Year 1 in WA question

[mrsmac]

Just had a lovely chat with someone in head office of dept ed in WA and sadly cause he is 6 in July he is too young for grade 1 and is only allowed to go to part time pre primary IF he can get in which he won't cause they are full.

So peeeeed off atm, this poor kid had a bit of trouble settling in to school and is doing so well now only to be put back like this.
Again I say we need a national education system which doesn't disadvantage people who move around!!!

[*Ang*]

Hi...I dont know why you were told he has to go into part-time pre-primary? - all of the pre-primary's that I know, both state and private, are full time. Kindy is only part-time so maybe they got confused with that...what area are they moving to?

[~MummaBear~]

Our Pre primary is also full time, 5 days a week. It is true that it is not compulsorary but i have not heard of anyone who wants to do it not being able to get in somewhere. Do you know what area they are moving to?

[mrsmac]

Karratha, not sure if that's the right spelling!

[~MummaBear~]

oh... well i can kinda see that there may be a slight problem getting a spot. I really hope for the little boy that something can be worked out.

[*Ang*]

I used to live in Karratha! Because it has such a young population there are at least 4-5 state schools there and a catholic primary school which is virtually impossible to get into as it has a long waiting list. Dampier is around 20 mins drive away which has a primary school and I have heard of kids travelling from Karratha to Dampier to go to school so you could try there instead?

[mrsmac]

Thanks so much Ang!!! Will tell his mum.