r they have to repeat the whole year?
Jun 20th 2010, 11:13 am
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r they have to repeat the whole year?
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I read in somewhere that if the students in primary school begin in the 3rd or 4th term they have to repeat the whole year. For example my daughter may be start her education in year 3 in the 3rd term (in this time she will be already finish year 3 in our country) that is mean she have to complete 3rd and 4th term and then begin year 3 again from the beginning is that true ??? please help
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I read in somewhere that if the students in primary school begin in the 3rd or 4th term they have to repeat the whole year. For example my daughter may be start her education in year 3 in the 3rd term (in this time she will be already finish year 3 in our country) that is mean she have to complete 3rd and 4th term and then begin year 3 again from the beginning is that true ??? please help
thank u
Jun 20th 2010, 11:29 am
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Re: r they have to repeat the whole year?
There is no compulsory rule to repeat.
The academic year starts in a different place to the UK, and hence cutoff points for children varies accordingly.
For us, our daughter (May birthday) went back a year, as she was too young according to the local rules for the year group that she had left in the UK.
For a proper answer, you need to give dob of your children and which state, as I recall the rules vary.
The academic year starts in a different place to the UK, and hence cutoff points for children varies accordingly.
For us, our daughter (May birthday) went back a year, as she was too young according to the local rules for the year group that she had left in the UK.
For a proper answer, you need to give dob of your children and which state, as I recall the rules vary.
Jun 20th 2010, 11:58 am
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Re: r they have to repeat the whole year?
There is no compulsory rule to repeat.
The academic year starts in a different place to the UK, and hence cutoff points for children varies accordingly.
For us, our daughter (May birthday) went back a year, as she was too young according to the local rules for the year group that she had left in the UK.
For a proper answer, you need to give dob of your children and which state, as I recall the rules vary.
The academic year starts in a different place to the UK, and hence cutoff points for children varies accordingly.
For us, our daughter (May birthday) went back a year, as she was too young according to the local rules for the year group that she had left in the UK.
For a proper answer, you need to give dob of your children and which state, as I recall the rules vary.
thank you very much
we will go to Sydney or Melbourne dob of my daughters are 8th August 2002 and 14th October 2004.
Jun 20th 2010, 12:01 pm
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Re: r they have to repeat the whole year?
My daughter started school in the middle of year 6 term 4. She was only in year 6 for about 4 weeks but there was no problem with her starting at that point. Shes now in year 10 and there is always new kids starting during the year. We are in WA.
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Jun 20th 2010, 1:10 pm
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Our daughter May 99, should be in year 5. She was year 6 in UK. Cut-off date was end of April. However, we have gone to a small private school and they have kept her in a year 6 group to maintain the same academic level.
If my mental maths are correct, your daughter aug 2002, will go from being on of the youngest in year 3 (UK) to be middle of the age range in a year 2 class in Oz.
Your other daughter, is in reception? She may not be going into school her until February next year, and then only into prep.
Be very careful of your children getting bored, it caused us major problems. If your kids have been in nursery and then into prep at 4/5, you may find they are significantly more adapted to schooling than local kids, some of which do not start school until they are 6
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Jun 21st 2010, 5:44 am
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Re: r they have to repeat the whole year?
thank u very much
u mean ur daughter was only 4 weeks in year 6 and next year had been in year 7 ? . what I have been read is the students could go to school at any time in the year but if go late they have to repeat this year.
Jun 21st 2010, 6:04 am
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Ok, we are in Melbourne, so I would assume that your daughter aug 2002, will go back one school year, and the other will remain in the same school year as current.
Our daughter May 99, should be in year 5. She was year 6 in UK. Cut-off date was end of April. However, we have gone to a small private school and they have kept her in a year 6 group to maintain the same academic level.
If my mental maths are correct, your daughter aug 2002, will go from being on of the youngest in year 3 (UK) to be middle of the age range in a year 2 class in Oz.
Your other daughter, is in reception? She may not be going into school her until February next year, and then only into prep.
Be very careful of your children getting bored, it caused us major problems. If your kids have been in nursery and then into prep at 4/5, you may find they are significantly more adapted to schooling than local kids, some of which do not start school until they are 6
Peter
Our daughter May 99, should be in year 5. She was year 6 in UK. Cut-off date was end of April. However, we have gone to a small private school and they have kept her in a year 6 group to maintain the same academic level.
If my mental maths are correct, your daughter aug 2002, will go from being on of the youngest in year 3 (UK) to be middle of the age range in a year 2 class in Oz.
Your other daughter, is in reception? She may not be going into school her until February next year, and then only into prep.
Be very careful of your children getting bored, it caused us major problems. If your kids have been in nursery and then into prep at 4/5, you may find they are significantly more adapted to schooling than local kids, some of which do not start school until they are 6
Peter
We r from Egypt my daughters are in private language school. and I intend to enroll them in state school in Australia. In Egypt the the school year begins in September and ends in June my daughter will turn 8 in august 2010 and start year 3 which will start in September 2010. When I did the calculations the result is she could start year 3 in February 2011 that is mean she will not go back a year all a ask about if she couldn't start year 3 from the beginning and go late I read she have to repeat year 3 not because of age but because of starting late .
