I feel sick at the thought of school tomorrow, so god knows how it feels for DD.

[DameHermione]

she's hiding in bed. i don't hold out much hope of her actually going.

I wish she'd just agree to not go at all, then someone somewhere might sit up and give her some help or an alternative, but shes so desperate to be 'normal' she keeps on battling and trying to go, which ends in tears, tantrums and stress.

i can feel all the stress and anxiety bubbling up in me at the thought of the next term of school mornings and trying to help her deal with it. it must be even worse for her.

Same here, DD has a craniofacial syndrome and is deaf. She is at MS Secondary and has found transition really hard. "No one likes me Mum. They say I'm stupid. They laugh at my voice and my face". The little fuckers . If they only knew what she has been through, has faced death, has known true physical and mental pain.

Exactly the same here. Last term getting there every day was so hard and just got worse and worse, despite DS being in a wonderful, supportive special school - it nearly finished me so I can only imagine how much worse it is for him. And it has gone on for years ....
Last week we talked about it and he said 'you just have to keep trying to get me there mummy and it will eventually sort itself out'. It was all I could do not to burst into tears.
He woke at 3 am this morning and did not go back to sleep AT ALL, so we are in for a jolly day I think.

Same here. I have hid the uniforms as he saw me ironing them and is already bouncing and talking fast. I am at work as this is my usual day and I know it will be mayhem and destruction when I get home and I expect he will be sleepwalking again so I am getting matchsticks to the ready. Also I emailed them re DS dx hoping I wouldnt have to talk about it just yet as not calm enough to hear silly talk but they didnt acknowledge it.

Dd's foul and ds is grumpy so that just about fits the last day of the holiday feeling here. They will though both be ok at school it's just the transition between the two that gets them.
Me I'm glad they are going back, in need of peace and quiet I think

Dh told dd they go back on Tuesday last night. We have had nothing but trouble since
I hate school, they will start her transition work in a about 6 weeks which is another load of stress and that's only moving classes!!

Oh God yes transition to new class. I have dd's AR 1st May so I get to choose her teacher, trouble is I'm not keen on any of the three teachers and one is a definite no. Hoping HT has decided on a swap round and some of the yr 4 teachers do yr 5.

Mine didn't break up till Good Friday so have another week at home. Good luck to you all tomorrow, and hope for it back next week :)