We are fast approaching going back to school. For some it is a return after a long break due to COVID-19, for others it will be starting for the first time. Here are some links and booklists to help you navigate the start of the new term.
Useful Weblinks
BookTrust – 5 top tips to help your child return to school
Mentalhealth.org.uk – Returning to school after lockdown
Royal College of Occupational Therapists – Preparing your child for returning to school
BBC – Starting School: parent’s stories
Wokingham Borough Council – Ready for school, ready for life
Book Suggestions for Adults
| Title | Author |
| The starting school book: how to choose, prepare and settle your child at school | Sarah Ockwell-Smith |
| A parent’s survival guide to starting school: help your child sail through to big school! | Kirstine Beeley |
| Top tips for starting school | Helen Likierman and Valerie Muter |
| Starting school | Caryn Jenner and Arthur Robins |
| Do I have to go to school? A first look at starting school | Pat Thomas; illustrated by Lesley Harker |
Picture Books
| Title | Author |
| When a dragon goes to school | Caryl Hart; illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw |
| Lulu’s first day; a starting pre-school story | Anna McQuinn; illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw |
| Betsy goes to school | Helen Stephens |
| The pigeon HAS to go to school! | Mo Willems |
| A new school for Charlie | Courtney Dicmas |
| Alfie at nursery school | Shirley Hughes |
| Prince George goes to school | Caryl Hart, Laura Ellen Anderson |
| Mouse’s big day | Lydia Monks |
| Whiffy Wilson the wolf who wouldn’t go to school | Caryl Hart |
| Starting School | Janet and Allan Ahlberg |
| I am too absolutely small for school | Lauren Child |
