Did you visit your child's kindy before you enrolled him/her?

[heliana]

The primary school down the road here has open days, but these are on the weekend, so only somewhat helpful.
I figured I would wait until the year before because at the moment they have a temporary principal and I think it might change between now and 2yrs.
I rang another local one, which is quite popular, and the lady I talked to said, 'no, we don't do that... we don't need to'.

[Rach75]

kindy here doesn't do open days but the primary does for prep

[smiles4u]

When i rang the local Kinder to enquire about DD going there ' maybe ' for 3year old Kinder the Kindergarten Director actually asked me would i like to come & witness a 3year old Kinder class & she was more than happy about it.

So i went & she answered any questions i had, she was very welcoming !!

... And about a month later i was also invited to an open day which was on a Saturday so DP could go too as it's not his working day ... we thought it was very reassurring to be able to do so

[Visitor7]

The childcares, prep and/or schools here have open days/times. Before putting Nina in kindy I went and checked it out. I think it's important to be able to view the place before enrolling your child. You and your son/daughter need to feel comfortable with the place and staff.

[mrsmac]

For actual school here in NSW we have orientation days and a Look at big school morning.
I am pretty sure the preschools have an orientation morning too.
I would insist on seeing it before you send your child there.

[sasha]

Thank you - I thought it was fairly "normal"! We'll go down first term next year to see what it's like.