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hiya everyone .I would like to get some help with childrens education.
i am a single mum of 2.5 yer boy and i am foregin .I dnt have a clue about what i eed to do and if its a time to start looking fr a nursery or anything .Someone told me i am gonna get a letter telling me what to do ? I am not sure ? Can some one advise me please.Thank you ;)
Hi majorka and welcome to One Space, yummy mummy has given some good places to start.
Do you still have a health visitor?
no i dont have one .to be honest my boy was born with his bowel outside his tummy and i had a nurse coming every week to see him and weight him .the health visitor came first time and she said she will come to visit again but never seen her fter that..does every child this age need to go to nursery? I have child minder looking after him while i work and theres only one nursery near her house if i put him in different place i wont manage with everything i mean drop him off and pick him up and the lady doesnt drive and got other childern so she wont be able to do it to and i am very happy with the way she looks after him so i dont wanna change it .
Hi majorka. No, your son doesn't have to go to a nursery. It is totally your choice, and he goes to a childminder so that you then go to work. You're happy with her with the minder, and I'm sure your son is content there. Have you looked into local nurseries that are attached to the infant schools? When he is older, you can enrol him in one of these, or your son can just go straight into reception class.
the nursery near the ladies house is all together with infant school.thats all i know .so how old child need to be to go to school ,i mean what age they have to start and what is reception school ? thank you.It look like i dont know anythng ;)
Hi majorka, it would depend on when your son's Birthday is as their is a cut of date that is at the end of August, so if your child's Birthday is at the beginning of September they can be five when they actual start primary school or go into the Reception Class (this is a newish term for infant class), but if you childs Birthday is in the August before the cut of date they could have just turn't four. so depending on when you childs Birthday is it is between 4-5 years old, that they have to start school.
You would normally get sent the admissions information from your Local Council and School Admissions department in the year before your child would need to start school.
It is a good idea though to get them a place at a Nursery School before this as it gets children ready for a school type setting and can often introduce them to children that will be their class mates when they do go into Reception and that really helps children with the transition.
Hi majorka:)
Go to your local nursery, childrens centre or school with a nursery attached. Ask them for a pre school nursery aplication form. Not all private nurserys do this though. You have to do it really soon as i think the aplications close soon.
If your really stuck contact citizens advice or your local council, they should be able to help you further:)
Hope this helps. Good luck
Jx