So my child is extremely anxious about returning to school. Year 6 so has not returned yet.
There are some other factors, has been some truly terrible behaviour in the class (not directed at my D.C. but enough to say police had to be involved and also violence between parents of pupils - some of which D.C. witnessed).
I didn't realise this had so much of an impact but safe to say D.C. is not anxious at home. D.C. opened up about this during time off.
Also D.C. occasionally anxious about covid and going out but school and covid seem to be the issue.
I have organised stuff for the mental health side. This is helping.
We are telling our D.C. that there is no control over covid so do not worry.
School are ok with the time now and a week and 2 days off. I assume school will be in touch soon and I will call the school again.
When will school have to say my D.C. has to return ? Is there any allowance for this situation? Where it is the anxiety of the child?
Is there any lee way, I do intend to work with the school.
Ideally I would like my D.C. to return after the first month as then I could explain that things had settled down. If they had. For D.C. 3000 cases a day are too much.
My D.C. is doing fantastic homeschooling so is not missing out on the academic side. Perhaps I have to make that less appealing.