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Question for the parents or any teachers/child cares in the group: Tinyest turned 2 last month and had his MCH nurse appointment. they asked us to think about school.
Sketchy maths and schooling questions
Since he will be 5 in April 2028 he could start school then. if so we'd want to do 3 year old and 4 year old kinder starting next year. But we can delay him, start in '29 instead, just because he would be VERY young.Not sure whats "best" here. If school is 13 years (assuming no repeats) if he starts in '28 he'd be 18 when he is in year 12? Or in '29 he'd be 19 in year 12, therefore 18 in year 11... Lots of responsibility in the decision making here (especially for someone who still thinks a goat says "baaa"). And I just dont think I've got enough data to make an informed choice.
Um, better to be older for his class age than younger. Speaking as a family, me and my siblings were ALL at least 1 year 'young' for our classes as we started schooling in England at age 4 and went into classes based on our academic level when we arrived in Oz. My older brother was about 2 years younger than his class, and struggled mightily all his school life. Academically was just fine, but the social life difficulty was immense and ongoing. Also, boys usually mature a bit slower than girls so this was an added burden. So, given a choice, pick older rather than younger imo.
Iβm not qualified to speak (no kids) but yeah apparently this is an actual thing called βredshirtingβ
When he's completed 4 year old kinder they will let you know if he's ready for school and usually the kids are especially child care kids.
All schools are zoned so depending on what zone your house is, they must except him. It's not necessarily the closest but usually it is.
I can't give any advice but he'll be very popular being 18 in year 11.
Not a parent, but I was born in April, and turned 18 in year 12 in 2010. So the vast majority of year 12 I was legally an adult. If anything, it was fun being one of the oldest in the class haha. A lot of people in my year didn't turn 18 until after graduation though, some not until early 2011, so they were 17 for all of year 12.
I wouldn't want to be 19 in year 12, personally, just because it would look like I was held back at some point π
I turned 18 in April of 1st year uni which was a bit shit.
That would have been shithouse π I didn't go onto uni after school, just call centre work lol so as long as I could answer phones and work a pc, they didn't care how young or old I was. Good old, TruEnergy