Hugs Feeb . You will be amazed at how much your DS will change and develop in the months leading up to school. I remember wondering how kids could be ready for school in the first half of 4 year old kinder, but as the year goes on you really see them change and you just know they're ready for school. Both of my boys went through "naughty" patches that seemed out of character in 4 year old kinder too - maybe a rise in testosterone at that age? Both got worse towards the end of the year (sorry!) and I think it was just because they needed more, that the kinder hours and activities weren't enough for them any more (I'm not a child psychologist and I could be completely wrong lol!).

Please don't stress just yet, and it sounds like you are doing all the right things anyway
Thanks hun he has CC 3 days of 3.75 hrs and 2 full days off CC, gymnastics once a week and tennis once a week so I would have hoped he had enough!! AHH thanks for warning!!

What a tough choice! I think I would wait until after he is assessed until deciding though. When do school enrolments need to be in?

Arimeh, dd2 is similar. She has minimal interest whereas dd1 was writing and reading at the same age. Maybe second child thing. Dd2 said she would learn when she went to school and she is stubborn like that so I'm hoping she will learn when she gets there. I'm enrol lying her tomorrow! Eek!
I have until end of term 3 to get forms in to apply for extra year she did say an do that and enrol him at school and make a choice later.

The info i was given last week from DOE was that in order to get a second year of funded 4 year old kinder, the child needs to meet set criteria (I *think* there are 3 main criteria the only one i can remember is speech - sorry, i kind of tuned out when she started on that because I *knew* my DD wouldn't meet all the criteria to get a second year of funding. Our council offered 2 deferment options, one before 4yr old started and another at the end of term one. I didn't really "get onto it" with DD1 so i missed out on being able to defer her for this year and the 1st round of assessments that she has had, her only "low" scoring was in the emotional/maturity part. Social, language, cognitive she was fine in - so i will most likely be sending her to a Steiner kinder which caters for for 4 and 5 year olds as I asked council if i could send her to 4yr again at our own expense, but it's not an option, they don't "allow" it.
Apparently it used to be that if your child started 4yr old but you then felt they weren't ready etc, deferment would be offered at the end of term 2.
Oh ok at info night last night they said that field officer can come in and assess and they had to be deficient in 2 of the 5 components
Language skills, Physical well-being, Motor co-ordination and skills, Concentration and emotional adjustment, and Independence.

How silly that they wont allow you to send her again and pay.
Good luck