Thank you so much for your advice. Which school are your kids studying IB at? As you suggested, I will be visiting schools with both curriculums and will decide accordingly. Thanks for your advice once again!
Most Australian families with primary aged children that I know (and ourselves included) have our children at IB schools.
The PYP curriculum is fabulous and I love seeing the work my kids do. My oldest in particular is thriving in the IB curriculum.
Kids art work recently was aboriginal dot painting and another friends child was studying The Stolen Generation and watching Rabbit Proof Fence in his grade 6 class. Very Australian education there! And on a topic that might not be discussed in an overly 'PC' Aussie school....
Visit schools with both curriculums and decide which one might suit your child better.
Hi, thanks for your advice. My son will be 4 in March 2014 so I guess he is eligible for FS2 for Sept 2014...some have advised me that IB is really good. However, considering that Australians follow the Queen...I enrolled him in EYFS nursery thinking that the education standards will match with Australia. Thnaks once again for your advise. It will help me shortlist the schools. thanks
Most Australian families I know of here in Dubai choose British curriculum.
My 2 boys go to a UK/EYFS school (one is in FS1 and the other in year 2).
My older one started school in Australia and transferred from prep/pre-primary to mid year 1 in January.
My younger one started school here in Dubai.
When is your son turning 4? If it before September they should start FS2 in September 2013.
We did hold my older child back by a year because he is a late August baby and so in the Australian system one of the oldest in the year. had we had put him in his correct year he would have missed 1.5 years of schooling.
I do know of other families who deliberately hold their July/August babies back a year in the UK curriculum to allow them to better fit back into the Australian system on their return.
At this stage of the year you may have a difficult time finding a place at many of the more popular schools.
