school and GCSEs

o'reillys · 10-03-2008, 08:04 PM

hi my name is tabitha im 11 and my brother george is 14
we are hoping to move to brisbane but my parents are unsure when is the best time cos of my brothers gcses next year, also does anyone know if you choose options like you do in england ?????
any advice about schools would be great !!!

One-And-Only · 11-03-2008, 08:08 PM

Hey Tabitha.
I'm in a similar position to your brother George, as I am the same age and spookily also moving to the same area!
Me and my family are leaving start of June, before my GCSE courses start and so i can start school over in Australia at the start of the second semester.
Hope that helps, but if you need any more info, feel free to pm me.

o'reillys · 11-03-2008, 08:19 PM

Fanx for replying can you tell me the term dates out there if u know them, also do u know if you go back a school year ?

One-And-Only · 11-03-2008, 08:44 PM

For 2008 -

1st Term: Tue 29 Jan to Fri 4 Apr
2nd Term: Tue 15 Apr to Fri 27 Jun
3rd Term: Tue 15 Jul to Fri 19 Sep
4th Term: Mon 6 Oct to Fri 12 Dec
• Qld: Year 12 – finish Fri 21 Nov
• Qld: Year 10 – finish Fri 28 Nov
2008 Student Free Days (QLD)
• Thu 24 Jan
• Fri 25 Jan
• Mon 14 Apr
• Mon 14 Jul
• Mon 20 Oct

Not sure about 2009 though.

Hope it helps!

vickyt · 12-03-2008, 08:49 AM

Hey im 16 nearl 17 and i moved 3 months before doing my gcse exams last year and its okay cos over here you do other stuff its kinda better in a way.your brother will be fine :)

o'reillys · 12-03-2008, 02:41 PM

fanx for that, do you still have to do exams in year 11?

vickyt · 13-03-2008, 07:04 AM

no you do like class assignments and class tests until year 12 then you do the propper lasts in like september october :)

beefy · 13-03-2008, 01:13 PM

Hi im 14 aswell. I am moving to Melbourne, i left in year 8 and going to Melbourne around may and starting in june for the new term.

I was worried about schools over there because i am missing like 6 months of school but lucky for every one else and me their school year is a year behind. =]

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gwen · 13-03-2008, 01:40 PM

Hi kids,
could do with some advice we are hoping to be in Oz by the end of 2008,the only problem is my daughter is 16 in Nov 08 and should be doing her exams from may next year.Would she have to go to school when we got to Oz or could she go straight to Collage,also is there anyway she can take her exams earlier in uk,she has done alot of her course work.
Think someone was saying uk exams do not count for anything in oz,is this true.Any info I can pass on to my daughter would be great she might love me again LOL

pabloke99 · 13-03-2008, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by gwen

Hi kids,
could do with some advice we are hoping to be in Oz by the end of 2008,the only problem is my daughter is 16 in Nov 08 and should be doing her exams from may next year.Would she have to go to school when we got to Oz or could she go straight to Collage,also is there anyway she can take her exams earlier in uk,she has done alot of her course work.
Think someone was saying uk exams do not count for anything in oz,is this true.Any info I can pass on to my daughter would be great she might love me again LOL

We are in exactly the same situation - and I mean exactly! We have decided to move at the end of this year so that she can start the school year in Oz in Jan/Feb 09 and start coursework towards HSCs (not sure whether it will be year 10 or 11). We had initially decided to wait until she'd finished her GCSEs next summer, but by that time she would have fallen behind her peers in Oz. So ultimately we decided that as Australia is where her future lies (whether she likes it or not), then the sooner we transferred her across to their education system, the better.