The local schools expect me to enter my 4-year old into their reception class. She will get taught all of 3 hours a day and there will be no lunchtimes included. They tell me it will give her a routine for when she starts school proper when she is 5. (They also tell me that if she don't do their reception class they can't promise they will have space for her when she starts proper?!?)
So when i tell them she has been at nursery since before she could walk and we have slowly added extra hours now she gets 3 full days of nursery a week. She goes in between 8.30 and 10.00 and gets picked up at 5.30. She gets to have dinner with her friends on those days (that's the way she sees it).
So how can they claim it is productive to break that routine, send her on a new routine for a year and then change it all again when she start school proper? And they don't even provide a lunch hour in pre-school!
Can anyone explain
2006-11-14 05:43:11 · 9 answers · asked by Part Time Cynic 7 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
She can stay at her nursery till she is 5. They will also get her through the first Key Stage (or whatever it is called in preschool). So i have no reason whatsoever to disrupt her routine. Why are my local schools so hell bent on disrupting her routine?
2006-11-14 05:45:27 · update #1
Funding! If it is the same as in our area all children from the age of three get funding, something like £7.50 per session. Our local pre-school (not attached to the school) used to get shirty with me as I used the local nursery hence it was money going to the nursery and not them. Stick to your guns if you are happy with the nursery and the level of education your daughter gets (I found our nursery better than the pre-school). Hope that helps - Shar x
2006-11-14 06:04:22 · answer #1 · answered by sharon w 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I dont know where your school is but my school reception take the children on at 4 for a full day 9 till 3.30 then at 5 the move into yr1 the reception is designed to break them into a school routine lunch and palytimes ect included all schools in my area do the same thing are you sure they dont mean nursery if that is the case you had better leave her to the routine you have planned till she starts school at 5
2006-11-14 14:30:52 · answer #2 · answered by Black N White Honesty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they think nursery is different. It's more of a play group rather than a school atmosphere. Plus, the kids she will being going to the class with will be the same kids she will have next year, which would help I think. It's common everywhere now for kids to start normal school at age 4. I don't understand why you as a parent have such a problem with it. As far as lunch hour....does your kid have to eat every 3 hours? They are only there for 3 hours! Feed your child before you take them and when they come home....what's the problem?
2006-11-14 13:49:41 · answer #3 · answered by angie_laffin927 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i know a few people who keep their children at their nurseries until they properly start school or they send them there in the morning then to the school's nursery in afternoon!
even if your child went to the schools nursery it doesn't usually guarantee them a place in the school either because you still have to re apply, however if your chld started this nursery with all the other children they all get to know each other at the same time where as if you leave it yours will join at the age of 5 and all the other kids will know each other already and they will have had a yr to get used to the school as the teachers integrate them slowly and they join in with things to get them used to going to school full time
2006-11-15 15:26:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Schools get funding by how many students they enroll - they're just trying to scare/bully you into getting her in their schools now - and into their pocketbooks. I understand where they're coming from - in that sense, schools are a business - but you have to do what you feel is best for your child. I truly can't believe that the local school can deny you child an education when she's of age to attend - they're just yanking your chain. Keep on being a good mommy!
2006-11-14 14:17:16 · answer #5 · answered by jello 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you have tried to enroll her in a private school.
If this is the US and its a public school, theyre BSing you and trying to make things difficult.
Either way this school is being rediculous. I wouldnt put up with it. theres no reason for them to control you and your daughter. Especially since it sounds like theyre a private school that charges for their services, and theyre trying to suck you out of money for preschool.
I'd look for a new private school, or consider a tutor or public education.
2006-11-14 13:50:54 · answer #6 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not find a kindergarden to send her too? I know plenty of people, myself included, who went to kindergarden at age 4.
2006-11-14 13:51:42 · answer #7 · answered by robbet03 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May be it is to suit the other children who would not have had as long a day
2006-11-15 07:08:59 · answer #8 · answered by MaryC O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually i agree,i have 4 girls,when they started school,i already had them on a schedule,but there are alot of changes that your child will go thru,i dont see a problem with it,
2006-11-14 13:49:50 · answer #9 · answered by daleswife 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