Advice re school

[wirral]

Now I'm posting here as you are all my surrogate partners! Lucky you!

Daughter's 8. Ex and I split up a two years ago.

Recently daughters Year 3 class has been divided. One half of them has gone to a Senior school and undertaken Science lessons for a whole day. The other half has stayed in school and undertaken Science lessons in school.

My daughter is in the half that stayed in school. The other half has twice been to the Senior School.

My daughter is disheartened and a bit de motivated about the whole thing.

I wrote into school this morning and the teacher telephoned me in work today to tell me that as daughter is good at science it was not necessary to send her on the days to the Senior school.

I accepted this explanation. At the end of the day I am in work and it's difficult to talk.

What do you think? A bit of me thinks that this is just a lesson in life that she is being taught. And the other half of me is irritated. As a single parent I struggle to keep up with daughter's school work, homework. reading, spellings etc and I think that the least that the school could do is ensure that every child has the same opportunities.

Comments?

[Alambil]

So the senior trip is for kids that are needing extra help?

Could you not big it up to her that she stays in school because she is so good?

[Tinkerbel6]

It should be rotated to make it fair, child who work hard to get where they are or are naturally clever shouldnt be penalised, Im sure all the children would like to have a chance to see what its like in a senior school.