Hi, there! How are you? I hope that you are having a fantastic day. Welcome to my post.
Today, September 3rd, a new journey began for us. My kid started school. Unlike other kids, we didn't put him in school at a very early age. This year, he is five, and we finally admitted him into a bilingual school: Arabic and English.
Here, school starts quite early. The assembly begins at 7:15 am, then breaks for breakfast, and class starts at 7:45 am. However, for KG 1 & KG 2, the schedule is kind of relaxed. We were told to go at 7:30 am on the first day!
Being a single kid and living away from relatives, he mostly knows two persons: me and my wife. He is quite afraid of meeting other boys and girls. Moreover, language and communication are big issues. Hence, we were worried about how he would cope at school. We tried to uplift his spirit for the last couple of weeks! It was showtime!
We woke him up at 6:15 am. After preparation, we left a little after 7 am. We reached the school in 10 minutes. The students of the higher classes were in the assembly when we reached there. We were told to put him directly in the KG 2 classroom. Skipping the assembly on the first day!
He was quite scared it seemed. We were too! However, he did pretty well during his first school time. He didn't cry. He didn't run to us even though we stayed in the waiting area the whole time. He played in the playground along with other kids. He played in the classroom. However, he did everything alone on the first day. I hope that he will make some friends soon to play with!
His classes ended at around 11:30 am and we returned home. Here are some photographs I captured while we were waiting outside.
A decorated wall beside the waiting area. The door on the left is the door of the classroom of our kid.
At the entrance of the building
The school compound
The assembly area. The furthest is the playground.
A panorama view of the walls in front of the waiting area
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Hafiz
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Wow, congratulations and thank you for sharing with us this milestone. I'm sure your son will do well in school. I can imagine you'll be busier with a school-aged child now. Happy midweek!
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Thank you. !INDEED it is a significant milestone. We are happy, worried and excited at the same time!
Thanks for the support.
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Wow, my heart became happy after diving into that feeling. Your words made me feel as if I was a part of it all and it's my child's first day of school and we're sitting outside the whole time talking about him. It's Lovely! :)
Yes, it was an exceptional feeling; mostly worrying; partly comforting.
Thanks
Beautiful panorama shot of the waiting area. Successful first day, I'm sure the next will be even better.
Thanks a lot for the wish. I appreciate it.
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I think parents are more worried about their child's first day than the child is. I was like you and your wife when it came to the first day, would they make friends, would they cry and miss me, would they want to go back, I remember these things and they all turned out to be nothing to worry about, they made friends and liked school.
I am sure your son will make friends, it might take a few days but he will make them and find that he likes going to school, give him time, and the two of you, to adjust to it.
It is good that they teach two languages, here the schools offer Spanish and English to the younger children, in higher classes they can choose a language they want to learn.
I think, it's quite a normal thing to worry 😀 and it's an internal phenomena!
Thanks for your input
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These are beautiful photos that would make very lovely memories. The first day at school is never easy for parents and children alike but your son is on his way to making friends in his new school. 😁
We hope that too.
Thanks for the nice words
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