Yesterday I was filling out this new form the government has introduced: a ‘Transition Learning and Development Statement’ which is designed to help schools and the education departments learn more about the students who are beginning school next year (like Keira will be).
On it there are questions like “What do you want your school to know about your child?” “What does your child want to know about their new school?” “What might help your child settle into school?”
This last question is particularly relevant to our family, what with Keira’s past, and so I spent lots of time outlining just what Keira might find helpful and valuable in her prospective teachers and school. And as I was writing about things such as ‘trustworthiness’ and ‘approachability’ I felt for a moment like I was in a book, that I was one of the Banks children sending out the advert for their perfect nanny.
