Totally agree with you both. Reading starts at home and our four year old amazes us with his reading. Because my wife is French we try to get him to speak that too but he doesn't do it often yet if he reads a French book he will read it in English with a perfect translation but wont read it in French.
Blows me away.
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Unfortunately there is a small group of parents in every state across Australia who treat teachers and classrooms like daycare centres.
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This is a big thing we are against but here in Europe it is quite normal for a kid to start school/nursery school/whatever they call it so parents feel better, at the age of 2.
The looks we have gotten when other parents find out our son then aged 3 wasn't in school was quite offensive.
It is nothing more than a day care at that age and the hours are far longer than Australian school hours. I do realise though that every situation is different and parents can only do what they can do but I never did get where the hostility comes from.
There is no kindy type classes, they just expect to throw a kid in full time from a young age.
As for curriculum, well it's been so long since I have had any experience of it but we wonder if it could be a step backwards for our boys.
Hard to say as the system over here is pretty alien to me.
I do wish though for Australian education standards and culture for our kids.