My daughter went to a nursery attached to a private school. She loved the nursery and had several good friends. She had a lovely reception teacher, but year 1 was so much different. The teacher had little to no understanding of her SEN's. She was being punished for not being able to complete work and spending whole PE/ Dance lessons in the changing room crying as she wasn't able to dress herself.
The teacher thought she was capable and putting it on.
Anyway, that's just a bit of background info. She ended up being so scared of school that we had to take her out. She did calm down so much and it was like having the old Lucy back again.
She's been HE for about 16 months now and although she goes to clubs, meets up with other children occasionally, I think she is missing having children to play with every day. She mentions her old friends quite a lot. We didn't keep in contact, so it's awkward.
I was telling her a story about my brothers first day at school and she said "That makes me miss going to school". I asked what she missed and she said seing her friends every day, play time, fun things but definatly not maths! I told her that she'd have to do maths and english and she said she will if someone helps her.
A big part of me would really miss her and miss home ed in general. Is that being selfish though? I also have other majour concerns like the fact that she still wets and soils herself very regularly. She has severe speech problems which make it hard for children to understand her. She is also extreamly sensitive. Also with her learning difficulties and processing problems, I can't see her being able to concentrate in a class of 30+ children. She finds it hard enough one to one at home if the kettles boiling or even the heating noises.
I also think that if she tries it and doesn't get on well, we will then be known to the Education authority. We've avoided that so far, as she was in a private school.
What do you advise? 