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My eldest boy is off to big school tomorrow - think I am more worried about it than he is :( (<hope that is the proper thing for a sad face)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.About half the class (but it was a small class - about 21 kids) a number are from the camp so have either moved away or are off to boarding school and a couple are going to different schools. The school he is going to is small (only 90 in a year) so he should be ok, and it is in the sticks so limited chances for bunking off (8 miles away).
that's good then sher - mine will be 12 when he goes as will half his class (our cut off date is end Feb rather than September) but we don't yet know which High school we will ask for him to get a place in and wont know till next April where he is given a place (and if any of his friends will be going too) - seems a long way away yet.
He'll be fine and he'll thoroughly enjoy his first day! My youngest started at 6th form college today and for some reason he looked all grown up :( Spent most of the summer holiday crying coz my daughter got her degree and has started a job 120 miles away! Somehow its just all got to me - perhaps because its permanent and thats where her home will be! When she was at uni she was always coming home and now she's not :( It never gets any easier!! Just make sure you've got plenty of tissues!
Know how you feel Sherrardk, my youngest grand child starts school tomorrow,she;s such a tiny little thing,only 4yrs 5 months,old. Seems too little to be going to school, but she is so looking forward to it, there will be no tears from her.... This will be the first time in 10 years that I won't have a grand child to look after during the day.( her sister is 7, and her brother is 10 ). And my eldest grandson starts at Cambridge Uni this month too. Life changing experiences for both of them.