Class dynamics

Abigail started off on the Apples table, with Sabrina from Phoenix pre-school, and her new best friend Mia Otter. Also there was Xavier, Andrew and Oliver. Now she has been rotated to the Oranges table with Paige, Andrew and Marcus among others. Seems happier altho Sabrina has sidled up to Mia Otter on the Apples table and says they are sisters (!) cos both have brown hair or something silly and Abi can't be their sister.

Abigail happily reported recently that she is making a new friend each day, in both KC and KP classes. Her girlfriends include Mia Azzi (sister in creative thinkers club), Elly Bourke (good swimmer), Paige, Mia Otter. Not sure about Sabrina tho. The older girl (by almost exactly a year) usually appears uncouth with strange blank stare to the distance. Reports of grabbing Abigail's pencils out of her hand, pulling elastic off Abi's hair (witnessed by PP and told off for it), eyeing Abi's new purse and asking if she could have it, singing chants about Chinese soup. Another friend from KP is Tommy, who went to Phoenix 3 day group. She recently broke her arm after being pushed off the monkey bars at school!!

Boys seem to be Abigail's friends too, or at least she is trying to be their friend. Ben (KP, Mary's son) is Mia Otter's "boyfriend" but Abigail plays with him too. Marcus from Phoenix days, Xavier, Hayden (tallest in the class), Andrew (doesn't like him now), Caleb (spits into her hand as they were holding hands in line), and Connor McMaster (her favourite boy, has drawn him an award card with 2 smiley faces). Connor's Friday is his Going (out) to Dinner Day, his parents made him a hat with a small tree standing on it for Crazy Hat Day, giant shamrocks stapled to his sports shirt for St Pat's Day, and he has reddish hair.

Am surprised by the increased boisterous play on Abi's part after associating with these boys, but Abigail has always tended to go crazy given half a chance and these are older than ones at Phoenix. Some bullies: Andrew and Noah in particular have been notified by supervising teachers after parental insistence (leg bruises). Is this school the right environment for Abigail? Doesn't seem as nurturing as pre-school but then could be worse like a public school eg. Forest Lodge...