To get slightly irritated when people refer to their children being in Year 4 etc?

[Nirvana69]

Just ever so slightly irritated but every thread I've read today related to school aged children I'm told they are in Year 6 or Year 10 or whatever.

This means nothing to me (Scottish) I have no idea what age a Year 6 pupil is.

Aibu to ask that people even stick the age in brackets?
Just a bug bear of mine.

[yellowsnownoteatwillyou]

Similar to in the US kindergarten is primary 1 age

[MrsCakesPremonition]

This document has a handy table mapping year groups for all 4 home nations.

[Nirvana69]

Well as I said even if everyone could put the child's age as well as the year.

Whenever I've seen a Scottish poster use P1 etc they usually have put the age.

MrsCakes I'm not trying to dictate at all, was merely a suggestion.

I wondered how long it would be until the Referendum was mentioned. :)

[Tailtwister1]

We're in Scotland and I was a bit confused initially, but you just have to take into account that there's a reception year in England which doesn't exist in Scotland. So, P1 is equivalent to Yr2.

Once you get into Senior school level you have the whole Grammar thing to think about which doesn't even exist in Scotland!

[meditrina]

Of course, if everyone was considerate and clear, it woul mean the end of the pleasantly bats threads about sex education when there is always one one who muddles up year 6 with 6 yo

[ZanyMobster]

Sorry it was a mistype in a rush, I meant England not UK.

So in England Aug born is very young in the year. My family are from Scotland and I thought P1 = Y1 so P6=Y6. I do get very confused about the ages the children start school in Scotland though.

[wtf1981]

Child's age at the beginning of the year minus 4 is what year they're in eg 6 years old at the beginning of year two.

[Nirvana69]

Hmm my eldest child was born on 31st August just before midnight. Does that mean he'd be the youngest in his year if we lived in England? If I'd held on a few minutes he would've been the eldest?

[MrsCakesPremonition]

Yes - he would be 4yo plus 1 day when he started school. The eldest child would be born on the 1st Sept and would be 5yo on the day they started.

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

HuglessDouglas - Scottish children go,up to senior school a year later than their English counterparts - they only do 6 years in Senior school (S1 to S6), whereas English senior schools cover 7 years - Year 7 to Year 13.

When we moved to Scotland, ds3 went from being in the second year of his English senior school to being in the lowest Scottish senior school year, and ds3, who was only a term away from finishing Year 6 and moving up to senior school, ended up doing another year of Primary school.

[letsgotostonehenge]

fiscal ha ha scottishmumsnet

[Bonsoir]

Why is it so difficult to know what age a Year 6 pupil is?

[letsgotostonehenge]

agreed bonsoir

[wobblyweebles]

Why is it so difficult to know what age a Year 6 pupil is?

Mine are in grades 2, 4 and 6 - presumably you know their ages without thinking about it too hard?

[Nirvana69]

It's not difficult, it's irritating. Not everyone knows the English system.

[letsgotostonehenge]

no but I wouldn't care, I wouldn't start a thread about it!

[letsgotostonehenge]

if I did care I would look it up

[MrsCakesPremonition]

I don't know the French system either, but quite often see threads talking about maternelle classes. I see people talking about preps and pre-preps and have to guess what that means too. I generally manage to get the gist of the thread.

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

If I am talking about the dses' school years or qualifications, I tend to provide a translation (ie. Standard grades are broadly equivalent to GCSEs, ds3 is in S5, which is the equivalent of Year 12, or Lower Sixth form).

[Jinty64]

Zany in Scotland the school year from march 1st to feb 28th/29th. So if you are born in feb you will be 4 1/2 when you start p1 in August, if you are born in August you will be 5.

Unless, of course, you defer a year. Then January and February children will be 5 1/2 when they start school.

[SquirtedPerfumeUpNoseInBoots]

In Northern Ireland start nursery at 3 and school P1 in the September of the school year in which they turn 4 years of age.
Primary school years P1 to P7, then secondary / grammar at age 11 into year 8.
Year 12 for GCSE, and then either lower and upper sixth for A levels or Years 13 and 14 depending on school.

Simples.

[Bonsoir]

If they are US grades, yes, I know immediately.

[Nirvana69]

There are some right wankers in this place.

Take your hmm face and ram it :)

[TamerB]

I find it useful. If you say 7yrs they could be still in the infants or they could be in the juniors. 11yr olds could be in primary or have moved to secondary-it makes a difference.