Class allocation is always stressful for students and teachers. The kids list their friends and then the teachers try to put them in a class with them, and manage other stuff (a bunch of kids' dad teaches at the school for example so they can't be in his class).
We did Lucas' NEP (Negotiated Education Plan) review the other day, and discussed in that, that having the same teacher would be really beneficial to him. The teacher and he have formed a relationship, and he communicates well with us.
He's made modifications to the workload, and its been a great school year (no real complaints about heading to school for example). So today a school leader calls us and tells us they can't do chosen friendship group and teacher, so what would we prefer?
We told them to talk to Lucas and ask him what he would prefer (even though that's not standard procedure), because it is his schooling. He picked the teacher. Its a small school, he knows plenty of kids and he can play with his mates at recess.
So now I just have to cross my fingers and hope that Grace is in an upstairs class, because of the changes, they are both heading to high school next year, and she's been hanging to be upstairs in the big building since she was in reception 😅
All of our teachers are really good, so I am hoping that Eleanor remains with her best friend (who comes to our house, or Eleanor to hers every week).
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