A weight off my mind.....
Gareth starts school in the morning.
Like Sian and Rhiannon he will be one of 50 kids starting that will be divided into two classrooms with a different teacher in each room.
One of my biggest fears was whether he would be put in a class with his closest friends. Although this was also important for the girls earlier on today I feel it is a much bigger deal to Gareth as he starts off in a new and unfamiliar environment. His closest friends are Tommy and Owen. We thought we would have to wait until 9am tomorrow to hear which classes they are in but this afternoon when I went to collect Sian and Rhiannon we had a surprise.
A teacher told us that if we made our way to the Kindy classroom door we would see a poster with the names of the children in that class on it! We ran to the Kindy room to find that not only is Gareth in Tommy and Owens class he is also in with two other boys from Carey Bay Pre-school. He also has a wonderful teacher Mrs Elbourne who is very experienced and very firm but kind. Gareth ran around his new class for ten minutes with Tommy and they found their desks with their names on. They explored and touched big shells and the books on display and their eyes sparkled with excitement. As we walked to the car Gareth was busy talking about how exciting it will be tomorrow in his new school. I couldn't have asked for a better start to school for him than this.
