Capable Child

  As children head back to school this September, for some of them they will have been away from school for almost six months. It’s completely unprecedented and a new experience for parents and children. Some children and parents will be desperate for normality to resume whilst others may have carved out a new normal that they enjoy.   Children and parents will have had many different positive and negative experiences. Whatever the case, I’ve suggested a few ways that may make the transition back to school a little smoother.   Encourage your child to talk to friends of relatives who have already been back to school.  This could be key worker children who kept going to school during lockdown, children in the year groups that did return or friends in other countries. We have friends in Scotland whose Autumn term has already begun so we have a chat planned on Facetime. School won’t be the only topic of conversation but I’ll be sure to encourage it and hope it can bring reassurance.   Talk