Learner Dad: Helping our children adjust to a new school

'It was hard to take them away from their old school. They loved the place - and now we’re lifting them out of it to start afresh in a small village in east Cork'

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We were anxious, waiting for our two to come out after their first day at the new school. It brought me back to their early days at their old school when you’d be watching them walking out the gate with the teacher, looking for signs of sadness in their body language.

There was no need to worry. They both flourished at their old school in Ballyphehane and bounced out the door most days, with a buddy or two in tow. ( The only problem was sending our dreamer daughter back into the classroom because she came out without her coat. It actually got endearing, after a while.)