Very boy heavy class R

[icarriedawatermelon2]

25 boys, 5 girls. Any experience?

I'm very glad up hear of all these boys! In our various friendship groups there are 15 girls and 6 boys. All 4 and under.

Our heavily outnumbered boys all left.
One year is now only girls.

A girl heavy group tends to be more law abiding, more studious and more calm. A boy heavy group is the opposite but probably more fun!

Am I the only one who read the thread title as Very heavy boy class R?

[coat.... on]

yes i was about to post that he might be on steroids...

DS2 only had one other boy in his primary class. He's still friends with that boy (same secondary) and gets on incredibly well with both boys and girls. That said, he comes from a family of four boys, four girls which must help. In short though, I believe some long term plusses.

My DD is going to be the only girl in her year, all be it a small village school. Teachers are going to work hard to integrate her in with the next year up girls so fingers crossed...

Small schools have the massive advantage of encouraging all the children to be friends of others of all ages and both genders. I mean, in adult life who is only friends with people born within six months of them? I love seeing reception and yr six children playing together! And as for boy heavy, the experience at my ds's school is that 50 50 year groups are great, boy heavy ones fine, but girl heavy ones make for a very mean year group g where the girls are always falling out and don't play with boys at all. In all other year groups they play together or out of year group all the time!

DS was one of only 2 boys in his small, rural primary class. As a result, he never got the boys v girls thing, but learned very early how to get on with girls.

He is now a smooth, sporty 6th-former whose mature, easy-going relationships with girls is the envy of his peers .

His youngest sister is in almost the exact opposite situation, with almost the exact opposite results: boys are lowly creatures who must compete for her attention...

We had 22 boys and 9 girls when DS1 was in reception - it was utter chaos

Sorry, 8 girls

Most teachers would agree that a boy-heavy class is 'challenging' - but it could work if you had really good dynamic teachers and the school was putting good strategies in place to deal with some of the issues. I would ask how they are going to handle the class, OP. If you don't get a positive, constructive answer, then I would worry.

My friend's daughter was in a class with the same breakdown. It seemed to be OK in Year R and Year 1, but they ran into major friendship issues in Year 2. Six girls, not enough friends to choose from or flexibility about who to play with, someone always being left out. And yes, it was a very "lively" class!

The yr 3/4 class I work in is 6 boys (2 x yr 4) and 15 girls (6 x yr 4). No problems with frienships...they all get on well together.