DS is Year 6 at local state primary. I have accepted a place at a prep school for September but they have said he could join in the summer term to help him settle in and make a start on their curriculum (and start paying fees, ha). DS really enjoyed school up until the Christmas hols in Year 6 when he suddenly announced that he was having a bad time with friends. There were a lot of tears and declarations of not wanting to go back to school after the holidays as his friends were excluding him (telling him to go away so they could talk and sending him on fruitless errands which wound him up).
I contacted the school, who said that they weren't aware of any problems with his friendship group and he has subsequently said that he doesn't remember telling me that there were any issues. However, every morning he says he doesn't want to go to school and he doesn't talk much about his friends anymore (all of whom are going to the same secondary school in September). I've also seen how he interacts with his friends and it all looks a bit strained (limited eye contact and little response when he trys talking to them). He seems a bit at sea socially so I am minded to send him to his new school after the Easter hols so he can start to integrate with his new class and get up to speed with the work. However, DS has said he wants to stay at his current school so he can take part in the end of year celebrations - a school play, a weekend residential, the leavers' assembly - which I can understand but I wonder how much of it he will really enjoy given that he doesn't seem to have any established friendships. And there will be end of year celebrations to join in at his new school.
Has anyone moved their child in the summer term in Year 6 and how did it work out?