Starting a new school/sixth form

I am going to be starting a new school next year and am very worried and nervous. I keep thinking that no one will like me, or that I wont make any new friends. I know I probably will make more friends, but I just keep worrying excessively about the whole ordeal. Has anyone else here started a new school? What was it like? How quickly did it take for you to settle in? How long till you made new friends?

Reply 1

Knight-of-Ni

took me a while because i was so shy, my advice is not to be! get out there and talk to people, bring a ball in for footie then people will come running to play :biggrin:

and joining 6th form is ok because people's friendships have changed anyway, many people's friends have left and lost contact etc, most of my old ones did :frown:

so everyone in theory is in the same boat as you!

have fun! xxx

Reply 2

Navajo

When I was in school I changed schools 6 times (dad's job). So I know how it feels.

Just throw yourself in (check my sig). Try and make frinds and be sociable, but it depends on your school. You cant say how long it will take to make friends, usually it takes a while to find the good ones.

You may find that by the time you get there a lot of people are in little 'clicks', by that I mean they have been friends since they were 4yrs old in primary school, and they are used to just them and don't want anyone else in their little gang. This is what I have found, but I always found at least some good friends.

Good luck with it, do as my sig says and don't be nervous :smile:

Reply 3

johnw1

it will prob be quite easy and natural in a way theres likely to be plenty of other new people at the start of sixth form. i was lucky to meet people very quickly in my lessons who i have stayed freinds with since then, im quite shy but it wasnt a problem - there will always be people u meet who will be freindly and look after you... :smile:

Reply 4

jermay88

What happended to you people exactly? Were you given some kind of mentee, to show you around and make friends with etc?

Reply 5

thegreatstupendo

I haven't gone to a school where I didn't know anyone since I was 9, so my experience won't be too relevant.

However, when I started at my school's sixth form there were several people who came in from different schools, and every single one of them has made good friends with the rest of the sixth form. None of them had mentors or anything, but people will always say hello and talk to new people, so making friends shouldn't be too hard.

Reply 6

johnw1

nah we werent assigned anyone or anything... but theres always freindly pple willing to make an effort and ur gonna meet pple when u work in groups or sitnext to them or whatever and if u say ur new and dont know many pple they often make an extra effort. at fist dinner times might be a bit lonely coz u dont know where the people u met hang out - i was lucky i knew one person i could meet up with for the first few days. its true tho that at schools there are groups of people whove been going for ages who have many freinds and dont really make an effort so alot of my early freinds were also new to the school.