Sunday, September 15, 2013

Reception Year ! First day of school fo Mees

Mees moved up to Reception this year. That is what they call the class when children turn 4. It is the year before 1st grade. She now wears a different uniform. The photo shows the summer version.

There are 22 kids in her class with 2 teachers. It is from 8:30 to 3:15 every day and after that she goes to after-school care till 5:15. We signed her up for 2 clubs during after school care, in order to break the routine. She continues her ballet and now will also start martial arts. On Saturday she goes swimming. Busy young lady indeed, but it is somehow unavoidable in the big city.

On top of that we already have 3 pending birthday party invitations, so I guess 19 more to go. And this is not counting Lina.

But most importantly, she is very happy with it all. Tired at the end of the week, but excited and eager to go to school every day. Especially since as of this year, she can use the drop off service: you drive up to the school with your car and volunteer mums take her out and then the older school girls take her to her play area. It saves a lot of time and stress in finding a parking space, and Mees is looking forward every day to see which big girl will take her.