Is it normal for them to not be put in a class with any of their friends ??

Although I seemed to have killed this thread with my late arrival, thought I'd update, as other schools may also do what our son's secondary school does.

They absolutely refuse to move him, but say they have a 'buddy' scheme for each class where the form tutor puts the 'onlies' together to bond, at least for the first week or so until they find their feet. Seem committed to making sure he's ok, so I'll stop worrying about it, he will be fine. Still annoyed that they have moved others though and refuse to move him!

My DS is upset about this too On familiarisation day he was in a form with one other boy from his school and quite happy about it all, but two days later this boy had asked to be moved to be with three other friends who had all been put in the same class! While I think he will make new friends quite quickly, I don't actually think this is fair - why should he be left on his own? He is generally very laid back, which is why I know how upset he is about this.

I think it is unusual, NN.

At my school and at my boys' school, new pupils go into their form groups in 2s or 3s, and all the singles go into one class together.

Both schools draw from lots of schools though.

My eldest go to alocal grammar school and it is policy to split children up from those they were at primary with.I think it is a very good thing as it widens their circle of friends.Others will be in the same boat and She will make some friends at induction day I'm sure

It must be a bit nerve wracking for her but at the end of the day there is only 1 first day and one first week.

By the end of the first week, she will have made lots of new friends. Then she has the next 5 years with them!

My best friend had to point this out to her DD this time last year. A year on and her DD is raely in cntact with any of her junior school friends and has a whole new circle from 1 year ago.

tell her i KNOW
i asked some kids about it the other day and its a big non issue. tell her that she will be lucky not to have to get rid of old mates to make new ones

This happened to my dd last year. Her teacher noticed that she hadn't been put with any of her friends and notified the secondary school who then moved her into a class with some of her friends. This was all done without us knowing until afterwards. I was quite impressed with her teacher for taking the time to go through the lists and to sort this out as she would have been upset to not be with her friends.

Oh yes.
ooh get you

Nut i am desp to know where if not GB.. PB?

At our school, forms and houses are two different things. Forms are normally allocated so everybody has someone they know in it, usually a friend. Houses are allocated randomly. It may be that this is the case at your school and you may well find that she is in a form group with her friends. In addition it is also important to note that not very much time is spent in form groups, only 15 mins a day at our school so she will have to adjust pretty quickly to being without her friends, especially if they are of different academic abilities.

So won't she only have registration with her form class

oh and PSHRCSE class or whatever it's called now

When DS started in Yr 7 there were only 5 pupils from his primary school going with him. The school made an effort to put him in a tutor groups with some of them - the other feeder school was so overwhelming in numbers.

He has spent hardly any time with those children in reality - has made plenty of new ones. I think it's quite a good new start.

or is it like classes 1 & 2 in blue house, clases 3 & 4 in red house, etc?

Isn't each form class split into the different houses, so she may still be in a class with friends IYSWIM?

when I was at secondary school everyone from my primary, which was admittedly a small primary, was put into the same house
It was only for registration, and where your locker was etc, but it was really helpful
so all my siblings were in my house too
I think it's wierd they haven't put her with at least one

two diffo aporaches here

1. you can request( dsses were granted)
2. the school arranges it.

Tbh the kids i know of soon break primary frienships where there isa bigger pot of potential new pals to choose from

hth

When dd1 started she was happy that some friends were in her form but then discovered that she was not actually going to have ANY lessons with them! She was upset at first but has made new friends and still sees her old ones at lunch etc.

I did think about trying to get it changed but came to the conclusion that it would be a good thing because she can't expect to go through life doing the same things as her friends, like college, university etc.

I think this would be a logistical nightmare for the school though, likely 200+ year 7s to sort into houses. They can't be expected to keep everyone happy. sounds like your daughter is pretty confident. I wouldn't request a change.