When they start school ....
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Topic: When they start school ....
Posted By: Nikki
Subject: When they start school ....
Date Posted: 02 February 2009 at 11:35am
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... if they're born in june/july - do they do half a year in "year 1" or a year and a half?? Or does it depend on how smart they are?
My birthday is in july and I always seemed quite old for my year - as we moved to Oz 6 weeks after I'd started school and they made me go back to kindy ... cos all kids start at the beginning of the year over there (when I was there they did anyway). Which means you are anywhere from 4.5-5.5 years, depending on when your b'day is .... ie: born july 1 or later you start the next year, before july 1 you start at the start of the year when you're still 4. But here you start on your b'day .... so for those in the middle of the year, do they spend heaps of time in the first class or very little???? Thanks!  ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 02 February 2009 at 12:05pm
| I think it depends on the child cause I remember in my year we had some in june/july who were old compared with me (born in march) and 1 that was the youngin of the class. I don't think they would hold back a child who is ready to move up to the next year. |
Posted By: jjands
Date Posted: 02 February 2009 at 12:25pm
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they usually have a couple of classes with kids 5-6 and move them round so they have kids at the same stage in each class. |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 02 February 2009 at 12:52pm
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Caitlyn's birthday is 8th June, she did half a year in year 0, then last year (age 6) was in year 1 and this year ,she will be in year 2 ------------- 
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 02 February 2009 at 1:13pm
OMG - theres a year 0?? I didn't even know that - assumed it started at year 1!  ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 02 February 2009 at 1:47pm
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My sisters were born a week apart (2 years difference) both in June.
The oldest, born on the 22nd did 1 and a half year in year 1 and was always the oldest in her year. The youngest was born 15th of June and only did half a year and was the youngest. That was a pain when she left school and was only 17, going to uni and being so much younger than all her friends hanging out in the bars and clubs. I think all schools have their own cut off dates. Made it quite interesting in college where there were people in the same year 18 months a part. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 02 February 2009 at 2:25pm
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Janaya started in February last year. She started in year 0 and moved into another class mixed of both year 1 and 2 in June, as a year 1. She will be year 2 this year, shes just turned 6.
------------- Mummy to two beauties... Formerly Kaiz. |
Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 02 February 2009 at 3:48pm
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So my kids who will be almost exactly 2 years apart could end up 1, 2 or 3 school years apart! Weird. ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 02 February 2009 at 4:01pm
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Yup depends on how they do at school. My birthday is 25 June and I started school same day as another girl whose birthday was 9 July, and I ended up a year ahead of her. I learnt to read well and was put up a class. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: ellen
Date Posted: 02 February 2009 at 7:05pm
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My eldest's birthday is mid May and we were given the choice to either let him go up or stay where he was. We chose to keep him where he was as socially he wasn't ready so he ended up being one of the eldest in his year group with a couple of friends in the year ahead. It would totally depend on how well they were doing socially and academicly as to where they go when their birthday is in the middle of the year.
Middle one born in October so he spent the first few months in year 0 then went into year one the following year. Youngest one born in January so has fitted perfectly into the school system as he progressed into year one in his first year. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 02 February 2009 at 8:29pm
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For you when you went over there the reason you went back a year is because the kids don't start "school" till they are 6. when they are 5 they start but are at "prep". Also in OZ you only start at the begining of the year. So for us Andrew would be at school now as he turns 5 in the first 6 months of the year (the things I learn from my mum who works at a school in Oz). As for NZ it totally confuses me and even more as Andrw is going to start at a small school. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 02 February 2009 at 10:02pm
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Paris was born in august and started back with teh 3rd term (about a week into it). she was callsed as "new entrants" last year. this year she is "year 1".
Hope that helps ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 03 February 2009 at 9:07am
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thanks for the replies ladies.
mummy becks - it was almost 30 years ago when I went to school over there (and we were only there a year), but I don't think they had "prep" then - it was kindy or school. By the time mum had argued with them to let me start school there was only a few weeks left in the school year so I "re-started" at the start of the next year with all the Aussie kids. I can see positives and negatives to both systems. ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |