Should my girls go into different classes? Update: They never did...

DO you remember I blogged about wondering if Emily and Melissa going back into different classes would be the best thing for Year Five?

Well this update on my last update is to say they never did! Instead they got a letter, along with the rest of the class to tell them they would be in a new teacher's class next year. When I met this news by telling them that they were in fact going to be split up again, all hell let loose - well a few tears anyway.

They weren't at all fazed by being apart but they were inconsolable about missing their two closest friends, if one or other of them went their separate ways..erm to a different room a few feet away.

But of course I felt awful and there was no way I could force them to adapt to the change under those circumstances. I called the school and complained that this had been the outcome of me taking the time to go and see the headteacher about what class they should be in, and was given an apology about the "confusion."

My response was wondering aloud why on earth I'd bothered to go. I wasn't best pleased at all, but what could I do?

Of course, a month in, they are happier than ever. They are both loving various after school clubs which they can attend for free and I have thanked the school for providing such a fantastic variety of activities. We feel very lucky about that.

But they will go into separate classes next year, honest Guv.