Primary school and early childhood educators from Albury-Wodonga will discuss Australian children starting school with researchers from Iceland, Scotland, Sweden and New Zealand as well as leading Charles Sturt University (CSU) education academics on Tuesday 9 April at CSU in Albury-Wodonga. The seminar, which runs from 3.30 to 6pm at CSU’s School of Education, will see local and international visitors discuss the strengths, challenges and anticipation children, their families and their educators face as the children make the transiton to school. One of the event coordinators, Professor Sue Dockett, said the seminar is part of a four year international project involving education researchers from Europe, Australia and New Zealand that is using international comparisons to investigate how children start school. A second, similar meeting will be on Wednesday 17 April at CSU to address these topics.