Calling all Year 6 parents…buckle up your emotional seatbelts and then adjust as appropriate. Here is what I am going to do.
It’s difficult for both parent and child when leaving the safety of primary school. There are so many aspects of loss and excitement that it is difficult to know how to feel what emotion and when. The loses felt by the child are certainly immediate, they have been hanging on and letting go for most of the year. Teachers have been preparing them for SATS and the last school play, sports day, school trip etc. We as parents have been making the important decisions and presenting a positive attitude to this unavoidable leap of faith. So, as we approach Friday (if indeed your child finishes then) it may be important to remind ourselves of the aspects of loss your child may feel approaching this important day. Identity – Your child may be known as the conscientious one or the caring child or the leader, his class mates may know him for this particular quality and also the teachers. Whatever the quality is this will have been more cemented on the standard 5-day trip away that c
