Each child thats starts dd's school has to sign/agree to a list of rules....

[Marne]

Its basicly a list of rules which includes, respecting other people, respecting school property etc...ect.., each child has to sign (or parent sign after reading through it with their child) to say they will follow the school rules. What do i do as dd2 does not understand rules (has ASD) and doesn't understand more then 4 word level (so wouldn't understand a thing written on the piece of paper. Do i just to the head that we are not signing it? I know its not a legal document or anything and we wont get in trouble if dd breaks the rules but it seems like a silly idea.

I think these home school agreements are pretty standard. I've certainly had them at both the schools we've been through.

I think you should send it back with a note saying that DD can't sign this as she doesn't understand rules, and you hope that they'll be understanding about this

i.e. start how you mean to go on. They have to understand her and adapt to her.

Thanks, i think i will do that, i think they will understand.

They are pretty standard & in no way take in to account a childs age or level of understanding.
Tbh, I would sign as it shows as a parent that you signing on to it, but maybe have a quick word with the teacher when handing it in.
Your dd won't be the first child starting that doesn't understand the rules & doesn't have a clue what its all about.
TBH i think soemthimes much of it is beyond an NT young child.

My 2 are starting primary in September. I have an advanced NT dd and a SN ds and I can hand on heart tell you that my dd would understand it if I told her but she'll retain that information for about a millisecond!! My ds doesn't have a clue and certainly can't follow it.

They do this at DS2's school, ds1 has ben "signing" it since he started nursery there, now in Y2. DS2 has never signed one, never came home with one either. I think his 1:1 and his teach are understandable that DS2 won't understand what it is.

I wouldn't worry. These rules are fairly meaningless anyway. Also if you look c.losely you see that they usually refer to what the child and parent must do quite specifically, but are usually quite wishy washy on how the school will fulfill their obligations towards the child/parent

I think I can vaguely remember something like this in DS's welcome pack - I can't remember it ever being referred to again. However, getting into the spirit of things, maybe you could return the favour by submitting a list of rules for them to sign.

It's a legal requirement that schools have a home-school agreement. You may well find that the head and most of the staff think it is completely daft as well, but they have to do it anyway. I wouldn't worry about your dd not signing it.

I just signed it and sent it back myself. They never commented on the lack of signature from DD2.