Originally Posted by CathnPaul

Think I will ring them, its just timing it with the shifts i work. Cheers Wendy, you have been great x

Tried giving you K, but said i have to spread it around a bit...will come back to you x

Originally Posted by Wendy

No worries.

I'm sure it will all be fine, and lets hope he's like my lad who didn't want to come here and that after a few weeks he says he wouldn't go back to live in the UK for anything

Originally Posted by CathnPaul

Wendy, that is who I emailed and who didnt reply. x

So M&J, cheers for that info, thats my light at the end of the tunnel as its taking me a lot to get him over there in the first place and appreciate him giving us two years of his life in oz. As you can tell he is coming back when he is 18 to go to uni in the UK.

So he will 16 on April 30th,2007 (flip, this may be your bit???) and he will be due to finish school in the UK in the June07 after finishing his GCSE's. We are flying to oz in July and he will then go into year 11 again?? or year 12?? In the UK he is on the talented and gifted programme and is completing 15GCSE's with A's predicted. Do you think he would go into year 11 or 12??

Cheers everyone, the fog is clearing.

Originally Posted by ridds

The reason you may not have had a reply to your enquiries is that it has been school holidays - most schools only started back this week so hang in there for a few more days...

Originally Posted by CathnPaul

oh i see. thanks for that i didnt know.

Originally Posted by cadman

I've been confused by this also.

Our kids are :

Year 4, born June 98

Year 6, born April 96

Year 7, born Sept. 94

We're going next Easter so they will have done 2/3 of their year, but will they go into Grades 4,6 and 7 there and virtually start the year again or will they go into Grades 5,7 and 8 ?
Age wise they should be in the higher year in Oz shouldn't they ?

The kids aren't super bright or anything so I think it may be better for them to do the former of the 2 options i.e. Grades 4,6 and 7 but don't want them to finish school a year later than everyone else.

We're going to QLD, does Year 1 here = Grade 1 there ? (don't they start school at 6 in QLD ?)

Andy

Originally Posted by CathnPaul

I got a very very long email reply from the Policy Officer,Strategic Implementation Branch, Department of Education in Queensland. So if anyone would like any info on the higher education stuff (post 16), I dont mind sharing the reply. By the way Matt and Jenny, you were right. x

Originally Posted by CathnPaul

But year 11 in UK is 16yr olds??? does that mean they leave at 17 in australia??? .

Originally Posted by Pam

Andy, I've been trying to work this out from the Queensland Gov website. It says :
"Primary
To be enrolled in Year 1 in January, children will need to be five years old by the last day of December of the previous year."

I think this would mean that your children in Yr 4 and 6 will go into the same year, but your child in Yr 7 will go into Yr 8.
Can anyone else clarify??

Originally Posted by Ozzidoc

Yes. Most kids start uni at 17, alot are 18. A few are 16.