My dd goes to a nursery attached to a school. She along with all the other children at this nursery are starting school in September. Last month we got letters telling us which class our children would be in (there are two classes in reception). I assumed all the nursery children would be put in one class together. This is what has happened in the past and it's worked well.
However, the new head teacher has decided it would be a good idea to put 17 out of the 20 nursery children into class x and 3 including my dd into class y. The remaining numbers will be made up from children coming into the school who never attended the nursery.
I am furious. My dd has been separated from all her friends and put into a class where effectively she knows no other children. We have had 2 meet the teacher sessions and she doesn't understand why all her friends go off into a classroom and she is in a class with children she doesn't know. She's been really upset by it all. She is only just 4 and has really bonded with about 5 other little girls from her nursery and now they are all together and she is on her own.
I spoke to the family liaison officer at the school about this and she said the head teacher made the decision to do this and she didn't understand the reasoning behind it. She made lots of sympathetic noises but said my dd cannot be put into the other class. She said she had gone into the classroom settling in session to check on my dd and found her upset saying she wanted to be with her friends.
I have asked to meet the head teacher to discuss the rationale behind her decision to put 17 out of 20 nursery children into one class rather than a more even split (if splitting the nursery children up is her aim) but she refuses to discuss it with me, has ignored my emails and won't let the office staff put my telephone calls through to her.
I am sure dd will make new friends but AIBU to wonder why the head teacher has done this? All I can think of is that she wants to split the children up but what's wrong with little children starting school stay with some of their friends?
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reallyshakenup · 11/07/2014 14:03
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