My just turned 4yo is due to go into reception (in a private school) in sept.. I've always had concerns over his 'readiness' both emotionally and socially, to begin fulltime in sept but having thought long and hard about it over the past month I feel determined that it would be the wrong thing for him at this stage.. I just dont know how best to tackle this. My ideal would be that he attends mornings only in reception, probably for the whole academic year as I dont see any reason to push him into full days until next sept (when he will just have turned 5)
I've spoken to the head who has extremely reluctantly agreed to let him start with mornings only but only until oct halfterm then he must go fulltime. I dont know with it being an independant school whether to just stand my ground and basically say its 'mornings all year or nothing' kind of approach (I have 2 younger children too so the school would be losing the fees of 3 pupils if they say no)
Or should I just keep him at his (fabulous) preschool 5 mornings a week for the next year and start him in year 1 in sept 2009??
any opinions greatly appreciated..
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Help!! I truly believe my just turned 4 yo boy is NOT ready for school in sept...... what do I do??
jemimap · 09/08/2008 23:27
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