School+Expectations

=__﻿SCHOOL EXPECTATIONS: __= = = Your child's pre-school staff have a wealth of knowledge and are specialists in preparing your child for school. The following ideas are designed to cover queries often expressed by parents when we have discussed preparation for school. Children come to us with wide and diverse talents and at varying levels of maturity. There are however, simple tasks which you can help your child to practise and complete, making the transition easier for your child and teachers:
 * Doing up buttons and shoe laces. Sometimes velcro is easier for little fingers.
 * Putting socks and shoes on.
 * Being able to put on and take off jerseys and sweatshirts.
 * Being responsible for their own named belongings. Putting clothes away in their bags when they are taken off and not leaving them on the floor.
 * Being aware of the need to and being able to blow their own nose. Followed by washing hands with soap. Tissues are supplied in Room 4.
 * Being able to open lunch containers/packages such as muesli bars and chips.
 * Being able to open their own drink bottle.
 * Aware of the need to flush toilets and wash hands.