First Day of School

Eli has started school!! OK- so we're a term in, but better late then never....

Over here, the first year of primary school is called pre-primary. His teachers this year are Miss Wheatley (teacher) on his left and Mrs M (aide), standing on his right. Both these ladies are lovely, and they have been instrumental in ensuring he loves school. After all, this was going to be Eli's first big test- walking into school without his best mates, Ben and Harry. While he has definitely missed them, he has settled in well and is thriving.

He has started making new friends, and is lucky to have a small cohort of boys and girls who are quite similar in his temperament. Two of his closest mates live within walking distance, and because of the strict school boundaries here, all his friends here will be close by.

So far, smooth sailing- he earnt a merit award at first assembly, and is eager to go every morning. He was stoked to start receiving homework- he came home from school on the very first day disappointed they hadn't taught him to read- and is forever writing, drawing and doing "his schoolwork", often tasks he makes up for himself. The class counts every day, and he often can be heard singing from 1-200 at the top of his lungs (while sitting on the toilet!). Thankfully, he has started to receive class readers, as he is DESPERATE to read, and is dead keen now he has started learning thing in a more structured way.

I'm sure the novelty will wear off soon enough, but so far, so good!