Josie Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Help please, lovely people. We are due to move to Melbourne from the UK in January 2019. I'm trying to find out what school year my daughter will be in. She will be 8 in June 2019. In the uk she is in year 3. Will she start in year 3 or year 2 in Australia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 In 2019 she will be in year 2 because she turns 8 after 30 April Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 But you must not feel she has gone back a year. Remember the year starts in January here so six months at best. That is good time to adjust to a different education system and make some friends without too much pressure to catch up, which is what she would have to do if she started in year 3 (6 months early). She will be in the correct age range with her peers too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 9 hours ago, rammygirl said: But you must not feel she has gone back a year. Remember the year starts in January here so six months at best. That is good time to adjust to a different education system and make some friends without too much pressure to catch up, which is what she would have to do if she started in year 3 (6 months early). She will be in the correct age range with her peers too. Absolutely!!!! Foreign country different education system! Don't get hung up on the year labels!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 Thank you both. I am getting very hung up on the years but feeling much more reassured . Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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