[HPFGU-OTChatter] American Schools Re: June's OT Board Dictionary Launched

[silverdragon at ezweb.com.au]

Just reading about scjooling in other countries and it's interesting.

Gee it's so much simpler here (Queensland, Australia). We have...

Kindergarten (optional for 3-4 year olds).
Preschool (optional for 4-5 year olds, often attached to the Primary School
but may be an entirely seperate facillity)

Then we have
Primary School (must be 5 years old before 1st January to start term. Grades
1 through 7)
High School (Grades 8 through 12)
End compulsory schooling...

School starts in January (final week) and ends in early November (or late
October for some private schools and Grades 11-12 at most State scools). So
school year coincides with the *actual* year. It helps to have summer at the
right time to do this <grin>.

Nox (with her very intelligent son stuck at home for an extra year because
his birthday is mid-January...) :-(