Has anyone here got any experience of Flexi schooling?
I've just come across the concept, and I'm wondering whether it might be for us.
We've already delayed our 5yo starting school, as she's summer born (just), but I've got a lot of worries about her managing in September.
She's had a serious illness, which at the moment thankfully is stable. It's meant major brain surgery and has left her with fatigue (physical and cognitive). She can manage half a day of preschool, but is then v tired. She naps from 1-2.5 hours daily after lunch.
With this schedule, she manages pretty well, and to an outsider observer, there probably wouldn't be an issue. But where we've loosened the schedule at all, it's been awful, with a massive increase in meltdowns, and sometimes a child that's too tired to sit, eat, etc.
I know we are going to come under pressure for her to be at school all day, but I don't see that's viable right now. Morning in school, home for nap, and then sitting down together 1:1 to cover some of the afternoon topics is more viable. It also might leave just about enough energy for a swim lesson once a week (rather than the afternoon 1:1).
Even when she drops the nap, I doubt she'd be able to manage suddenly doing a whole day.