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

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NervousNutty · 22/06/2009 16:22

On saturday we had a letter telling us which house dd1 was going to be when she starts secondary school in Sept.

Have just seen her on her way to music club and she said no other girls from her class are in that house, so they won't be in her form class.

I could tell she is a bit dissapointed. She is a very socialble girl and has alot of friends and would probably have been happy with almost any girl from her current class being in her new class.

There may be girls in her form from the other yr6 class but she said she isn't really friends with anyone in the other class.

I know she will make new friends, but I am thinking it is slightly unfair for them to put her on her own.

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NervousNutty · 22/06/2009 16:38

Thanks for the relpies.

The majority go to this school yes, with a few going to a local grammer and another slightly less popular school.

I will speal to dd later and see if she'd like me to ask them if it is possible she be pout with at least one friendly face.

She is 1000 times more confident than I was at her age though so she may tell me it is ok, she just looked a little dissapointed as she was telling me.

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GrungeBlobPrimpants · 22/06/2009 16:28

Hmm. Around here they usually put 2-3 children from the same primary in a class, but no more than that (so no 'ghettos', lots of mixing etc). It does vary though. Some schools ask parents beforehand who their dc would like to be with (eg he/she would like to be in same class as X, but please not with Y), some don't and just allocate.

It could be worth contacting Year 7 tutor/admissions and ask if there is a possibity of your dd being in a different class. It is possible they didn't realise that the other girls from the school were from a different class?

bigTillyMint · 22/06/2009 16:26

Do most of the Y6's go on to the same school?

Round here you're lucky if any of your class go to the same school as you - they go off to about 20 different schools!