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Splitting Childs Primary Education between countries

  • 25-04-2012 7:52am
    #1
    williery10
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    Hi,
    is it possible for a child to attend school in Ireland for say 1 month on, 1 month off, where the other month is spent at another primary school in another country ( Spain ). I have returned from Spain to Ireland to take up employment, my partner is not too hot on returning full time so I am looking for a compromise of sorts where she comes and goes. Our child is starting primary this September and am looking for appropriate options for her schooling.

    All insights and suggestions welcome.

    Thanks in advance


Comments

  • #2
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,514 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    I don't think it's really workable, the child would keep missing a month's work in each school and then the other. If the child were older it might be easier, but I can't see it working. Schools may also not be keen on giving a place to a child that will not be there half the time.


  • #3
    E.T.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭E.T.


    It's very hard to see how it would work. I don't know how the teachers in Spain do their planning, but it's up to the individual teacher here to decide when and how to teach all parts of the curriculum. Your child could miss out on huge chunks of basic phonics, Maths etc if they miss a month at time, and there's no guarantee they'd be covered at the same time or level in Spain.

    I know that to a lot of people it seems that there isn't much work done in infants, but from my point of view (teaching infants 10+ years), if children miss out on the foundation work we do at this stage, it makes it very difficult to catch up later on. The social skills that are taught and learned in school are as important as the academic side of things at this age.

    If you do go down this line, I'd strongly urge you to get hold of a teacher's manual for the Jolly Phonics programme, and look up Jolly Phonics videos on youtube.

    www.starfall.com is an amazing site for learning phonics and basic numeracy and reading skills. Most of the site is free, you can subscribe for a fairly small fee for the year to the other parts of the site, it's well worth it.


  • #4
    Big Bag of Chips
    Administrators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,907 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Big Bag of Chips


    For a junior infant I can't see it working. Just as a small example, I live in a rural area with 2 schools quite close to each other. My kids started reading, doing words etc after Halloween. Up to this they had been learning their letters and sounds. They are onto their 3rd JI reader.

    I was talking to a parent from the other school recently and she said her daughter is struggling a bit, and as we got talking I realised in their school they have only started doing words and the 1st reader.

    So that is 2 neighbouring schools with a huge variation in work. I think it would be almost impossible for a junior infant to be covering 2 schools, in 2 separate countries, with no continuity between the 2.

    Also it might be hard for her socially to be popping in and out of the class. Social development is AS important,as academic development in Junior Infants.


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