hi all,
My son is 9 (10 in Feb) and we are going over to Brisbane as soon as we can sell the house.
He is slightly above average here, not a brainbox but ok. Will he be learning some of the same things over there or will he be thrust into a world of different subjects and different topics??
Im getting myself into a bit of a state worrying that we are going to mess up his education by going.
If anyone can give me any info on this i would be really grateful
cheers
kismet

yea us too sorry i cant help you, but our little boy is 6 in december, does that mean he will start yr 1 again after the xmas break, or shoot up to yr 2 ? what are the cut off dates. age wise
cheers shaun

Kismet/Shaun,

Cut-off date for determining school years in Victoria is 30th of April.

This booklet is worth downloading:
http://www.det.vic.gov.au/det/pdfs/A-Z%20guide.pdf

List of school authorities in each State/Territory is here:
http://www.detya.gov.au/schools/authorit.htm

Hope this helps.

Thank you Alan for your reply i have downloaded the first booklet and it looks looks a big help.
cheers again
kismet

My daughter is 9 (10 in jan) we arrived about 6 months ago, the system isnt much different in NSW, but she found it more sports orientated than the uk, she was above average in the uk and they seem to have a streaming system so she is still being pushed. From what I have seen the system isnt much different apart for the school year startingin Feb! :-)

The same for my boy too. He'll be starting from scratch again, learning all the letter sounds despite the fact he can already read very well.

I'm not too worried about it though. The advantages of moving to Oz outweigh the fact that he'll effectively be repeating his first year at school.