I have been reading this post with great interest as our DS7 will be skipping Year 3 and Year 4 and going straight into Year 5 in September (we are in the UK). It is not a decision that we or the school have taken lightly, and I am sure that there will be lots of criticism (I know that a lot of the teachers have been concerned about the "social side").
DH and I told our DS on the weekend and he seems really pleased as he will be getting some challenging work (at the moment any challenging work he does get is in one-to-one lessons). We haven't told any friends and no-one else at school knows - I'm like Cricket2 and will just wait for everyone to find out via the grapevine! I am dreading all the comments from the other parents, but I do like the "better fit" wording!
