Starting school in 2012

[Olive]

No book list either! We're public as well.
Uniform dress were $47 each, winter tunic is $66 ouch lol!

[Erin_25]

No book list here, we pay $110 for the year and they buy everything for the classroom with the money and all the kids share these items. Sounds like a great idea to me, no worrying about what to take etc as they are still young and new to it all....just hat and lunch box really.

We are excited and emotional all at the same time. DS is excited, especially since the uniform is his favourite colour. We have his orientation day tomorrow will see how excited he is at the end of that LOL! It is a big school but they get a buddy and they get a different hat than everyone else so everyone knows they are the prep students. Oh darn, I'm getting teary just typing this....

[Erin_25]

No book list either! We're public as well.
Uniform dress were $47 each, winter tunic is $66 ouch lol!

Ooooh wow, we are public and I think it's approx $25 per polo shirt and $30 for a jumper. The colour is yellow and black so I will just get black shorts for DS from Big W or Kmart and only buy a few polo shirs and jumpers. The hat is free for prep students.

[Ashlee]

We have a different colour hat for prep too, I think it's a great idea, easy to weed them out in the crowd lol

[~Kim~]

That is a good idea - the different hats I mean.
We live in Alice Springs, so for the public schools, they're just happy that their students attend. So we have a very basic uniform of polo and shorts/skort and whatever hat they want to wear.

[shellbell3]

We don't have a book list either, its included in the fees and its public school. Think our fees are about $350
I've bought few of the uniforms from the school but will get alot from target, alot cheaper. Its so cute alot the girls at kinder have been wearing their school dress to kinder.

Skybie- I have the same fear! I keep having these images of DD wandering around the school lost and alone!

[Ashlee]

I wish we could use shorts etc from the chain stores, but everything down to the socks is required - the only thing that isn't compulsory is the school bag, but at $55 for a chiro back pack and excursion bag, I thought it was pretty good value so got that to match everything else.

Good thing is about shoes they just have to be black - sports shoes for the sports uniform and black dress shoes for the dress uniform. Already have the dress shoes, just need to pick up some cheap black sports shoes from big w!!

What colours are your kid's uniform? Ours is lime green and navy - bright but you can't miss the kids which is a good thing. Preppies have lime hats, 1-7 have navy hats. The dress uniform is a pale blue with a very subtle lime plaid.

[lilima]

I too worry that J will be alone in the playground. He already suffers with anxiety!

[Rach75]

Jack is so excited he has been at kindy this year which is 5 days a fortnight...he has 2 days this week then 3 next week and he is finished I am nto sure how he will cope with 6 weeks before he can go to prep he thinks he leaves kindy and then straight to prep LOL

we have our book lost and all I can say is holy heck

2 x A4 display folders
5 scrapbooks
2 48 page exercise books
2 48 page year one lined botanybook
2 48 paged year one lined excercise books
1 manilla folder
2 plastic document wallets
1 A3 visiual arts diary
targeting handwriting prep student book
10 triplus pencils
5 bostik bl;ue glue sticks
2 box wind up crayons
1 box connector felt pens
1 box 24 good qualtiy colored pencils
1 pair staedler scissors
1 2 hole sharpener
good quality blue white board marker
good quality black white board marker
liquid chalk pen
libray bag
2 reams reflex blue copy paper
2 boxes 224 tissues
art smock


school shirts are $25 each royal blue + sport team color... black shorts...can be any type...have got one uniform top as they were $22 but price increase makes them $25 they had one left in his size so I grabbed it.. hats are $10 didn't have to be school one but got him a school one... he wil use the same backpack and lunch tote he used in kindy... I got him a matching library bag though

[Catastrophic]

DD1 is going to private school, her uniform for 1x dress, 1x blouse, 1x culottes, 1x polo, 1x shorts is going to cost $200 - That's only 3 seperate uniforms

I'm worried about DD1 crying she is soo excited to be going to school, but she doesn't like new places or people... so there is going to be tears :/

[~Kim~]

Teal and Navy Blue here.
My poor DD is getting a new sibling within a fortnight of starting school. I'm worried more about all that upheaval.

[krysalyss]

We are pretty excited as DS is really ready, but having said that I still think 5 days is too much. Hoping he loves it.

[Erin_25]

The colour of the uniform was almost a deal breaker for me LOL it's yellow and black....just doesn't really look nice at all. Oh well. Got two polo shirst today they were only $18 each, awesome. Will get a jumper when needed and we can wear any shorts just have to be black so will get them from Big W or Kmart. Wasn't going to get the school bag, but need a backpack and i'm told although they are big for them now they last the entire time and it's good for them to get used to them.

[shellbell3]

Lol Erin, ours is navy and yellow and I don't like it. Tho could be worse, seen some schools with poo colored uniforms!

Kim, yeah thats alot going on at once guess gotta wait and see how she reacts to everything.

I think its going to affect DD2 alot she will be so lonely without her playmate.

[Ashlee]

My primary school uniform was yellow and brown, or "poos and wees" as we called it. *shudder*

[lilima]

My DH went to a poos and wees school. DS thinks it is so funny!

Shell I think E will hate it while he is in school. She already looks for him when he s at kindy.

The kindy just gave us a transition statement that they prepare for the school. It is quite detailed and will be really useful fr the school.

I am going to make DS a social story about school to prepare him more. I have board maker software at work, and it a great tool for kids with anxiety.

[Olive]

We have our prep info night tonight, we find out her teacher and class!! Will also find out if we have a book list and what the fees are!!
Our uniform is nice! Dress is blue, white and red,

[Ashlee]

My DH went to a poos and wees school. DS thinks it is so funny!

It is for this reason I haven't informed DS of my attendance at a school of these colours lol

Olive - Ohhhh you're so lucky, I don't find out till next week which class he's in. Have fun at orientation!