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@Atch
Thanks a lot for the link . Checking the file , I see probably my daughter is not On-track in some topics . School is rather claiming that they are providing similar subjects and levels , but as I said it is not taken to account seriously , so kids are not at the level that they should be (at least mine).

Also the method you have mentioned regarding checking her knowledge level is very helpful . Actually I am doing it time to time , but not in a very structured way.

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@Atch
Well , that is of course my personal view and observation regarding this school , and that is the reason I am looking for the alternatives . I am not denying the importance of the all subjects , what I am objecting is the lack of balance , as the Literacy and numeracy are getting the least attention. So I want to make sure that she will stay on-track and not getting shocked in case of need for relocation in future.

By the way, I am not from India, and also not a native English speaker , but from middle east :)

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@jon357
They claim that they are following a mix of polish National Curriculum and British. from subject you have mentioned , History , Geography , design and Technology , Computing are not being provided .

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Thanks for the comment . my point was rather to elaborate that I don't see the balance of same focus on different topics , as there is lots of focus on the humanities than the science part which is also important.

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Indeed , the most safe option would be keeping her in the current school , despite the concern that I have regarding the level of education there . Her current school is applying British methodology that seems to be light , and rather not putting focus on the main subjects such as mathematic. So actually , not only it is financially pressuring , also we are not sure about the level of education, as it completely leaving to the kids to put effort and learn or skip. so it will be shocking for the kids if they have to do some serious education .

I know people that are just immediately putting their kids in Polish schools and leaving the situation to the kid to adopt and catch up , believing that kids can adopt anyway and it will even build their personality . But knowing my daughter , I think she will be also able to adopt , but I see risk of emotional impact , as it is super important for her to have friends, and I am not sure she will e able to manage it in polish schools .

Also my daughter has a very cheerful , active and talkative personality , that is not very common within the kids in Poland and probably teachers are not used to it , so it may cause misbehaving toward her .

Finally we need to decide between below 2 options :

1. keeping her in current school
Pros : continue in an international and friendly environment , so almost no emotional negative impact
Cons : financial pressure , light education on main topics , loose the chance of shifting to polish schools in case we stay for much longer (so long term financial pressure)

2. Moving to Polish private school (yet I could not find a proper one)
Pros : Shifting to polish so less financial pressure , Special attention and understanding toward foreigner kid (Vs public schools) and also to parents , still some focus on English

Cons : educational impact due to the lack of fluency in polish language , Risk of adopting to new environment , no international kids around , uncertainty about the education quality

3. moving to Polish Public schools
Pros : Shifting to polish so no financial pressure , more seriousness on the main topics without compromise ,
Cons :educational impact due to the lack of fluency in polish language, Risk of adopting to a fully Polish environment and serious emotional impacts , No special attention to the foreigner kid , loose communication of parents and school due to lack of polish language .

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Indeed , I totally agree that the friendly atmosphere is very helpful . It is really a difficult decision for us , to rather keep her in the international school that is obviously charging high rates but she is very happy there , or to move her to a local school that is free but with the risk of isolation that may end up with bad results, specially that we are still not sure that how long we will be here in Poland .

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Hi Atch , and thanks for the respond . It was helpful . my daughter is almost 10 and she is currently in an international school. In General there are not many foreigners in Poland , and specially not many in Public schools . I have heard some stories about how kids can be isolated in the schools , and that is one of the main concern I have.