samanthajane
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I'm sorry I can't help the OP with advice on this one but could people generally refrain from the presumption included in a number of posts here that everyone in the country is a Roman Catholic?
The references to Holy Communion taking up a lot the day in first class, can't do the multi-quoting, also most gaelscoilleana are multi-denominational i think so preparations for that may not actually be taking place during school hours.Where was that?
I have a meeting with the head teachers tomorrow and we're going to have a chat.
Absolutly the right thing to do.I had presumed you had already spoken with them about it.
.About her being 13 when others are 14/15 i wouldn't mind her being kept in primary school for the extra year and then moving up, i'm open to correction as i did all my education in england but when you hit secondary school you are split into different levels of ability
What do you mean,kept in primary for the extra year?
Streaming does happen in some but all secondary schools.
It seems crazy that a 6 yr old can be in the same class as 4 yr olds!She is just so bored at the moment and her teachers knows that and even said it too me today, but she can only do so much in giving her extra work, she has 30 odd other children some of them are still only 4 going on 5.
You could always provide extra work for her during school time by giving her books suitable for her age.Then tell her when she gets bored to read the book,with the teachers permission.
For the communion and having to be 8 i dont think thats trueFor Irish Catholics,
First Commu­nion is a major ceremony that takes place in second class, when commu­nicants are usually aged between seven and eight, and Confirmation takes place in sixth class, when pupils are aged around thirteen.
Absolutly the right thing to do.I had presumed you had already spoken with them about it.
We had briefly discussed things but hadn't gone into it fully, it's be 2 weeks now that she's been in junior infants.
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What do you mean,kept in primary for the extra year?
Streaming does happen in some but all secondary schools.
Well if she did get moved into 2nd class she would start secondary school a year early, i meant instead of her moving up to secondary school then she could stay in primary for an extra year so she would start secondary school at the same time as others her age. More going on what someone said about her being 12/13 when the other would be 13/14.
It seems crazy that a 6 yr old can be in the same class as 4 yr olds!
You could always provide extra work for her during school time by giving her books suitable for her age.Then tell her when she gets bored to read the book,with the teachers permission.
This is what i'm doing at the moment but if i keep doing this every year she's always going to be ahead of the rest of the class. ( i.e when she gets to 2nd class i would of already done that work with her the year before ) Then you could argue apart from the social aspects whats the point of her even going to school because she's only going to be going over what she has already learnt.
I've had a look at the books that 1st class are using at the moment and when you compare that to what work she was doing in england there's not that much difference between the two. I was thinking of going and buying the 1st class books for her to do at home but if the teachers says tomorrow that they wont move her up she still going to have the same problem as what she is having now, that she's bored in school. So i'm better off not giving her the extra work and just let her plod along untill she gets to 1st class ( in 18 months time ) with the rest of the class thats she's in at the moment. Just seems a waste to hold her back, when she is so eagar to learn.
Hope the meeting went well. Can you push him to put you first on the waiting list for 1st class, in case another pupils drops out or moves from the area?I have a meeting with the head teachers tomorrow and we're going to have a chat.
If this issue is having as big an impact as you suggest, I would think you seriously need to consider moving school, even if it means going for an English-speaking school.Not sure i would want to move to move her to another school there is only the one irish speaking school in the area
Not so much. Schools still discriminate based on religion, where demand for places exceeds the number of applicants.Just to add on to the communnion issue, the only reason i had my son baptised was because at the time i was told that to get him into any local school he would need a baptisim certificate. Things have changed now
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