21/06/2021
So after a weekend of struggles with Riley panicking that he was going back to school last night, we took the plunge and I officially sent the deregistration letter for him, so he is officially home educating as of 9am this morning. We sent an email to Samantha’s (not) new senior school saying thank you but we will not be requiring the place in September as we will be home educating. It is done!
Riley is ecstatic and told us, “The Genie just swooped down and poof he listened no more school”
“Did you wish on Genie baby?”
“No, I just asked him and he listened and he granted it.”
He is obsessed with the live action Aladdin movie and loves the Genie but knows that the Genie is free so you can’t ask for wishes. He is also going around telling everybody that “Momma has expelled me from school”. He is visibly more relaxed already, although I am under no illusion that this is the honeymoon period and the transition period is still to come.
Samantha is happy that we have sent the email to her not new school but not so happy she still has a few weeks of school left when Riley does not. We have stopped her virtual learning as it is causing her too much anxiety, resulting in a huge amount of meltdowns but she will still go back to school to finish up her year after isolation. She originally said she wanted to finish the year, whereas Riley did not, and therefore she committed to several activities, so as long as it is not damaging to her mental health we are going to keep her in. At the moment she is just annoyed.
So here we go, a little earlier than originally anticipated but excited for our new home educating, life learning journey.
