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racht · 23-02-2008, 12:35 PM

Thanks for that. It's fallen really badly for me too. We are going to Melbourne and the cut off date there is 30 April and my daughter was born on 12 May. She will therefore be 3 months off her 6th birthday when she starts. My son, who is 22 months younger will go the year after her and he will only be 4! She is due to start Reception in the UK in September 2008 but wont start there until Feb 2010.

Does anyone know if there is any room for movement ie. testing them to see if they can start early? Also, do private schools run from the same take in dates? I'm concerned she's going to be a bit bored by then. Anyone else had any experince with this sort of thing?

My hubby said "What if someone moves from another state where the child was in Year 4, due to the different cut off dates, would they put them back a year into Year 3?" Anyone know?

Thanks again for your earlier replies

23-02-2008, 12:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
racht Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 139	Thanks for that. It's fallen really badly for me too. We are going to Melbourne and the cut off date there is 30 April and my daughter was born on 12 May. She will therefore be 3 months off her 6th birthday when she starts. My son, who is 22 months younger will go the year after her and he will only be 4! She is due to start Reception in the UK in September 2008 but wont start there until Feb 2010. Does anyone know if there is any room for movement ie. testing them to see if they can start early? Also, do private schools run from the same take in dates? I'm concerned she's going to be a bit bored by then. Anyone else had any experince with this sort of thing? My hubby said "What if someone moves from another state where the child was in Year 4, due to the different cut off dates, would they put them back a year into Year 3?" Anyone know? Thanks again for your earlier replies __________________ Rachael, Matt, Georgia (4) & Marcus (2)