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Posted by Becky
on 8/17/2008, 7:25 pm, in reply to "What age do kids start kindergarten / first grade"
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If a child turns 5 by the end of July they can start kindergarten in NSW
I'll try and post a link the the NSW Dept of Education and Training for you to look at... there is link under the picture of the girls that says Starting School. Hopefully everything you need to kno is there.
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/index.php
--Previous Message--
: We are looking at moving to Sydney in October
: or November and I am trying to figure out
: what grade my son should be going into in
: Sydney. He will be turning 6 in April and
: in Wisconsin he will be starting all day 5
: year old kindergarten in September. My
: bigger concern is returning to the states in
: 3 years I don't want him to struggle on the
: return so I would rather push him on the
: front end. What are children expected to
: know going into 1st grade as far as reading
: level, spelling, writing & math?
:
: Thank you.
: April
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