We received confirmation of enrollment and the transition dates last week DD1 is so excited and so am I! Whilst I know we made the right decision starting her next year instead of this year (she turned 5 at end of Jan) I'm glad she'll be starting soon, she is definitely *ready* now
She will initially start Mon-Fri till 1.30pm for 2 weeks then it will be full normal days after that
No info received here since I last sent in the info requested :-(. DD knows other kids who are going to their transitions or know more about them - everynight she wants to hear me talk about what school will be like, and keeps nagging me about when will I buy school shoes etc etc, she just can't wait. Her behavior is not great at the moment - and I think she needs more challenge because she is far better behaved when we can spend time doing new things - on work days it is just very hard to fit it in when not home till 18:00.
How frustrating! I hope they get themselves organised with the new term starting.
I cannot believe that these are the last months of having my guy home most days. He is ready, not sure if I am! He is very emotional atm and his additude sucks but all normal for the slide into big school so I've heard.
We got our info. Have a parent info evening in October and then transition days start at the end of October. It's all a bit exciting and sad at the same time. I can't believe my big boy will start school soon. They seem so much more grown up when they start school.
Still no info but I bumped into another mum in a baby change room, and we got chatting and she has an older kid already there - they have no specific info either but stuff is included in the weekly newsletter (not much use if you are not at the school already :-) - apparently transition days will be on Tuesdays in November - she took down my email and is going to email me the newsletter (the kindness of strangers :-)) - Tuesday is a pain in the but because DD and DS do swimming and DD does artclass - none of which are cheap activities and art class in particular is not easy to arrange catch up sessions - if I had already had the info I probably wouldn't have signed up for this term of art class or would have switched to a Friday. November is not many weeks away - if you are working should be given some notice. Anyway she was happy with the school but did think was rubbish the info given to new parents in particular but also for existing who have people starting next Foundation too.
Finally found a school we are doing a tour on Thursday and hopefully enrolling Jamie the sane day our transition is Thursdays starting at the end of October
Also found out my uncle wants to pay for Jamie's uniforms and books aswell
Great to hear you have some info wysiwyg. I hope the school gives you some more, you are right in that they are making it very hard to organise yourself for the transition days.
Triple J it's great you are getting some help with school stuff. Hope you are happy with the school when you have your tour Thursday.
Nothing to report here, just hanging out for all the action to start November! I'm a little annoyed with Moo's kinder though. He goes to a kinder that is pretty much used to just the local kids attending, who then all go onto the primary school in the same (very small) town. They have made the transition days part of the kinder program...great for them...not so great for poor old Moo who will be missing out on those kinder sessions. His teacher said today he can go along to the primary school but I don't see the benefit. He has his own transition days at his future school but they don't affect kinder hours. They also have the buddies for the preps coming to the kinder a few times this term for the kids to get a rapport with them. Again bit rough on the one child who has no buddy.
Same here, 3 sessions on consecutive Fridays starting the 14th of November. The first two are an hour and a half or something, the last is half the day.
Hestia the CANNOT do that!!!!!! They HAVE to offer the required hours per year as per the government, they can't just spend kinder sessions doing school transition, I'd be taking that up with someone, I can get you some contacts if you need.
As for transition we have 4, then find out teacher and class and have lunch on the 5th session.
Oh really? They call the sessions at the school excursions so that's probably how they get around it. They are also shutting for an entire session for next years kindergarten group to have an orientation. That one really bothers me because we only get 15 hours out of the entire week, surely they could fit orientation in outside session hours. Thanks for the offer of someone to speak to about it, think I'll leave it for now but if I change my mind I'll let you know. I have brought up so many issues with his teacher in the last few months that I just want to get us through to end of term and leave kinder behind!
That's good you get to know who the teacher is going to be. Not sure if we find that out as so far they don't know who will be teaching which class, hopefully that changes though.
We have 8 this year.
DD2 has 4 this month, 3 in Nov & the big one in Dec.
The first 4 are specialized class programs, sport, music, Japanese & library.
3 are classroom ones & the last one is with the class & teacher they have next year.
She is very excited
Wow Cheshire that's fantastic!! I thought we'd get more orientation days but it's only 3, though, having said that it is a smallish school with under 240 students. First orientation will be where DD1 finds out who her teacher and her buddy from grade 6 will be for next year. Not 100% sure what the last two will be, need to read through the paperwork again!
Ours is 6 or 8 weeks on Thursdays the daycare takes him and picks him up I think I need to ask 2moro and they do the OSHC for the school so if he needs to be there coz if anything it will be familiar
Gosh I'm envious of all the orientations you guys get!! We get one morning (I think it's about two hours) where dd2 will go and join a kindy class and the parents have a big session on the run down of school life, all very general and not very informative really. And I think that's it for the orientation part.
Then the week before school goes back we go in for her best start test, where she goes off with a teacher and comes back when she's done.
We don't find out who her teacher is or anything until her first day where they pool them together in one big room and call out the classes one by one. Which of course you can never hear anything.
That been said we haven't had any info on the orientation date yet, I know from the school newsletter that it's in week 3 or 4 of this term (so sometime in the next 2 to 3 weeks), apparently they are sending out a letter to inform us soon..
So tomorrow we are going for morning tea at the house of the mum I met in the baby change room :-) looks like will be about 5 other mums with foundation kids - none that I know - hope my two are in a good mood :-). Have dates for transition days (looks like 2) but no times, so have emailed school to try and confirm enrollment and get some times at least.
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DD1 is so excited and so am I! Whilst I know we made the right decision starting her next year instead of this year (she turned 5 at end of Jan) I'm glad she'll be starting soon, she is definitely *ready* now 
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