Thanks puffin, that's how it's being sold to me. Our school uses May as the cut off so she should be fine to go to year 1 next year. The principal has given us the impression that if she finishes the year reading well enough she'll be skipped to 2nd on account of her math, maturity and higher order thinking. It is only the reading that has them insisting she does new entrants, she also writes very well. Personally I'd like her to be reading a little so she can transitioned into 1st and then move up into 2nd with her peers.
BejaminL I take your point and agree, however the principal - who is very open provided me with a rundown of the curriculum, there is NOTHING new in there except having the confidence to read, socially she is fine as well.
Anyway I'm not going to the mat over this, just want to help her realise that she can do this and that it is of benefit to her.
