Private vs. Public Schools

[Bathsheba]

Class size is an issue. My DD's private classe sizes have been great. In primary years they capped the class size at 20... it never got that high... I think 18 was the largest. The girls had much more individualised learning. Every year they had a diary which the teacher would write in most days and you could write in if there was anything basic you needed info on... or you could write stuff like "DD had a very late night last night due to a family celebration" or "DD mentioned that her foot was hurting after Little Athletics yesterday... please excuse from sport if she complains of pain". Unfortunately i have found that communication with the teacher isn't so easy at my DS's public primary. Every morning the teacher seems to be swamped with parents trying to tell her stuff that I am used to popping in a diary So a lot goes unsaid.

[sashalo]

Well, I guess where you live also decides whether you get into the school or not? There are so many decisions to make! I have heard of families who move closer to the suburb so as their child can attend that particular school? What's the general opinion on that?