The My Child New Beginnings school schedule is a Monday-to-Sunday calendar. The child is at school Monday to Friday and you work Monday to Friday, so the weekend is the only stretch where the child is free and you are not on shift. That single fact shapes everything else: fishing, the yard, board games and the conversation you have with your child all happen Saturday and Sunday.
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The My Child New Beginnings school schedule at a glance
| Day | The child | You |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | At school | At work |
| Tuesday | At school | At work |
| Wednesday | At school | At work |
| Thursday | At school | At work |
| Friday | At school | At work, then you ask what the weekend should be |
| Saturday | Free | Free |
| Sunday | Free | Free, and the village shop is closed |
The evening that ends each school day is the homework session, and that routine is covered here.
The school day is the reason the game's story moves. Story chapters come from school: the teacher recruits the child for the school handball team and the trials and trainings run through the week after school, learning a classmate's name triggers a chapter where the two children become friends, and the Social Safety Badge earned from night-time conversations starts a school challenge that in turn unlocks further chapters. The handball side of that is here.
The school day itself
On school days the morning starts with the walk to school. You take the child from the house and the yard gate glows when you are allowed to leave. You can also skip the walk and go straight to your own job - the school run then costs you nothing, but the morning itself is short, and walking the child to school first eats into the working day, so you can go to work first and only walk the child later if you prefer.
The school is one of the scenes you move to with the arrow buttons at the bottom of the screen. The handball team the teacher recruits is the school activity that fills the week after lessons, and it is covered here.
Skipping school is a real decision
In some chapters the child skips school, and how you answer matters. When the teacher visits during the "A Secret" chapter and the child has been skipping classes, you answer with one of three lines:
"You will not skip any more classes and that is that"
"You need to promise me to try"
"You can skip classes, but you will tell me when"
The chapter about skipping school that Annie calls about is separate: Annie phones and asks you to talk while the child is relaxed, and choosing the third response before bed lets the child open up. A few days later the child may start conversations of their own and unlock illustrations 1-4.
The weekend
On Friday evening you ask the child what she wants to do over the weekend, and the child can plan ahead - the two outings she names are going to the forest to pick berries and fishing at the dock. On the weekend morning you ask again what to do. Sunday is different from Saturday because the village shop is closed, so anything you need has to be bought on Saturday, and Sunday is the day to work for extra money.
FAQ
What does the school week look like?
Monday to Friday the child is at school and you are at work, and the weekend is open for family time. The school step can still stall on its own, so there is a separate guide for that.
What are the three need meters?
Entertainment, cleanliness and hunger. They sit in the top-right of the screen and turn red when a need becomes critical, and the child's mood is tracked on a separate axis.