Many adults remember vividly what happened to them on their first day at school. Some recall fondly the people they met, while others remember feelings of fear. All of this underlines practitioners' responsibility to young children to make their settling in at school as reassuring, painless and interesting as possible. One book that is sure to appeal to children is Janet and Allen Ahlberg's Starting School (Puffin, 4.99).
It is a humorous story about the first term for a group of children joining reception class at primary school. Told from the children's viewpoint, it describes a secure and homely classroom with approachable adults, and shows some of the routines, activities and events that the children experience as they progress through their term.
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