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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 RevengeoftheCat at 03/02/2025 at 12:53 UTC
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Depends on the school a lot. Ours (public) was 100% play based until year 1. The most educational bits where roll call where they went around in a singing circle and counted who was there (and little siblings helping out that morning with parent helpers jumped in as "halves") and story time.