OMG try movinbg from state to state they are ALL different...

DS is a april 00 baby so in QLD he had to start school when he was 5 turning 6, but we were in Darwin before that so he had already done a whole year of trans and was in year 1 when we moved... so he went almost back a year ( as year 1 is ( was ) the 1st year of school), Last year we moved to Vic he was able to go to either year 2 or 3 as he was in the age group for both... we choose yr 2 as he was already stuggling...

DD1 is May 03 so last year while in QLD she started prep ( as they only just brought it in ) but when we moved to VIC she couldnt go to school as she wasnt in the right age group, so we had to put her into Kindy, she wasnt happy but I was coz I thought she was too young to be in school...

Now that we are once again moving to QLD I know they will want DS in year 4 and DD in year 1 but I dont want this ( expecally for DS ) so I am going to have to fight to put them intom year 3 and prep... DS will be able to go to year 3 as he is way behind and we have all the reports from everyone telling us this but I think they will try to put DD up a year....

Sorry Pap just a little take over there but like the girls have said if you think your child is ready then put her into school next year... As far as I know with Vic kindy coz you have a child close to the cut off ( any child born form jan onwards ) you have the chance to pull them out of kindy at the end of term 2 the kiddy teachers will talk to those parents they think this will apply too... they do it at the end of year to coz of funding they way your child will ortermaticly have a place in kindy, so you dont have to go on the wait list... but if you wait until the end of the year it is harder for the kindy to keep the children back... iykwim....