It makes sense for them to have a uniform term for the first year of schooling - but the change of this thread has been the first time I have heard it called foundation (including in my email correspondence with 11 local primary schools, discussions with other parents with kids in school, colleagues, friends, family, playgroup people, friends who are teachers ... etc).

When the thread title got changed, I actually googled it - and found that the Victorian government based sites (Live In Victoria, education.vic.gov.au, etc) that I looked at all still call it prep. The link you've now posted is the only thing I've seen using that term.

I'm not having a go at you for changing the thread title, I'm saying that from my perspective, the term "prep" is still the common term being used in Victoria.


In any event, it's a side issue.



So how are people deciding what school to enrol their LOs in?

What's on the "must have" list?