Would there be any chance of us being able to change forms if we don't get on with anybody in our form?
I'm just kind of scared that the only people in my year that i'll be put with are people i don't get along with.
Hi Rob - you get along with everyone! Seriously, though, you will be with at least one person you have indicated as a friend and you won't be in a situation where you don't know anyone from your year group in your form.
you might end up in a form with people that you hate, from your year or maybe even others ... that won't be good..
we should be able to choose who we "don't" go with as well
Didn't they say there'd only be four people per year in a form? The chances of you ending up with people you hate is quite small. But then again, the chances with you being with your friends is also tiny.....I mean, I think that maybe, seeing as the numbers are so small, we should have more of a say in who we end up with. Although the vertical tutoring means that you socialise with people outside your year group, it also minimises the interaction you have with the rest of your year. In my situation, I feel that I really need my friends right now, and that's as a year 10. Years sevens will have problems getting to know people in their year throug form time.........
Hi Emma
I agree that the chances of you ending up with someone you don't like is very small and we are encouraging students to let their Head of Year know if there is someone they feel they should not be placed with from their own year or any other one - as long as their reasons are genuine, mature and appropriate. The chances of you being with friends is actually very high - the one person match is a minimum of the five people you will indicate as preferences. Your year group intearction is only 'minimised' by twenty minutes a day and in lessons, breaks and lunches I am sure you will still interact with a large number of your current year group - especialy as Year 11 will still have exclusive access to the Youth Centre. Year sevens will get to know each other in lessons, breaks, lunchtimes and will also get to know a far greater number of students from across the school rather than just their own age.