--- title: Moving, new schools, change and grief — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Moving, new schools, change and grief», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Big changes, like moving house, starting a new school or a new year group, feel strange at first because everything is unfamiliar; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Moving, new schools, change and grief # Moving, new schools, change and grief Lesson 97 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/0/) — Big changes, like moving house, starting a new school or a new year group, feel strange at first because everything is unfamiliar; knowing what to expect, keeping usual routines and giving yourself time make them feel normal again. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/1/) — When a pet or a person we love dies, we feel grief, a mix of sadness, missing them, sometimes anger or guilt; grief is the price of love, and it is normal and real, whether for a person or a pet. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/2/) — Death means the body has stopped working forever, so the person or animal cannot come back; it is not like sleep, and thoughts or wishes can never make someone die. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/3/) — Grief comes and goes in waves: you may cry one moment and laugh the next, and laughing does not mean you have forgotten; talking, crying and keeping memories all help. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/4/) — A boy in Colorado whose dog has died makes a drawing of the dog chasing snow, puts it on the fridge, and when he misses her he looks at it and tells his mum one of his favourite memories. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/5/) — Asking questions and looking at pictures of a new place makes moving less scary. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/6/) — Unpacking your favourite things first helps a new bedroom feel like home. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/7/) — Many schools have buddies to help new pupils find their way. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/8/) — Welcoming a new pupil is how you would want to be welcomed yourself. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/9/) — Change feels strange at first but soon becomes normal, and routines help you feel steady. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/10/) — Grief is normal, and talking, crying and keeping memories help. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/11/) — Sadness about a pet is real, because pets are family members for many people. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/12/) — A new pet does not replace the old one, and it is wise to wait and talk it over first. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/13/) — Death means the body has stopped working forever; it is not sleep, and the person cannot come back. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/14/) — Thoughts and wishes cannot make anyone die. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/15/) — At a funeral it is fine to cry or to be quiet, and asking what will happen beforehand helps. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/16/) — A funeral is when family and friends come together to say goodbye to someone who has died. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/17/) — Telling a young child that someone «went to sleep» can confuse them and make them scared of sleep, so clear words like «died» are kinder. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/18/) — Laughing and having fun soon after someone died is fine; grief comes and goes. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/20/) — A boy in Leeds whose dog died was told by a friend not to cry; he held it in for weeks and got stomach aches and bad dreams until he talked with his mum and cried. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/21/) — A girl in Texas moved to a new town and did not tell anyone at the new school she was struggling; she ate lunch alone for months until a teacher noticed and set her up with a buddy. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/22/) — Crying and talking about a loss are normal and help people heal. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/23/) — Children who move school settle in faster when they tell a teacher or parent if they are finding it hard. - ← previous: [Grandparents, divorce and step-families](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families/) - next →: [Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)