Mrs Meldrum #153 full of scrunchies and bad decisions

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Phil I Buster

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Leftpeg9 said:
You won’t get mixed in with other kids from other school here in Scotland, until you go to high school.

Scotland is Primary 1-7. For example my own youngest is at primary, each primary group has 2 classes (a and b) has been with the same class for p1 and p2, and based on the last email from school last week re class structure for next year it’s looking like my child will go into p3 with the exact same class of children.
If our school are likely to have a restructure they will send out a friendship form where we put names of friends.
However we and the teachers only find out class for next year a few days before school finished. Chatted about this exact thing at a parents evening, only the teachers taking p1 know already as they make nursery visits in advance for the incoming pupils.

High school S1-6 is a little different. At my eldest high school they mix more than I remember mixing in the early high school days.
But certainly now my eldest into s3 and has picked a subject, they don’t do a lot with with their registration class other than register for the day along with a few other core subjects they *have* to do.

Haven’t known anyone to have such anxiety about this in all my years of kids at school. Unless you are dealing with a bullying situation I’ve always found our primary school very accommodating and they know their pupils!
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You do in some councils.
 
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Lifestyle86

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Shouldbedoingjobs said:
Not aiming this directly at you as everyone is different but a wedding band and the wearing of it does not automatically a strong marriage make. I personally had a replacement set for my 40th birthday as we were very strapped for cash when we first got engaged and then married. I love my new set but often take them off if I want to wear a different ring for a night out. Also if I am training a lot I remove them as lifting a barbel does them no favours and knocks them out of shape. Then I sometimes forget to put them back on and it can be days. My husband doesn’t wear one at all anymore as his original no longer fits !
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I agree with you. A wedding band doesn’t necessarily mean a strong marriage. Many choose not to wear one at all (work or preference). I think my meaning was Binny has done it to follow a trend. My engagement ring got damaged before we were married so I’ve had several replacements that I like to wear but personally, my wedding band, unless damaged, will stay the same.
 
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avabella

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philopastry75 said:
Thanks, happens in lots of schools here too then, only happens in some years at our school depending on class dynamics. Only one of my kids has been in one of these classes and it did cause drama for some but that was because it was such a rare occurrence. I think this is another display of Beggy’s boredom, most people don’t have time to get worked up over this stuff, I also think this sort of behaviour is picked up on by kids and they then have to carry that in their lives going forward which is unfair.
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So it is totally different, do kids start (P1) the September after they turn 4? When do you go to secondary (academy?) in Scotland?
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Some local authorities are mixing it up (which is a whole other story!!) but generally, if a child is born between March and August, they start school in the August of that year that they turn 5. If child is born between September and February, they can start school at 4, or they can be deferred until the following August. Very complicated!!
 
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philopastry75 said:
Thanks, happens in lots of schools here too then, only happens in some years at our school depending on class dynamics. Only one of my kids has been in one of these classes and it did cause drama for some but that was because it was such a rare occurrence. I think this is another display of Beggy’s boredom, most people don’t have time to get worked up over this stuff, I also think this sort of behaviour is picked up on by kids and they then have to carry that in their lives going forward which is unfair.
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So it is totally different, do kids start (P1) the September after they turn 4? When do you go to secondary (academy?) in Scotland?
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They can start the august after they turn 4 or 5 you can chose. They start academy at either 11 or 12 depending on when there birthday is.
My eldest started P1 at age 4 and started Academy at 11 (October Birthday) - deferred entrance till age 5 wasn’t a thing unless you had a Jan/Feb birthday when he started school. It’s changed a lot recently and many more parents are deferring till age 5
 
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Frenchie

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Maddogsmum said:
She is NEVER happy. At home she moans about needing sunshine- well you live in the wrong fucking part of the world you moron- Its Scotland. It rains a lot. I've lived there! It can be beautiful but it does rain and is often cold. She's lived there practically her entire life, so why moan?!
When she's on holiday she can't wait to get home, when she's at home she wants to be holiday!
Maybe if she had something that resembled a life with meaning and interests and substance she wouldn't feel lie this. She's a boring person with a boring life and she is bored too!!
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A job!!!’n
 
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Phil I Buster

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avabella said:
It’s more to do with the numbers of P7s leaving, the numbers of P1s coming in, the budget the school has for teaching staff, and the allocation of student teachers and PSA’s.
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Ah that’s interesting. I only know from family and where they are it’s been a big thing about socialising and moving “troublesome” kids which is an issue all of its own 🙄 But those are smaller country schools where it’s normally a bit of an equilibrium numbers and money wise
 
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philopastry75

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Leftpeg9 said:
You won’t get mixed in with other kids from other school here in Scotland, until you go to high school.

Scotland is Primary 1-7. For example my own youngest is at primary, each primary group has 2 classes (a and b) has been with the same class for p1 and p2, and based on the last email from school last week re class structure for next year it’s looking like my child will go into p3 with the exact same class of children.
If our school are likely to have a restructure they will send out a friendship form where we put names of friends.
However we and the teachers only find out class for next year a few days before school finished. Chatted about this exact thing at a parents evening, only the teachers taking p1 know already as they make nursery visits in advance for the incoming pupils.

High school S1-6 is a little different. At my eldest high school they mix more than I remember mixing in the early high school days.
But certainly now my eldest into s3 and has picked a subject, they don’t do a lot with with their registration class other than register for the day along with a few other core subjects they *have* to do.

Haven’t known anyone to have such anxiety about this in all my years of kids at school. Unless you are dealing with a bullying situation I’ve always found our primary school very accommodating and they know their pupils!
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The senior system sounds the same as here and while primary is a bit different in terms of starting it’s not as wild as what I was expect for the anxiety Beggy has described.