If you have a summer born 4 yr old, when does yours go full-time?

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I'm just curious really as all schools seem to do things differently. Or is there a national standard?

My August born dd supposedly starts full-time next Mon after just 2.5 weeks of half days.

Our school has always done a term of mornings for summer born children with them going full-time in January. However, for some unknown reason they have decided to change things ready for next year (when my summer born DS3 starts) and he'll start full-time from September :(

at ours, all children go full time immediately

All full time in September after a week of settling in. Dd is end of may birthday.

DD was 4 in August

She's part-time (until 12pm) until Christmas, full days in the New Year

Ours all go full time after 2 half days.

Ours do a half term of half days until the Oct half term, then all go full time.

Ours are part time to end of November and start full time just before Christmas so they can do things like the Nativity and enjoy all the Christmas fun.

Though there is rumours that next year they will do a few weeks at 12.00 and then a few weeks at 1.00 so they can have lunch and then go full time.

My DC3 is a late July baby and it feels strange that he is starting school next year. Have just filled in the application form.

At our school the summer-borns are full-time in the 3rd week but they are fairly flexible about this. Parents have the option of keeping children part-time for longer if needed.

It's a new thing at our school too, last year summer born children went full-time after Oct half term.

I'm not sure I want my dd to be a guinnea pig to this.

Obviously it depends on the child, but dd2 is still just a big baby really and it all seems a bit cruel and unnecessary.

All schools are different, even in the same area. DD1's school has all children half days for 2 weeks, then all full-time, irrespective of age. In the next village over they stagger it by term, so DD1 wouldn't have been full time until Easter term.

Personally I think it's all nuts, especially with so many children in full-time daycare before they start school. Very un-working-parent-friendly. I'm very glad DD's school has a sensible policy!

PS - DD1 is late August-born and had absolutely no trouble with full days from the start last year.

DD is late July and did her first week fulltime last week after one week of half days. She was tired on Friday but otherwide seems to be thriving (appreciate it is early days.) She is used to 4 long days in nursery previously however (8 - 5) so perhaps transition not quite so marked as it may be for others?

As a working parents whose other half is currently away from Sunday night until Friday night, I would have struggled with any other approach.

Here a summer born 4 year old would start FT at the beginning of September.

DD was 4 in February and started FT last April.

Aggree it's a good thing for working parents.

DDs school say she doesn't have to, but think she'll end up being some sort of social outcast if she doesn't. I'll see how she goes and decide on Fri.

july born dd - was full time right from the start fo reception 2 weeks ago. no problems.

DS was 4 at the end of June. He's doing 9 - 11.30, then 9 - 1.15pm for 2 weeks and then full time from 18th Oct.

It varies from school to school. There is not national policy.

Within our local authority, all schools do few or many weeks part time, but how long depends on the school rather than the age of the child.

Our dd will do full time after three weeks of part time.

DD was 4 at the beginning of August. She started full-time straight away at the beginning of September (we're in Wales). Here they seem to start the term after turning 4 so had she been born in October she'd be in school after Christmas.

She's had no problems apart from a little wobble and clingyness last week and she's no more tired than before - much to my disappointment (5.30am starts anyone?!)

Our summer borns all started full time on the first day of term.

July birthday - her first full day was today. She is very tired, earlier bedtime tonight.

DS (now 5 in yr1) has 31st Aug birthday and he started school 2wks later and it took 3 wks for him to go full time.

All Dcs in his class were given the same time to go full time whether they were nearly 5 or just turned 4.

At the time I was about it but he was fine

Mine is July born and he goes full time from Wednesday, which will be 2.5 weeks. Although we have the choice to keep him part time if we want.

Does anyone know if you can insist on your child starting full time immediately? If our school doesn't change its policy, my DS (Feb born) will do half days for the whole of the first term, and I believe that the summer born children in our school do half days for the first two terms .

DS will have been doing 5 school days at nursery and it seems ridiculous to me. As of now, he's also very bright and very sociable, so I think he will hate having to leave his friends behind (most of whom will have moved with him from nursery as its a village nursery which feeds the village school).

Wow that is quite excessive!

DD's school does half days until half term, Each child does one extra afternoon a week in a smaller group, then they can go full time but that is optional until Christmas.