loobyloo85 Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Can anyone help me with a dilemma about school intake age. My daughter is 8 soon to be 9 on the 12th October. She's going into class 4 in September. We have made a provisional date to come out to oz in January 2017 as we had heard the new school year starts in February. Just wondering though she will be starting year 5 in England in sept 2016 so which year will she in when she starts school in oz in the feb. she will be ten when we get over there. Any help would be greatly appreciated as can't get my head round it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJT Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Good morning, Your daughter will be in the same year she is when you leave the UK, it just means she repeats those first few months she would have done in the UK, but that is ok as it is completely different system here and my children just saw it as a chance to make friends and learn about how the school does things. The cut off date for when your child is born for the school year is 30 June, where as in the UK it's the end of Aug. What I still find a bit confusing is that all my daughter's friends start year six in two weeks and she still has six months before she starts year six, and so obviously she will start high school six months later than her UK friends which she is not happy about. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy1 Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Can anyone help me with a dilemma about school intake age. My daughter is 8 soon to be 9 on the 12th October. She's going into class 4 in September. We have made a provisional date to come out to oz in January 2017 as we had heard the new school year starts in February. Just wondering though she will be starting year 5 in England in sept 2016 so which year will she in when she starts school in oz in the feb. she will be ten when we get over there. Any help would be greatly appreciated as can't get my head round it. The cut off date for age of entry into school in WA is June 30th. This means that children who turn four before June 30th in the year of entry (February) start their schooling career in pre-primary, this then applies to all successive years of intake. For your daughter, this means that in February 2017 at the age of 10, she will go into year 5. Year 6 is the last year of primary education now and so in year 7 she will start high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loobyloo85 Posted August 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Brilliant this is great. She will of only done 4 months in year 5 so won't be too bad we will be over on January 2nd which will give us 4 weeks to find a school that she loves and help her settle in a bit. Xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaznSal Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 You're lucky, my son just missed the cut off date as his birthday is 9th July, which means he dropped back a year, he'd done 4 months in year 6 before coming here and now he's back in year 5 - his friends back home have now left primary and are about to start high school whilst he's got another year and a half of primary to do - so in effect if we stay here he'll do an extra year and a half at school because of 9 days!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot01 Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 If your child moved from e.g Year 5 in England to another school and had to go to Year 4 then they have gone back a year. However, if you move to another country with a completely different education system and curriculum then they have moved to the correct year for their age within that system and you can not compare the two and say they have 'gone back'. Does seem a shame that he missed one less year at Primary because of 9 days but now he will have a year longer to learn all about Aboriginal history and culture in Social studies and understand the State and Federal political system - which he will need to know in Year 7 and is part of the Year 6, if not Year 5 curriculum. Kids will have a chance to learn the geography of Australia, what is the capital, and socially pick up vital knowledge about footie teams and know how to play it in the playground. Unlike the UK they don't do the Vikings and Tutors but Dreamtime, Dirk Hartog, gold rush, convict history etc etc. and are not given a map of Europe to study etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipidan Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Hello Does this mean my daughter who just turn 4 yo in sept 15 would be eligible for the compulsory pre-school feb 1st 2017? Thanks:smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieLou Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Hi @sipidan, Yes your daughter would be eligable for pre primary in Jan 2017. If a child turns 5 before the end of June in that year they are eligible to enrol into pre primary. Katie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 You're lucky, my son just missed the cut off date as his birthday is 9th July, which means he dropped back a year, he'd done 4 months in year 6 before coming here and now he's back in year 5 - his friends back home have now left primary and are about to start high school whilst he's got another year and a half of primary to do - so in effect if we stay here he'll do an extra year and a half at school because of 9 days!! It all evens out in the end because my daughter started Uni before her friends in the UK who were still doing A levels at College - they're just into their final year and she's finished her degree (almost). I agree with Scot that it isn't 'going back' as it's a different country and education system. For those worried about this - My daughter had started High School in the UK and here year 7 at the time was the last year of primary school. She saw it as an opportunity to find her feet without too much pressure, make friends and get her head around the different teaching. Remember things like history (society and environment here) won't be teaching about Victorians for example, so there will be new things to learn, my daughter also had a music lesson weekly and her school had Japanese lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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