My son is 6 ( in august) in kindergarten nsw. So the first grade of school. He is not progressing with his writing can't sit still and is very bored in class he has all sight words and sounds and is reading on level 6 . I have spoken to the school on repeating kindy. They think he will b ok to move into year 1 but I'm worried I don't want him to get lost in the system. It's up to me if I decide to repeat or let him move up.. If i repeat him he will b 7 in next year. He can do the work he just chooses not to as he is not interested. I have had him looked at to check for learning problems. And nothing. ( which is good) I'm so lost I want to give him the best start and I'm confused I'm a bit overprotective I'll admit it hahah if this was your child what would u do? Give him a chance in year 1 or repeat kindy ?
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If he is bored keeping him back will make him more bored and he will become increasingly disengaged in schooling.
I'd look at ways to motivate him in year one. Wether that's him learning if he doesn't do the work at school he'll have to do it at home after school, with the opposite of a reward system for doing his school work in school.
I wouldn't repeat. It sounds like he will continue to be bored if you keep him back again. Let him do prep, he'll learn he has to do the work once he's there 5 days a week.
He is 5 days a week it's the first schooling year in nsw. He started at 5 and turnt 6 in August
Sorry. Kindy means something different where I live.
I still wouldn't repeat though based on what you've said here.
kinder NSW = Prep Vic/QLD
pre-school NSW = Kinder Vic/QLD
Kindy at 6? My daughter started kindy at 3.5 years of age and will do pre-p at 4.5 then it's years one to six in primary school and years 7-8 in high school meaning she'll finish high school at 17. But I'm in WA and year one you start between the age of 5.5/6.5 depending on what part of the year you were born. Is starting kindy at 6 the norm for NSW because every other state where my friends have started kids at school they've started at 3.5/4.5 for kindy?
If he has all of the problems you're saying he does I'd get another opinion from a different paediatrician and let him move forward onto year one. He sounds bored.
In nsw the first year of schooling 5 days a week is kindy he started at 5 turnt 6 in August so will be 7 next year in year one.. nsw schooling is k-6
Yes kindy is the the norm its the same thing as prepin Qld, the first year in primary school.
No I wouldnt repeat you cant have a six turning seven year old in with fresh kindy kids the age and development difference is too big. Go to year one and get the support he needs or change schools to a more playbased one.
Who assessed him and how was he assessed?
I wouldn't hold him back. He may be smarter than he lets on and just very bored.
I’m a primary school teacher, I wouldn’t repeat him. Level 10 is the reading aim for end of kindy so he isn’t too far behind we usually suggest kids repeat if they are level 2, 3 and young. You son may just be immature and pick up next year. There is no gurantee your son will improve if he is held back and that is why the school are not suggesting he repeat. It will say on his report that he is below in reading if he doesn’t reach 10 by the end of this term though. I would just send him to year one and take a more active approach reading with him more, practice sight words more, talk about words when your are out and about etc Kindy is hard on parents as up until now he has not been compared to his peers and most parents think their child is amazing and when they see an actual number that shows they are not, even if it’s only in one area it can be a hard pill to swallow.