Author: Housley, Caroline

Ready, Steady, School!

We have put this booklet together to give you some handy tips about helping your child to prepare for School. Inside you will find lots of useful information about things you can do together and encourage your child to do independently to support the transition to School.
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Routine

Start to introduce routines at home. Routines give children a sense of security. When life is organised and consistent at home, children feel safe, secure and looked after - especially during stressful times!
You could match meal times to those that children will have in School. A good bedtime routine to get a good nights sleep will help your child be ready to learn the next day. It may help to talk about what is happening ‘now’ and what will happen ‘next’ to give children some understanding of sequencing and time.

Self-Help Skills

Your child will really benefit from being as independent as possible when they start school. Of course teaching staff will always be on hand to help, but children feel a real sense of achievement when they can accomplish things by themselves!
Let your child start to do things for themselves, even if it means it will take longer! They could butter their own toast, unwrap their lunch, wash their own hands, use the toilet and dress themselves.

Make them familiar!

Show your child their new School! Walk from your house so they get to know the journey. Talk about the fun things they will do there, the more that children know, the less anxious they will be. Find out if any of their friends from Nursery will be going to the same School.
If you have not had contact from the School, ask for an information book so you can learn more and tell your child. Show them their uniform. Talk about how they will go to the toilet on their own, have lunch with friends and follow some instructions.