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Age guide for school

  • 05-11-2015 2:56pm
    #1
    Nemecis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 105 ✭✭


    Can someone help me with an age guide for school? What does it mean Junior infant? senior infant? What is the age that corresponds to these ?


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  • #2
    Zen 2nd
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    Citizens Information - Primary School

    Have you used Google before?


  • #3
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    Junior infants is like K3 . Kids are about 5 and so forth.
    Some kids start school at 4 and others at 5,the school year always starts in Sept.


  • #4
    spurious
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    Zen 2nd wrote: »
    Citizens Information - Primary School

    Have you used Google before?

    Please don't post unhelpful replies. For all you know the person may not be using their first language.


  • #5
    Nemecis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 105 ✭✭Nemecis


    spurious wrote: »
    Please don't post unhelpful replies. For all you know the person may not be using their first language.

    Thank you and true English is not my mother tongue.


  • #6
    sputnick123
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    Nemecis wrote:
    Can someone help me with an age guide for school? What does it mean Junior infant? senior infant? What is the age that corresponds to these ?

    All schools have different rules. Some say your child must be 4 by the Jan before they start. Depending also on the waiting list if they have one. Most kids start when they are 4 1/2 or 5


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  • #7
    Nemecis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 105 ✭✭Nemecis


    I can understand the different ages that schools accept kids.

    I don't know junior infant in what age corresponds, senior infant and first class... and so on.


  • #8
    Insect Overlord
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    Starting ages, approximately:

    Junior Infants - 4 to 5 years
    Senior Infants - 5 to 6
    First Class - 6 to 7
    Second Class - 7 to 8
    Third Class - 8 to 9
    Fourth Class - 9 to 10
    Fifth Class - 10 to 11
    Sixth Class - 11 to 12


  • #9
    Nemecis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 105 ✭✭Nemecis


    An File wrote: »
    Starting ages, approximately:

    Junior Infants - 4 to 5 years
    Senior Infants - 5 to 6
    First Class - 6 to 7
    Second Class - 7 to 8
    Third Class - 8 to 9
    Fourth Class - 9 to 10
    Fifth Class - 10 to 11
    Sixth Class - 11 to 12

    That is what I was looking for ! Thank you :)


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