Tag Archives: school readiness

As parents all across Australia prepare for their children for new challenges in 2025, Royal Flying Doctor Service Child, Adolescent and Family Clinical Lead, Lesley Harvey has some advice for when the change causes anxiety or concern. A new year… Continue Reading >

Choosing a school is one of the biggest decisions parents make for their children in their formative years. Coupled with this decision is parents’ understanding their children’s readiness for the challenges and rigour of primary school. In recent years more… Continue Reading >

“My son is born a couple of months prior to the cut off date for them to start school. I think I will give them a second year at kindy”. As a school principal I have heard these comments many… Continue Reading >

Creating a Smooth Transition for your Child If you have a preschool child, they might already be parading around your home with their new school uniform on. The hype of being a ‘big school kid’ is heightened time, often created… Continue Reading >

When most parents think about school readiness, they think about Reading and writing but independence and social skill are just as, if not more important than knowing how to read and write when a child starts grade prep. Independence skills… Continue Reading >

Ms5 started Prep this year (sob) BUT not until Term 2. I was surprised they allowed her to start part way through the year, as Prep has become compulsory – in QLD at least – as of 2017. She was… Continue Reading >