Should I send DS to school the day before the test?

[Peridot]

Another vote here for keeping it as normal as possible and sending them into school the day before. My daughter sat exams for two selective schools, both of which involved relatively early morning starts. We just made sure she went to bed in plenty of time with a favourite book. On the test days themselves we didn't send her back into school for the afternoon but went out for a celebratory lunch instead.

[mumsdarling2]

Did the school not insist that the child should be back for rest of the day?

[pinkrabbit38]

Really???

There is no good reason for keeping a child off school the day before the 11+!! It's not like any revision you do that day would be worth it and sitting around watching tv all day is pointless too.

Keep things normal

[ToadMum]

Really???

There is no good reason for keeping a child off school the day before the 11+!! It's not like any revision you do that day would be worth it and sitting around watching tv all day is pointless too.

Keep things normal

Haha! You obviously haven't seen the equivalent thread from one previous 11+ exam period. Sending your child into school for the week of the test, let alone on the day immediately before was tantamount to child cruelty combined with a rank admission that your offspring was probably an insensitive no-hoper anyway, is the general impression that springs to mind. I'm sure someone posted that they were not letting their DC go back to school at all after the summer holidays until their last exam was over.

Oddly, at least one person was basing their decision on the advice of their tutor, which was complete rest for the child, interrupted only by a daily session with... (yes, you've guessed it ).

[hornetgirl]

Definitely school as normal the day before and back in after the test is finished.

[Peridot]

Did the school not insist that the child should be back for rest of the day?

No we just requested the whole day off and it was fine.

[Moon unit]

Both of mine went in the day before. Worked for us. The prospect of a day brushing up on things wouldn't have worked in our house.
I stopped everything completely from 10 days or so before and did my best not to talk about it either.
We also did nothing between SET and next stage.
We did however work moderately hard over the summer.

[mumsdarling2]

We have finally decided to send DS to school. It will be good for him to have a normal busy day as opposed to sitting at home and fretting over the impending exam.