sounds strange for prep at a state school - certainly my two have never had to do it - they have been part of the interview with the principal/deputy. is it a specialised state school where you might be living outside the zone or is he going to be a different age to the average starter. i wouldn't have thought the gifted program would have come into it unless you had indicated that you thought he should be part of the program - I wouldn't have thought they would be rushing to put preppies into the program as of day one until they had a chance to see them within their peer classroom (unless they came with back up reports from a previous school eg coming from Kinder in NSW could certainly mean they move straight into an advanced program in Qld if it was available due to the variation in curriculum). certainly within prep they assess their motor skills etc as part of their ongoing evaluations - eg they have a "structure" outside time with an "obstacle" course and the teachers look at how that is tackled and look for improvements etc.
I'm sure some prep teacher would be able to tell you but I certainly haven't struck it yet at any school we've been at in Qld and we've been to three so far.
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