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View submission: Roger Cook promises to make kindergarten full-time in State election push
When I was in kindy in the 80s it was "full time" and it was fine. It's not exactly intense schooling, it was a lot of supervised play (which is exactly what it should be) and arts and crafts.
Along with daily naps and also the state-supplied milk, which I mostly remember because I was allergic and got orange juice instead.
Comment by RainbowCakeSprinkles at 03/02/2025 at 07:03 UTC*
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I also attended kindy in the 80s and it was most definitely not full time and it was for 5 year olds. There was no 4 year old kindy.
We now have pre-primary for 5 year olds and kindy is for 4 year olds, but a good chunk of them will actually be 3 when they start.
In the last 20 years 4 year old kindy has gone from 3 mornings a week, to two full days, to 2 and a half days a week to now which is 5 days a fortnight.. how is it supposed to gently help children transition into full time school if it's full time itself?
It has also become increasingly less play based. 20 years ago you did not have sight words homework for kindy, that didn't start until year 1.
Comment by damagedproletarian at 03/02/2025 at 09:16 UTC
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In the 80's I went to "play group" which seemed to heavy inspired by the show "play school" then kindergarten then preschool. I honestly couldn't tell you if they were part-time, full-time whatever. I can only remember a few things.
Comment by inactiveuser247 at 03/02/2025 at 06:47 UTC
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It’s nothing like that now. Kindy is just diet-pre-primary.
We had to go to an alternative kindy to find somewhere where the kids could actually play.