One of my granddaughters is due to start senior school this year. She got into her first choice of school but was upset because none of her friends did. The school had a wonderful scheme whereby the first week of the summer holiday they had a week of events for girls due to start there in September. There were lots of activities and now she knows lots of people who will be in her class. So much better for her and the others than letting them worry though the six weeks.
Only disappointment was that we always have her and her big brother for a week in the summer as my daughter and her partner both work. Our grandson, at 15, is too old to stay with Grandma now and is old enough to be at home on his own so it was just going to be Meg and I was looking forward to some quality time with her but the activity week at school coincided with the week she was due to us. The rest of the summer was already booked with visits to her other grandparents, holiday with their dad and holiday with their mum.