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Originally Posted by racht
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
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You may be able to appeal because her birthday is very close to the cut off date and if she has had some full time schooling in UK they may consider her. I dont know how Victoria address their gifted and talented early intake but in ACT if a child tests out as being in the gifted and talented range along with comparable social and emotional development then they may be considered for early entry but not by many months.
In answer to your husband's question - not really an easy one to answer but yes, sometimes they will put kids with their chronological peers (that is the way that most systems operate) and effectively put them in a year below the one they may have been in. If there is any indication that a child will be moving interstate again (eg for kids of servicepeople) then they may go along with their years of school experience and put them with kids who are older.
If a child enrols in a NSW kindergarten (end July cut off) and then transfers to ACT (and, I would think, Victoria too) and they have already begun full time school then they will be enrolled in Kindergarten enabling them to continue their full time schooling.
No guarantees but I think if you appealed then you would have a good case compared with a kid who hadnt actually begun full time schooling.