When my DD had done 6 months of K and was being skipped to the start of yr 1 (she was supposed to do 6 terms of K in our weird system, purely due to being a mid year baby) she went into a 1/2 class were ALL the other girls would be yr2s. Because of this gender issue I was asked (clearly without much thought), if she as steady for yr2. Also without much thought (I had been so unprepared to be asked that) I said "No!". By the end of of yr 1 she totally could have to gone into yr3 and I really regretted saying no, and I still do. She would have had another year of working hard to do well... Writing, particulalry hand writing, was also her weak area and I had no concept of just how far she's come in one year.
