I have a bit of a problem. My DD was born in October and so would not be due to go to primary school till four weeks shy of her fifth birthday. But she's actually quite studious (already) and they only do reading and maths for an hour a week in her preschool.
I may have the opportunity to send her to an independent school with very small classes (3-4 in the first two years, rising up to 9 on average till 11) in the January. But I'm torn as to whether she'll cope. It's nearly half a year away and I know they can change a lot at this age but wondered if there were any parents who've made this decision and how it went.
My other child is a July baby who would be starting school at the same age. So the other consideration is that they would be two years apart in school rather than one year apart, which would be easier in terms of finance because we would have less crossover of school and university years funding. But does that detract at all from the school experience of being at school with your brother or will they ignore each other anyway after the age of six?
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whomovedmychocolate · 03/08/2010 08:19
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