Hello,
I'd really appreciate your advice/experience.
Our oldest is in year 2. She's in a class of 20. Just been told that next year (Year 3) she'll be in her class for Maths/English in the mornings with one teacher and in the afternoons the class will be split by age. That means she'll probably spending the morning with Year 3 and then spending the afternoon with half of Year 3 and half year 2, with a different teacher.
I'm worried about this situation for many reasons, not least because she's a very able child and it'll be a class of 30. I could understand if they split classes by ability but I can't see how it's going to work splitting by age - there will be such a huge variation in ability. Some of the youngest children in her year are also the ones who appear the most able, academically. Also her closest friends will be in the other group. I also have reservations about the teacher's ability to cope but that's another matter.
I'm considering what we can do, one option will be to remove her altogether and HE (although I'm not sure I could really cope with that . I wish I could HE in just the afternoon and send her to school for the morning, but I bet that isn't permissible.
We won't actually know the definite situation until mid July - which is a bit late if anyone decides to try moving schools etc
Anyone been in this situation? What did you do?
Thanks!
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Mixed classes - splitting by age, advice pls
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PJ100 · 21/05/2010 21:23
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