Primary School Age

Milliefb · 25-02-2008, 05:01 PM

Please help. My daughter will be 5 in June and is due to start school in August in Scotland. I have heard that children dont start school until 6 1/2 in Perth Austrailia. Is this true? Does anyone know when she would start Year 1? Many Thanks

Quoll · 25-02-2008, 06:15 PM

As long as she has turned 5 by 30 June she will go into Preprimary which is the first year of full time primary school. Year 1 is the second year of school. They have to be in full time school by the time they are 6.6 which is where the 6.6 comes into it. They can be 4.6 when they start school. The school year starts in January.
Early Childhood Education

Edited to say, if you were to arrive tomorrow your daughter would be in preprimary so year 1 January 2009

Milliefb · 26-02-2008, 01:11 PM

Thank you so much. I was so confused over when my daughter would start school. That was my may concern with moving to Perth. Nothing stopping us now.

Letasha · 26-02-2008, 11:27 PM

Hi there - i was wondering the same thing!

So my little girl is 4 in August am I right in thinking that she wont start till the following Jan as she will be 4.5ish or will she go to kindi first? lol Sorry if this sounds dumb - just trying to get my head around it.

Quoll · 26-02-2008, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letasha

Hi there - i was wondering the same thing!

So my little girl is 4 in August am I right in thinking that she wont start till the following Jan as she will be 4.5ish or will she go to kindi first? lol Sorry if this sounds dumb - just trying to get my head around it.

Full time school when she is 5.5 - she just misses the cut off point - which all depends on which state you are heading for. If you are going to SA the rules are different but I wont confuse you with them if you arent going to SA!!!

Generally the year before full time school is a non compulsory part time option so she would be able to attend that. Different states have different names for their early childhood years and even their first year of full time school - incredibly confusing! A little bit of national standardisation would be really sensible but each of the states believes their way is best and they dont want to budge!