A post in response to "Briscoe Primary School's" refusal to allow pupils to attend their first week.

For those who have not seen the news article here basically Briscoe Primary School in Basildon, Essex turned new starting children away on their first day at school because their parents had failed to attend some 'health and safety' and 'child protection' sessions.

This blog is purely my viewpoint as a working mother and ex-teacher.  I do not know of any children who attend this school.

A blog a day in september - Monday 2nd September - Back to School

Day 2 - September 2nd ........ Back to School.

Like I said on day 1 Ben starts school tomorrow....... 
........ use today to blog about one, some or all of the ideas below:
                     - excitement/ fears over your child starting school 
                    - remembering your own time at school
                     - teaching a class on their first day back at school
       or anything related to school life and days really................


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I am really excited for Ben starting school, he's 5 in October and has been away from home numerous times already.

Until the summer holidays this year he went to a childminders every Friday since he was 9 months old so was used to being away from mummy/ daddy from an early age.  He took to this like a duck to water, we never experienced the clingy separation anxiety so many parents go through..... most days I'd be lucky if I got a kiss/ cuddle before I left him.  When it came to going home he would want to stay and drag his feet.