I'm hoping someone wise will be able to help.
We are Catholics, not brilliant ones, but attend more Sundays than not. My daughter is nine and would like to take FHC classes. Because in previous years they've always been held on Sundays we (and others) assumed this would be the case this year, so I signed her up.
At the parents' meeting we were told that they'd be held on Wednesdays, between 5 and 6. No consultation with parents because this was the only day the ladies running it could make (and I do understand their time constraints). Wednesdays are the day my daughter has the one activity that she adores more than any other: Brownies.
I asked the lady running it if we could be allowed to leave the hour-long class 15 minutes early so we'd only miss the first half hour of Brownies (ie, still get the last hour). She said yes. But this week she rang me up to say the priest has vetoed this concession and says she has to be there for the whole class.
My daughter wants to make her FHC but she is so sad at missing Brownies. She'd only get the last 45 minutes and would miss most of the work on badges.
I just don't know if I should leave FHC till next year (when she won't know as many children). Or make a second appeal. Or what.
I don't want to look as though I don't think FHC is very important.