Devonuk Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 My daughter is Australian citizen living in the uk currently. She will be 9 on 11th August. In the UK she is due to start year 5 in September 2019. Would she be ok to start year 5 in Australia in January 2020? Or would they put her into year 4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 I think normally she would be going into Grade 4 ( bear in mind the first year here is called prep - 5 year olds usually, some 6 and some 4, so Grade 1 is 6 y olds, Grade 2 is 7 y.olds, etc ) It is a fairly different curriculum here so she may be best with her own age group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 My daughter is Australian citizen living in the uk currently. She will be 9 on 11th August. In the UK she is due to start year 5 in September 2019. Would she be ok to start year 5 in Australia in January 2020? Or would they put her into year 4? She would be in year 3 this year, year 4 2020Keep her with her age peers and forget the year level names. None of the states take kindly to year jumping and she won't be "kept back" "repeating" or any of those other negative terms, she will be moving to a foreign country with its own education systems and moving through with her age peers she hasn't done it before, nothing to get hung up about just go with the flow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devonuk Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 Thank you for your reply. They have uk version of prep called foundation, but they start when they are 4 years old. Don’t really want her to have to go back a year. May need to contact the schools direct and see what they recommend. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy1 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) She won't be going back a year, this is a different country and each state or territory has different cut off dates for year levels. The schools will recommend (insist) that you follow the rules. Edited January 15, 2019 by Sammy1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Being with her age peers is very important. Maybe not at age 5 or 6 but when everyone in her year group is 16 and 17 and she is 15......... The general consensus is that being older is better than being younger in year group both developmentally and academically as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devonuk Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 Thanks everyone, just need to get my head out of thinking she would be going backwards. I’m sure the school syllabus is different than in the uk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 18 hours ago, Devonuk said: Thank you for your reply. They have uk version of prep called foundation, but they start when they are 4 years old. Don’t really want her to have to go back a year. May need to contact the schools direct and see what they recommend. Thanks As Sammy had said, she won't be going back a year. She will be moving into a new system in a new country and will have lots of catching up to do anyway with different approaches to teaching and learning, new social experiences and cultural differences. She's over the cut off point in all states (the latest state is NSW where cut off is 31 July but kids with birthdays from March/April onwards are encouraged to delay entry until the following year). Schools can see the problems that kids who are younger than their cohort have when going through school. Maybe not so obvious at 7 but definitely the maturity helps in the senior years. Don't push it, just go with the flow and don't tell her she is going back a year just tell hey its a foreign country with a completely different system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devonuk Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 Thanks heaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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