Rowanberry Mini Kindergarten

Here at Rowanberry we believe that learning happens at a childs pace not one set out by the government. As you may already know Scotland has one of the youngest school starting ages in the world (many starting at age 4). There is currently a campaign to allow children to defer their start for 1 year (August-December birthdays, Jan/Feb birthdays can already do this) whilst still being able to access funding from the council to attend a childcare setting such as Rowanberry. The campaign is called “Give them time”. In view of this we would highly encourage you to write a letter to your local MSP. We have attached a copy of the letter the Edinburgh Steiner School sent, and a template letter you could use. To find your local MSP you can do so by inputting your post code here: https://beta.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps The Edinburgh Steiner School have written a very good article on this which you can read here: https://www.edinburghsteinerschool.org.uk/2020/09/25/big-changes-little-pupils/ Please consider supporting this campaign even if your family will not be affected by this as it may help someone you know. Please share this email to others with young children. Together we can make a difference!