Is it ok to keep ds off when it's transition afternoon? He's changing schools.

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Ds is in reception and due to a range if reasons he is starting year 1 elsewhere.

His old school have a transition afternoons on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next week.
Wednesday and Thursday are ok because ds is going for transition sessions at his new school those days.

Do you think I could fetch him Friday lunchtime? I think it will be massively confusing for a just 5 year old to have had transition days at his new school and then go back to his old one and experience a transition afternoon there too. He won't be going into that year 1 class so seems little point.

Will see what the school say but they can't make me send him for it can they?

Ask the school but I know the info on transition day for DS' school always says that those children who will not be returning in September are expected to have the day off (grammar school area, lots of children go to Private school in year 3)

At ours he would be expected to attend, but probably make him a special helper with the new ones coming in rather than transition.

Three afternoons for transition? Ours go to their new class teachers for an hour one morning!

But it's reasonable of me to not want him to attend the transition sessions?

Have now discovered they are all day! Three whole days! He will be at his new school the first two of them, might just keep him off on the Friday.

We were in this situation last year. DS's reception teacher was really good about it, he stayed with her as her special helper for the new reception children during the transition sessions. And he was really proud of himself too.