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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 12:03

new to this all and very confused. some schools follow KG1 and KG2, others Nursery and Prep....the newer terms I hear here are Pre-K and FS1?? and are there really issues going from one system to the other? tks.

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Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 00:01

yes, following the UK curriculum, children start proper school in the academic year they turn 5, so your son *should* be starting his first year of Primary (whatever that may be called - Reception/ FS2/ KG1) this coming September (2011). To hold him in nursery for another year would mean that he misses out on an important year in Big School.

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 23:47

Jumeriah Jane you were answering..... yes to "too late" or yes to "he will still be able to" :) yes you can move into a later year but note most schools here go by sept 1 or 15 for age cut off dates not December. So your son would be going into FS2 next year if you went to a BC school here not year 1. There are more and more places appearing, panic not. If he turned 4 last month and you want to keep him at the same school for kg2 next year, he will turn 6 at the british school the year after which will mean he will go into year 1 (which I don't understand, I thought kg2 was equivalent to year 1)...

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 23:35

thank you JJ et al

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 17:21

Jumeriah Jane you were answering..... yes to "too late" or yes to "he will still be able to" :) yes you can move into a later year but note most schools here go by sept 1 or 15 for age cut off dates not December. So your son would be going into FS2 next year if you went to a BC school here not year 1. There are more and more places appearing, panic not.

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 16:20

Its possible to move. Possible but not easy! You are far better to place your child in the Reception class and then let them go into year 1 from there as those are the years that have the biggest wait lists in the BC schools here.

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 15:33

Its possible to move.

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 15:25

bump....can anyone tell me pls if moving at age 5 (dec born) to a british curr school will be easy or impossible (space permitting ofcourse).

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 13:44

Jumeriah Jane you were answering..... yes to "too late" or yes to "he will still be able to" :)

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 13:39

KG1 is FS1 is Nursery KG2 is FS2 is Reception In British Curriculum type schools. Actually for equivalent age year: KG1 (IB & US) is FS2 (BC) and KG2 is Year 1 :) And i stated in BC type schools, meaning this range, i did not state IB or US!

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 13:21

KG1 is FS1 is Nursery KG2 is FS2 is Reception In British Curriculum type schools. Actually for equivalent age year: KG1 (IB & US) is FS2 (BC) and KG2 is Year 1 :)

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 12:32

yes to "too late" or yes to "he will still be able to" :)

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 12:27

thanks ladies. so: my child just turned 4 in december and is in KG1 and I would like him to continue at the same preschool for another year. so afterhe finishes KG2 ..... SPACE permitting will he able to go to a British Curr school or will it be "too late" as he never did "Reception" but KG2 instead? yes

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 12:25

thanks ladies. so: my child just turned 4 in december and is in KG1 and I would like him to continue at the same preschool for another year. so afterhe finishes KG2 ..... SPACE permitting will he able to go to a British Curr school or will it be "too late" as he never did "Reception" but KG2 instead?

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 12:24

Some schools use Reception as first teaching year and then year 1 to 6 which i think is english but in Scotland we would have Primary 1 to Primary 7 after Nursery. In Scotland they would go into Primary 1 at 5 and Nursery would be from age 3 to 5 (used to be 4 to 5 but added 3 year olds a few years ago)

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 12:12

KG1 is FS1 is Nursery KG2 is FS2 is Reception In British Curriculum type schools.

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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 12:12

It has to do with the different curricula. KG is used in the US (aka Kindergarten). I posted this yesterday, but I find it really informational: http://www.gemsworldacademy-dubai.com/server.php?show=nav.01p009004 It shows the grade levels and ages of children in comparison between the US/Euro and UK curriculum. Hope that helps! In my day, Kindergarten was 1 year, not 2...so quite confusing for me too.

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