DTS start reception in September and I have decided to request they are seperated.

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Am I doing the right thing? I am fed up of the constant bickering, fighting and screaming between them, I think they are sick of the sight of each other.

Sounds perfectly sensible request tbh, and I expect the school would rather they were apart if possible than arguing. The space might be good for them, and possibly allow them to get along better outside school (said with crossed fingers for you!).

hope all goes well for you and them. Its a while till my dts start school, but they will be in the same class as there is only one class per year

My twin brother and I were in the same classes at primary school as there was only one class per year but we were seperted at secondary school.
It gave us both some space and the chance to make our own friends

myself and my twin brother wee seperated as much as we fought with one another we were too close when we got to school and wanted us to make own friends

we always hung around in same groups throughout school and outside school but had seperate classes it did do us good all twins in my year were seperated

mine start reception in sept too, but its single form entry so no choice about separating them. They do get on pretty well though and I think they'd hate to be separated at this age. If they didn't, I expect I'd want to separate them if it was possible. There will be 3 sets of twins in their class, lucky teacher Good luck with it!

there is 2 little girls in Ds age group at nursery and their mum has them seperated in different classes for the same reason.

Thanks, I will give it a go, The school are very good and I am sure if it all goes horribly wrong they would allow them to be put back together, but I do think the first few weeks are gonna be hellish....arghhhhh

My dtwins get on fine at the moment (3 yrs), but I will request they are sat at different tables as one dominates the other. What do yout twins say? Mine have very strong opinions about most things and I would listen to them in this situation.

hi dingdong - wow 3 sets

I know of families who have put twins in different schools, not purely to separate them, but because those schools suited them best.

Mine will go into a single form entry school. I've always encouraged them to have separate friends... though little miss houdini has a way of making DT2's friends her own. I do find that they are separating in their own fashion but back together in a flash if they think their twin is being bothered.

If it were a two form entry I'd probably rather just keep them together... but I am a lazy moo. Can't believe that they start school in September (finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

As a teacher who has struggled sometimes to form individual impressions of identical twins, I say thank you. If you are confident they will cope then they will be fine. I am a very visual person and "file" my memories according to a picture of each child. When the child is almost identical to another it is very hard. Sorry, it's probably just me!

Our schools 9both infant and primary) have a policy to seperate twins ect... Mine are now 8 and have been inseperate classes since reception. Much better for them in my opinion.

our local infants don't have a policy either way, which is a very good thing IMO - not all children fit into policies!

They take it on a case by case basis. I imagine most are separated for all the good reasons stated here, but I do know of one mum who wanted her two kept together, and I know it suits them very well. Although this I think is partly because they are NOT identical, so as robin says, it's easier for the teacher and everyone to see them as individuals.