They’ll find their feet and their voice and they’ll make friends, quite possibly for life
That first day of school is one of my favourite days of the year, watching those kiddies entering classrooms with their big bags in tow. Photograph: Getty ImagesI was on the bus the other day when a little girl announced to all in the vicinity that she was going into Junior Infants in the next day or two or very soon anyway.
We compared notes on our own first day of school. Nothing there for me. Back then, parents weren’t allowed into the school. For pupils, the spectrum starts off with something like a thumbs up or down or in the middle to indicate understanding of a tricky concept and ends with the equivalent of, as happened in one school, the student council matter-of-factly presenting the staff with a more equitable timetable for classes when it came to accessing spaces for PE and drama. And, of course, this new, improved timetable worked perfectly well. Much better than the original, according to reports.
So he went from class to class and no matter where he went, he heard the refrain “Somewhere to hide”.
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