now has some idea of what the lessons will be like and won't be fazed at the beginning of term by the newness of secondary school.
                Believe you can and you're halfway there.
                Theodore Roosevelt.
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                  #9
                  I think you are exactly right there WG.

                  GD however, although now glad she has done it, was really feeling it was all unjust!
                  She is a quiet and extremely polite girl, so would have shown none of this until she got home and vented to her parents!
                  “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown
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                    #10
                    Gem, bless her. She is a very mature young woman recognising now that in fact the two days were worthwhile. I hope she's looking forward to her new school as much as my GD is. xxx
                    "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

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                      I hope they both enjoy it and settle well Daisy.

                      And Libra and Qwertys GDs. The four of them were in the same year.
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                        I often wonder how they and their families are.
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                          #13
                          It sounds like a good idea to me but I can understand the children involved felt a bit miffed at loosing 2 days of their holiday.
                          What is life if full of care we have no time to stand and stare

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                            #14
                            When children go to the secondary school here, usually this is, not with the lockdown etc etc, they go away for a weeks camp to get to know each other. GD1 went to the Ardennen, we will see if GD2 gets to go anywhere when she starts.
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                              #15
                              Libra is fine her girls are mostly grown up now , Fine girls , Think the Oldest is 18 .
                              Her DD is pretty much the same sadly .
                              Im not fat just 6ft too small

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