If your EYFS/KS1child is alone at school

[NearlyGranny]

If your child is going back to school on June 1st and it turns out their 'bubble' of up to 15 children actually contains just just them, or them and just one other, would you be happy to leave them and keep sending them?

How social would it need to be for you to feel they were getting the school experience you want for them?

YABU = I would be fine for my child to be the only CHILD or one of two in their group - I would send my child.

YANBU = One or two children is too lonely and unlike normal school - I would not send my child.

Thank you.

My son will be going back to school in a bubble of 4. It is a tiny school anyway and his usual class is a mixed yr1&2 class of 14. 3 of the Yr1 parents have said they are keeping their girls off (he is the only got in the year 1 group anyway!).

He went to school last week as a keyworkers child, so t the morning with 3 other children, who all went him at 12.30, he and 2 teachers stayed until 4pm, he loved it! Mind you, he much prefers the company of adults and hasn't bonded that well being the only boy.

If this happened at our school we would merge the ones who came back to reduced numbers of bubbles. If children then started to return after that they'd form new groups.

The result may well mean, however, that children who return - especially this coming in later - are less likely to be with friends or their known teacher/TAs.

If I was spending back my reception child (which I'm not through choice and school are not taking them yet) I wouldn't mind if there was only her or her and one other.

We are in the situation that she can't cope with crowds and finds reception/school ridiculously stressful with so many children. She has autism. I dont know how I would feel if she was neurotypical or just didn't have social issues.

I'm sending my daughter back on the 8th of June. If it was just her on her own I think I'd wait until more were going and send her then. There's 5 others going back so she will be in a group of 6. Her teacher has said they will really benefit from it as there will get alot more attention in such a small group.

If you only had one or two in a bubble, you would likely rejig the group of children and the staff.