Starting school - nice response from head
Feb 7th 2006, 7:17 am
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Starting school - nice response from head
My missus recently emailed the head of the school that we'd like our son Josh to start at with a couple of questions and I thought I'd bung the response in here because it illustrates that contrary to some other threads I've read, the schools *can* be flexible.
The email:
The email:
Here in the UK he started school (reception year, which I believe you call Kindergarten) in September 2005. We know you have a different starting age for children in Australia , but now that he has started school we think it would be difficult for him to go to pre-school and then start 'big' school all over again (he very much enjoys school and is very keen to learn). We would like him to attend 'big' school as soon as possible - he'll be 5 in August 2006. Would it be possible to enrol him from say August 2006?
We got a reply fairly promptly:Students are not supposed to be enrolled in Kindergarten if they do not turn 5 by the end of June. Don't panic! On arrival, we will assess Joshua in relation to his social and academic progress. If everything suggests he should start Kinder, I will allow that to happen. No sense giving you more work for Joshua, as he needs to have some fun. We will make sure we cover the things needed. You just get him to love learning and barracking for the Aussies!
So there you go - nice reponse I thought - and good to know that they take each case on its merits.
Feb 7th 2006, 7:27 am
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Re: Starting school - nice response from head
Originally Posted by Hutch
My missus recently emailed the head of the school that we'd like our son Josh to start at with a couple of questions and I thought I'd bung the response in here because it illustrates that contrary to some other threads I've read, the schools *can* be flexible.
The email:
The email:
Here in the UK he started school (reception year, which I believe you call Kindergarten) in September 2005. We know you have a different starting age for children in Australia , but now that he has started school we think it would be difficult for him to go to pre-school and then start 'big' school all over again (he very much enjoys school and is very keen to learn). We would like him to attend 'big' school as soon as possible - he'll be 5 in August 2006. Would it be possible to enrol him from say August 2006?
We got a reply fairly promptly:Students are not supposed to be enrolled in Kindergarten if they do not turn 5 by the end of June. Don't panic! On arrival, we will assess Joshua in relation to his social and academic progress. If everything suggests he should start Kinder, I will allow that to happen. No sense giving you more work for Joshua, as he needs to have some fun. We will make sure we cover the things needed. You just get him to love learning and barracking for the Aussies!
So there you go - nice reponse I thought - and good to know that they take each case on its merits. Thanks
Buzzy
Feb 7th 2006, 9:11 am
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Re: Starting school - nice response from head
Good news from the head. We also found that any head teachers we contacted were extremely helpful. Just wanted to mention that where you say:
[indent]Here in the UK he started school (reception year, which I believe you call Kindergarten) in September 2005.
Here in WA, don't know about other states, the UK reception year is the equivalent of Pre-primary year. Kindy is the equivalent of UK nursery/pre school. I know this has caused aome confusion on here in the past.
Good luck with the move
Cheers
Yvonne
[indent]Here in the UK he started school (reception year, which I believe you call Kindergarten) in September 2005.
Here in WA, don't know about other states, the UK reception year is the equivalent of Pre-primary year. Kindy is the equivalent of UK nursery/pre school. I know this has caused aome confusion on here in the past.
Good luck with the move
Cheers
Yvonne
