DS's Kindy does a preparation thing for prep (school) next year. They have been spending an hour with the 2 prep teachers (at the school) doing activities and met some of the yr5's that will be their buddies when they start.
I haven't got his uniforms yet, I'm waiting until the last minute. It will drive him crazy if he can't wear it and he can't wait to start school anyway so I'll get it the week before the the wait won't feel so long for him.
My DS1 is starting prep next year *sniff*. It's hard to believe!
His current kinder is on the same premises as the school (which is also on our street ) so it has been wonderful to help with integration. The kids have a "buddy" from grade 5 (like Lulu described) and have gone into the school classrooms many times with their buddies doing craft activities. Closer to the end of the year there will be days when DS1 will go to the school for a few hours.
Lucky for us his current kinder teacher will also be his prep teacher next year and he knows heaps of kids already so I know it will go smoothly. He is so looking forward to it . I know I'll be one of those mums who cries when dropping their child off for the first day of school LOL! I'm not much of a crier normally, but he's my first child and it will be so sad to not have him around as often . I'll get over it though
My DD starts kindy (we're in NSW) next year and we have also just handed in her application. I'm feeling rather teary and sad that my little baby girl is getting big and going off to school.
I think I'm going to be a blubbering mess next year DD however, is so excited. She goes to preschool 2 days a week this year and absolutely loves it.
At least he knows his teacher Trish, in our school even at orientation they won't tell the kids (Or the teachers!!) who the kindy teachers will be in 2010.
Mrs Mac, they don't do that at orientation here either - you can kinda tell if the current ones will stay on as Kindergarten teachers, but one of them is pg so she won't be back for term 4 and the other one has taught primary before so she could change back. We do get told who their teachers are in a letter telling you what day they start though but that's about a week before school goes back.
I should know in term 4 if I have kindy again next year, last year because our school did "Best Start" which is a new testing thing for kindy, the parents got a letter in T4 telling them what class their child was going to be in and what time to come for the assessment. because I hadn't taught Kindy there everyone was very confused about who would be teaching KM!!
It was funny though cause the letters went home adn the teachers hadn't seen a list of their class so I found out some of my children in the supermarket etc when their parent's were pointing me out to their kids LOL
schooling is very confusing when lookingacross the country...
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its Kindy(kindergarten) 4yr old to 5yrs 4 1/2 sessions MAX 4 terms
then reception starts after their 5th birthday could be up to 6 terms depending on when their birthday is( eg DS is 5 in sept 2010 so he will do 5 terms of reception)
then yr 1 and so on(high school also starts at yr 8 here)
so in NSW what do the kids do before your kindy?
maybe we should have a sticky of all the differences state by state so we can see what each is talking about...
In NSW we can use preschool which is usually run by council or community/church run. Its usually for a maximum of 3 days per week. Long daycare often offers a preschool program too.
Preschool is not compulsorary in NSW but the majority of children do seem to do some kind of preschool before they start school. As a teacher you really notice the difference between kids who have had no preschool/daycare experience and those who have.
I think it is so ridiculous that each state has their own system. I taught in NT and they have different starting to here, different curriculum and handwriting style too. Its one of my pet hates, I am all for a standard education system across the whole of Australia.
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) so it has been wonderful to help with integration. The kids have a "buddy" from grade 5 (like Lulu described) and have gone into the school classrooms many times with their buddies doing craft activities. Closer to the end of the year there will be days when DS1 will go to the school for a few hours.
. I know I'll be one of those mums who cries when dropping their child off for the first day of school LOL! I'm not much of a crier normally, but he's my first child and it will be so sad to not have him around as often
. I'll get over it though
DD however, is so excited. She goes to preschool 2 days a week this year and absolutely loves it.
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