Hannah’s First Day

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The both of us took time out of work yesterday to accompany Hannah on her first day of school at pre-nursery. Ling’s probably more experienced in this sort of thing than I am, because it was a real eye-opener for me! Lots of kids, noise, parents all armed to the teeth with media recording devices all recording and documenting their children’s first days.

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Hannah was very keen to try out her new uniform.
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The uniform is a little large-size for her as the school didn't have stock for her correct size.

The both of us expected Hannah to experience separation anxiety, and we weren’t disappointed. Hannah bawled as she was getting up the school bus (but eventually got up anyway).

Funny incident to follow next: we went ahead in our own car as the bus continued making its rounds around the neighborhood. Upon arrival at the nursery, we heard loud wailings from inside and chuckled to ourselves that when Hannah arrives shortly, she’ll probably be joining the chorus. Little did we realize that the wailing we were hearing was from our girl! Apparently the bus got to the school even quicker than we did.

More pictures!

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I videotaped Hannah getting up the bus and that sobbing thing she did. This picture was after we arrived in school and realized that the wails were coming from our own girl.=)
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We had an opportunity to sit and calm her down while waiting for the rest of her class to arrive.
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Hannah was more relaxed as her new classmates all arrived. We gradually moved away from her and made sure we weren't in her eye view.
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At the end of her first day, and being led out by her teacher to the waiting area for their bus pick-up.
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Sitting with her new friends and waiting for their pickup. I was hiding in the playground area and took this shot from afar.

Things still went pretty well, all things considered. Apart from her bit of bawling while getting up the bus and initially in school, Hannah seemed to adjust to her new surroundings reasonably quick. She was by no means the only child crying for certain. There was one boy who wailed buckets when we arrived, and was still at it when we left the school 30 minutes later for breakfast!=)

6 thoughts on “Hannah’s First Day”

  1. Reminds me of my first day at Kindergarten! (Except that I wasn’t in a dress, at least not that I remember.)

  2. Hannah looks good in her uniform! Going to school is a new milestone in your family! Congrats.

  4. Thanks, Theresa. :)

    We were quite relieved that she didn’t cry too much on her first 2 days. Her school gave the pre-nursery children 2 weeks of orientation before implementing their actual curriculum. I also feel assured that Hannah is in good hands after seeing how caring her teachers were.

  5. Hi Ling
    Nice to ‘meet’ you here. You’ve got a great blog going and I love reading up about Hannah. I have a little girl, Isabelle, who’s 22months now. We live in Perth (originally from Malaysia) and reading this entry, I can’t help but cringe a little at the thought of my little girl starting pre-kindy not too far in the future. I admire how calm you seem to be! I reckon I will be the one bawling! :D
    Cheers
    Anna

  6. Hi Anna,

    Thanks for dropping a note :D Don’t be fooled by the photos! I did feel a bit apprehensive on her first day and fumbled here and there over administrative details. Ha ha :D

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