Jun 21st 2010, 6:50 am
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Re: r they have to repeat the whole year?
Ok, we are in Melbourne, so I would assume that your daughter aug 2002, will go back one school year, and the other will remain in the same school year as current.
Our daughter May 99, should be in year 5. She was year 6 in UK. Cut-off date was end of April. However, we have gone to a small private school and they have kept her in a year 6 group to maintain the same academic level.
If my mental maths are correct, your daughter aug 2002, will go from being on of the youngest in year 3 (UK) to be middle of the age range in a year 2 class in Oz.
Your other daughter, is in reception? She may not be going into school her until February next year, and then only into prep.
Be very careful of your children getting bored, it caused us major problems. If your kids have been in nursery and then into prep at 4/5, you may find they are significantly more adapted to schooling than local kids, some of which do not start school until they are 6
Peter
Our daughter May 99, should be in year 5. She was year 6 in UK. Cut-off date was end of April. However, we have gone to a small private school and they have kept her in a year 6 group to maintain the same academic level.
If my mental maths are correct, your daughter aug 2002, will go from being on of the youngest in year 3 (UK) to be middle of the age range in a year 2 class in Oz.
Your other daughter, is in reception? She may not be going into school her until February next year, and then only into prep.
Be very careful of your children getting bored, it caused us major problems. If your kids have been in nursery and then into prep at 4/5, you may find they are significantly more adapted to schooling than local kids, some of which do not start school until they are 6
Peter
Jun 21st 2010, 8:11 am
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Re: r they have to repeat the whole year?
Victoria 'may' be different, but it isn't something I have seen in NSW or QLD, and breezeboylan seems to say it isn't done in WA.
Jun 21st 2010, 8:49 am
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Re: r they have to repeat the whole year?
thank u very much
I read this in another forum I couldn't find it now. I feel this very weird and I want to know is that true or false ??
Jun 21st 2010, 10:07 am
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Re: r they have to repeat the whole year?
My kids will finish years 2, 3 and 6 next week and when we go back to Australia over the next couple of months, they will continue in those grades until the end of the Australian school year. In January they will then go into the next year level.
Jun 21st 2010, 10:21 am
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Re: r they have to repeat the whole year?
Kids are going to be placed with their age cohort and progress through the grades with their age cohort.
When you are coming from overseas there is no "repeat" at all because the Australian system is a totally different system with different expectations and different nomenclature.
The only state AFAIK which has a sort of consolidation for kids who enter the first year of full time primary school late in the year is SA because they have continuous enrolment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Australia
When you are coming from overseas there is no "repeat" at all because the Australian system is a totally different system with different expectations and different nomenclature.
The only state AFAIK which has a sort of consolidation for kids who enter the first year of full time primary school late in the year is SA because they have continuous enrolment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Australia
Jun 21st 2010, 11:15 am
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Re: r they have to repeat the whole year?
Kids are going to be placed with their age cohort and progress through the grades with their age cohort.
When you are coming from overseas there is no "repeat" at all because the Australian system is a totally different system with different expectations and different nomenclature.
The only state AFAIK which has a sort of consolidation for kids who enter the first year of full time primary school late in the year is SA because they have continuous enrolment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Australia
When you are coming from overseas there is no "repeat" at all because the Australian system is a totally different system with different expectations and different nomenclature.
The only state AFAIK which has a sort of consolidation for kids who enter the first year of full time primary school late in the year is SA because they have continuous enrolment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Australia
that is very good news
thank you very much for ur help
Jun 21st 2010, 12:42 pm
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Re: r they have to repeat the whole year?
Yep, she did the last 4 weeks of year 6 only and then broke up for the summer holidays and returned in the new year in year 7. I could have just waited and started her in year 7 but thought the 4 weeks would give her a chance to make friends and know people for the summer holidays. It worked a treat, she had lots of friends all over summer and that resulted in her settling in really well.
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Jun 21st 2010, 1:21 pm
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Re: r they have to repeat the whole year?
hello everybody
I read in somewhere that if the students in primary school begin in the 3rd or 4th term they have to repeat the whole year. For example my daughter may be start her education in year 3 in the 3rd term (in this time she will be already finish year 3 in our country) that is mean she have to complete 3rd and 4th term and then begin year 3 again from the beginning is that true ??? please help
thank u
I read in somewhere that if the students in primary school begin in the 3rd or 4th term they have to repeat the whole year. For example my daughter may be start her education in year 3 in the 3rd term (in this time she will be already finish year 3 in our country) that is mean she have to complete 3rd and 4th term and then begin year 3 again from the beginning is that true ??? please help
thank u
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