Katherine Ryan reveals why she's only sending son Fred to school three days a week
The Canadian has worked with little Fred's educational establishment to drum up the arrangements amid a huge time of change for her brood.
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Back in June, it was revealed that Katherine, 42, was expecting baby number four.
The stand-up has two children with her husband Bobby, including son Fred and daughter Fenna, two, as well as 16-year-old Violet from a previous relationship.
While Violet will be starting sixth form, Fenna is at a nursery more than half an hour from her big brother.
Speaking of Fred's "really attached" behaviour Katherine told how the youngster will "work his way" up to a full school week.
She said: "Fred starts at reception, which I was a little bit conflicted about because he's a young four and I am a little Scandinavian in my beliefs about institutionalising very small children.
"He is very articulate and clever but he's really attached to us as well so they're being really cool.
"They're going to let him do reception three days a week for a little while and work his way up to five, so we'll see how Fred responds to that."
In the UK, children often start reception class on the September after they turn aged four.
Yet legally, they don't have to begin the term until after their fifth birthday.
If they start the September after they turn five, they will go into Year One.
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The 8 out of 10 Cats star added to The Standard: "I really believe this will be my last child…
"Then next year, I'm gonna get hot. I'm back on the botox, I might even get a facelift."
Last month, she showed off her growing baby bump at the Freakier Friday premiere.
CANCER SHOCK
Meanwhile, news of the exciting addition came just months after Katherine's skin cancer diagnosis.
In March, the comedian posted a photo of her arm with a plaster covering part of it after she underwent surgery for the second time in a week.
Katherine captioned it: "Done," with a green tick and a red love heart emoji.
The TV star had a mole removed privately last week, but after it was discovered to be cancerous, Katherine had to undergo another procedure.
She then revealed she has melanoma on the latest episode of her podcast Telling Everybody Everything.
It's the second time Katherine has been diagnosed with the disease, after having first had it at the age of 21 in 2004.
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