Resources
Here are some resources to assist parents as you prepare for your child's first year at school:
Getting Ready for Primary School
Readiness Checklist
Please click here for Kenthurst's Readiness Checklist. Please note that this checklist is a guide and may help you to determine areas in which your child might need additional practice before school begins. Children are not expected to be masters of everything on the list.
Online Books
These books have been written for you to read with your child starting Kindergarten.
Children enjoy it when you read with them because they love spending time with you listening to stories and looking at pictures in books. The special time you spend together will develop into a love of reading and will help your child to become a successful learner throughout life.
Best Start
The Best Start Kindergarten Assessment is a state-wide assessment that helps teachers identify the English literacy and numeracy skills of each student at the beginning of Kindergarten.
Click here for more information.
Useful information about starting school
When to start youe child at school is an individual decision. You may want to discuss this with us or with your child's pre-school teacher, carer or doctor. The NSW Department of Education parent website contains some key points, including:
- Age - children may be enrolled in Kindergarten at the beginning of the school year if they turn five years of age on or before the 31st of July in that year and all children must be enrolled by their sixth birthday
- Physical readiness
- Social and emotional readiness
- Children don't need to read and write before they start school
What happens in a typical day at Kindergarten? Watch this clip to see a snapshot.
Some more information: