I'll keep this in mind. I'm hoping that the decision to delay the grade skip until the start of the calender year will make it easier socially because everyone will be changing grades. There will be lots of opportunities to join/change/solidify social networks. The reality is that we're at a very small school, 60+ kids from pre-primary to year 7. The girls will be in multi-age classrooms so the distinction between grades will be very blury. And we're not trail-blazing. Others have skipped before us. I'm even hoping that one of Miss 7's friends from her current class may skip with her so that will give her an instant ally. Time will tell... jojo