School in Sept

Absolutely can relate!… my little girl was born days apart from your little boy & we were in a bubble (literally with lockdown!)! We have Mamma Daughter Mondays & I am so so sad about it. I keep dreaming the school will allow flexi schooling & I can keep them up but I know that is just dreaming! I was so overwhelmed & emotional about putting in her preferences for primary school & I know a big reason is that I’m not ready!!! I keep trying to tell myself she’s ready & it’s about her not me but then I still feel sad about it 😢

When is he 5? They don’t have to legally attend school until the term after their 5th birthday. So you can still send him everyday but a Wednesday x

@Stacey you are literally describing exactly how I’m feeling! I also contemplated flexi schooling, and I still am but I think that’s more for my benefit than his, which isn’t fair! He’s so ready for school. He’s fed up at preschool, says it’s boring, I don’t think it’s challenging enough for him anymore. I had the same issue with schools. I’ve been to visit 5 schools, both state and independent and none of them have felt right so far. Everyone kept telling me ‘you’ll know when you find the right school, you’ll just vibe with it’ but I haven’t at all! I think that’s because I’m just not ready to let go though 🥺 I’m so glad you can relate! My partner can’t understand it at all but then it’s no different to him. He works 7.30-4, 5 days a week all year round so it makes no difference to him really xx

@Sophie in November so I know legally I don’t have to start him until the Jan. I am debated flexi schooling him for the first term but I’m not sure if that’s for my benefit or his 🙈

I’ve been thinking about that too! So many schools just say no straight away though 😔

@Sophie I don’t think they can say no, legally speaking they don’t have to start school at all until the term after they turn 5 🤷🏼‍♀️

I was like this too - I have Mondays off with my son, but always said soon as we're in the year he starts school he will start to go in so he gets used to not having mummy days anymore. I'm also pregnant again so don't have much energy so the Mondays I find I can relax a bit, but I did feel very guilty when he started going in recently

I was doing our application 4 weeks after having twins imagine the hormonal reaction in this house 😂 My daughter I know though is a million percent ready and has been for months now!

@Jessica I have worked with young children for a long time. I really wouldn’t suggest doing this because it can be confusing for your child and could put them behind their learning compared to if they went in full time. I have only worked with two children who had flexible timings in school and both had complex needs in mainstream setting so it was appropriate for them. I can understand as a mummy myself its hard to let them go full time but it is only January right now, you have a long time to make those Wednesdays special