jonni boy

can anyone tell me when the school year starts in australia please,our house is going up for sale in the new year and if all goes well we hope to move over by around june but chris does'nt want our girls starting school three quarters of the way through the school year.
cheers jonni

fraser

It starts in January mate.

jonni boy

cheers matey

moneypenny20

Chris might have great reasons for the girls not to start mid year but if it is just worries about fitting in and making friends etc please don't worry. Children just adapt and will only get worried about such things if they pick up on adult worries. We stress about things that obviously don't go through children's minds. They just deal with it

fraser

As kids don't start school in Oz a year later than in the UK they'l probably be half a year in front instead of behind

Scottishmum

I didn't realise that. I was worried that my little boy would be missing out on six months of schooling. He would be starting here age 5 in August, but in Oz he won't start until age 5 1/2 in the January. Is that correct?

So that would be normal for Australian children then? Its not as if he'll be the oldest in his class.

Thanks

Catherine x

fraser

Yep that's normal,

We've go two pre-school kids

Scottishmum

Cool, that's working out really well then. As we're planning on coming over August 07 just after his 5th birthday.

Thanks

Catherine x

Jane and Russ Middleton

Hi
I have been looking into the schooling system and from what I know the school year goes from January to December their summer holidays are in dec.
Jane x

jonni boy

oh i'm sure our girls will be fine, i think chris just likes to plan things out,well as best as you can with something like moving to the other side of the world our girls can't wait and think it's a great big adventure must be great being a kid, your only worry is were your next bag of sweets is coming from

brian0

Term dates are here: http://www.det.vic.gov.au/det/schooled/schooldates.htm

Cheers,
Brian

jonni boy

just printed it off for chris to look at when she gets in from work.
cheers brian and thank you to everyone else aswell.

jonni

ABCDiamond

The dates at which a child starts school vary in the different States. Which State are you going to ? And when is the birthday ?

My daughter was 4 years 8 months old when she started, and she is currently about the middle age range in her class in QLD. She was however, the youngest in her class in NSW.

YFitz

Depends where you are and which month they are born. In W.A my kids haven't started any later than in UK. Son age 4 years 6 months started reception in UK last September and in Pre primary age 4 years 10 months in Jan. Daughter went into Year 2 last Sep in Uk and Year 2 here in Oz. It can be misleading for people to think kids start here a year later than in UK.

ABCDiamond

I agree.
Between your son, starting in UK, and my daughter, starting in Australia, there was only a 2 month age difference