Daughter moved into another class, should I be worried?

emma12345

Hi, would appreciate any advice please.

My dd started school last October in Reception. Most of the others in the class knew each other from nursery so she had a tough time settling in and making new friends. At the end of the year I'm told she has lots of friends in her class and appears to be doing well at schoolwork too (8's and 9's in her report, 9 in the top grade).

However, the school have a policy of mixing the classes with the other class in the year when they go into year one. Daughter has been moved with one other girl (who isn't a close friend) to the other class. There are only 7 other girls in that class and 18 boys. The 7 other girls have been together all year and have formed close friendships. All dd's friends will be staying in the other class.

Daughter is now very upset and worried about going back to school in September. I feel that we are back to square one again, she had finally got some stability in her life (had a difficult earlier years as dad walked out, came back again etc), eventually settled into school where she didn't know anyone and made new friends, but it was a difficult first few weeks last year.

Now she has to do it all over again. It is going to spoil summer a bit because she will be fretting about it all summer now, poor thing.

Also we are planning on moving away in a year, so she will have to start again the year after as well.

Should we say something to the teachers do you think or just leave it as it's probably too late to do anything anyway? Or am I worrying about nothing? Any advice would be great, thanks

Keeping_Motivated

Its surprising how quickly they settle in even though they and we fret, however, if you feel she has had alot of unsettlement to deal and will be dealing with more in a year then I would definately go in school and tell them your concerns be firm and fair and trust your instincts. I have a feeling though that if they have just chosen 2 out of her class to move into the mixed class then they probably have picked the 2 they believe are able to cope with it and also have above no problems academically so they must be impressed with her.

Like I said trust your instincts you know her best and talk to the school before they close.

Good luck

Gingham_Ribbon

The teachers are possibly unaware of the difficulties this is causing and I strongly recommend speaking to them about it before the end of term. They may have good reason for the decision and want to keep it the way it is, but they may be sympathetic and be able to do something. Nothing ventured...

Good luck. I agree though that if they are unaccomodating, she probably will settle in more quickly than she thinks.