Are you in Australia or another Southern Hemisphere country? We are in Australia and my DD is in the same boat this year - she's a yr 2 in a 1/2 split and was already one of the more advanced yr1s. Last year they deliberately put her into the bottom half of a composite due to her giftedness, this year they can't as her school does not run 2/3 composites as 2/3 marks the Junior Primary/Primary divide. I think that occasionally they do have a 2/3 composite but it's something they do everything they can to avoid. So you may find that you won't have much luck getting a 2/3 class, but no harm trying.
And no I am not expecting this to be a great year.
