duckec01 Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Hi, We are hopefully moving to Victoria early next year. The only concern I have is how my 14 year old son will settle into schooling. He is at a very good school at the moment and doing well. I would never forgive myself if we messed up his education. Does anyone have any experiences of how easy it is to make the transition from UK system to OZ? Is the curriculum similar or will he have to learn new subjects, such as Australian history? Any feedback appreciated. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tony&dee Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Hi there, we also have a 14 year old daughter and i feel exactly the same way, this year is so important for options and to make it worse she does'nt want to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest One-And-Only Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 It's best to leave before they start the courses. That's what i'm doing anyway! However, in your case duckec01, he will have already started, but there shouldn't be too many problems with taking him out of British education and putting him into Aussie education. If you move around February time, it will be right at the start of the school year over there, so he isn't likely to miss out on anything. Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 In lots of ways the Aus education system is much easier than the UK one. The only formal assessment comes during years 11 and 12 and at the end of year 12 there is an assessment which leads to a university entrance score. This final two year program is virtually a standalone so as long as a student starts at the beginning of the course and does the continuous assessments along the way all that is required by the end of the two years will have been covered during the course. The curriculum covers essentially the same stuff but expect your son to be ahead of his age peers in maths, science etc - here the emphasis is on process rather than content so if he knows his way around reference materials and his literacy skills are good he should be fine. He will probably have different second language options. Most schools tend to offer asian languages rather than european ones so if he has to pop into an Indonesian class where the kids have been doing Indonesian for 3 years then he could be at a disadvantage but he is getting to the age where he cann drop the second language anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckec01 Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 Thanks for the responses. It does make me feel a little better as he doing well at his current school. He's also doing Mandarin as an extra-curricular so that might be useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dave&jancook Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 hi im all so 14, and worried about schooling, hers my msn address bloby54321@hotmail.co.uk andif u haveay helpful info please add me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JourdyLou Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Heyyaa Im 14 and might be moving to victoria or Brisbane, its really hard to find information on here so im interested in this thread but what i do know it that aussie years are differant and start in feb or jan, so that means ill be the youngest :arghh: xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kate35 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Year 9 - the year for 14-15 year olds is a relatively easy year - calm before the storm. Australian History is compulsory for all students. Around this age there were exchanges at my school. All the English kids were miles ahead in rote learning - maths and sciences. The Australian kids tended to have better reasoning and research skills. But Years 9 and 10 level the playing board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest potterpig40 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Hi Chris We moved to Canberra on 457 temporary residents visa in April! Our daughter was in year 9 in the UK. She arrived and missed the first term of year 9 here in Canberra. The curriculum for the core subjects maths, english and sciences is not that different. At the end of year 10 they are issued with a year 10 certificate and then have the option to stay on into years 11 and 12 for their higher school certificate which will enable them to go to uni if their grade are good enough. Having said this we were informed that neither the year 10 certificate is not equivalent to GSCEs or the year 12 certificate is not equivalent to A-levels, however if we return to the UK at the end of year 12 she can apply to go on an access course which will then enable her to apply to UK universities. Its a difficult age to move them but we think its been worth it! Hope this info helps! Jo Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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