My middle child is a late November baby and I started him at 5 in prep. He didn't like pre-school so I took him out of it halfway through but by the time school started he was anxious to get on with it and has never had a problem. My twins will be 5 in late January and I will be starting them in school the following week. TBH I did struggle with this decision but girltwin is ready and I couldn't hold her back. Boytwin I didn't think would be completely ready, he is speech delayed and this worried me so I had him assessed by the school (at 4 years and 4 months) and they have said he is absolutely ready for school already. He's very excited about it. However my children have always attended some form of daycare/preschool from aged 3 (apart from the last 6 months for DS2 when I withdrew him but this was an issue with the preschool, not with my son) and I think this has helped prepare them for school.
At one of our local PS (VIC) there is an option of being at 'school' but not doing what the 'Prep' students are doing. It's a seperate program run by PS teachers within the PS for this specific reason. I'm not sure how many schools around have this program but it is said to work really well for the kids.
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