My daughter has been unhappy in her class for a while. She was put into the class she's in originally because she was best friends with a girl who was moving into that particular class. But academically speaking, my daughter was ahead of the others and the other girls going into that class were weaker.
2 years on, the original best friend is not interested in my daughter anymore and so she has struggled to fit in, feeling like the other girls aren't quite on her wave length and they don't share the same interests.
On speaking to the school about it pre-covid, I was told that she was in the correct class and not to worry. That this was normal- just girls falling out. I have since spoken to her teacher about it again in recent weeks and she actually agrees with me and feels she would be happier in the alternative class.
I informed my daughter that she would be finally moving classes after a year of her feeling like she had no close friendships. But, now she says she does not want to move classes! She says that the friendships have improved in the last couple of weeks and that she wants to remain in her current class. I suspect however that the teacher has spoken to the girls about including each other more and playing nicely after I told her of a few incidents I was aware of.
My daughter clearly becomes anxious when we speak about moving to a new class as she hasn't mixed with those children in over a year due to class bubbles. But, we have to make a decision by the end of the week.
What should we do?