I was just reading this article, Is your child really ready to start school? - theage.com.au
Not that I'm basing everything on a newspaper article but I thought it made a few good points.
it says 'She advises parents to be guided by their common sense and to talk to preschool teachers and carers. They should also visit schools and ask many questions'
and 'And schools vary in size, approach, teaching styles and subjects they specialise in. This means that ``even if a child is academically but not socially ready, they may cope well in a small, friendly school''.
DD does seem to meet all the checklist items for school readiness, so maybe I should start looking for a 'small, friendly school' which is funny because I already thought that sort of school would suit her better and put her name down at one (long waitlist - guess everyone feels the same. The one down the road is pretty small, but we are in the catchment area for the other direction which is very big in comparison. Maybe its time to start visiting a few schools..