I agree 100% with cailins post... There were many kids whom didnt attend 3yo kinder & went straight to 4yo kinder. I found it annoying as these kids didnt have the skills to draw on paper which had their name written on it & would draw on everyone's work, or paint all over the place not having lerant at 3yo kinder to paint only in the paint area. They wouldnt sit at fruit times or reading times etc they just didnt have that skill, so the first term of 4yo kinder was wasted IMHO on teaching these kids those skills whilst the kids whom had attended 3yo kinder were kinda stuck repeating all the stuff they'd done in 3yo kinder... So Maddy became quite bored.
Thats'just from what i noticed & most of them were told they werent ready for Prep & had to repeat 4yo kinder...