Foundation (Prep/Kinder) 2015 - Chat

[*TripleJ*]

We are nearly ready book pickup 2moro so I need to label that stuff and then his lunch box and drink bottles and then we are ready
I don't know how I feel I think excited and nervous just weird for me coz I've never done this before

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

All ready here! DD1 was so excited helping me stick all the labels on her pencils, textas, lunch box stuff etc. Thursday can't come quick enough here!😁

[leckert]

DS gets to wear sandals term 1&4 at his school. They have to know how to tie their own shoelaces here so needed to wait a bit in the lace up shoes (not allowed black Velcro shoes). Started showing DS how to tie laces, downloaded some charts to practice with and he's getting the hang off the 2 loops option.
Thankfully ds only starts next Thursday as the reception teachers as doing home visits in the first week - still need to finish everything else off this week.

[Melbournemumma]

I can't believe my baby starts school next Monday! All I have left to do is iron on name labels. We had hair cuts last week so that's done too.

Quick question, is anyone else labeling socks? I thought I would but a friend thought it wad unnecessary.

[wysiwyg]

It had never occurred to me to label socks TBH. I won't because if she loses them not that fussed, and haven't lost any at daycare, and they don't take on and off much. I wouldn't put a label into them because I know would irritate her and not convinced that writing on the sole with fabric pen would be that effective.

[Melbournemumma]

Fair enough. That's what my friend thought too I think. I'm not worried about him losing them just figured while I wad labeling everything else .

[~Hestia~]

I am taking the opportunity to label the socks, mostly because my two are close in sock size now and I have trouble telling them apart after washing

[leckert]

I'm going to label socks with last name only (at least for now) when I get to clothes labelling just in case they are taken off at school as then I have a chance of getting them back.

I've managed to finish covering & labelling stationery & shoes this morning. Still need to do clothes

[*TripleJ*]

Labelled all his stuff such weird stuff
5 scrap books
3 display folders
8 glue sticks
Handwriting book
12 whiteboard markers
School has changed since I went
Oh well it's all labelled and back in the box ready to go back to school

[*TripleJ*]

Don't really feel the need to label socks but both the kids wear the same identical white ankle socks so I don't have an issue here and they are only $4 for a new pack from kmart if they loose any

[Sagres]

DD started this morning, gosh she was cute in her too big uniform with her too big bag! She was so excited she was literally bouncing around the house last night. You know just spontaneous bouncing when ever the mood took LOL!
No worries at all from her, went straight to the reading corner (of course!) and chilled out there. The principal came in and said OK time for parents to leave and she was like 'bye' and walked off, and we were kinda feeling like don't you want to give mum and dad a hug or something (several of the kids around her were in tears hugging/clutching parents) and in the end we dragged a hug and kiss out of her and she was off. I guess it's a good thing she feels a very strong attachment to us and feels secure about us leaving?? Hehe!

Got the last of the labelling and stuff done last night, still want to do some cooking for lunches but haven't done so yet. We didn't have a book list but pay an extra book fee to the school so I guess at some point I will get some books at home to cover and label? We had a meeting with her class teacher yesterday and she didn't mention it but I suppose something will come home soon enough.

[wysiwyg]

hooray for starting school Sagres DD. I think is a good thing that she wasn't clinging myself. I do think that these days way too much is made of the transition to school - really it isn't any different to leaving them at daycare, leaving them for a day playdate etc to them - to us maybe it signifies something more as is a milestone of sorts - but I think for them it shouldn't be as hyped as it is.

Good news for me is we got a good Sunday swim slot ( they had put on extra classes) annoying news is maybe the OHSC prep gap (cover from 2:30 to 3:30 before main OHSC) doesn't start till the 5th Feb. I need it on the 4th!!! No notification of this but I booked in the normal before and after and couldn't work out how to do the prep gap so emailed them and they said doesn't start till the 5th! Now I need to get in touch with coordinator to find out why, and why no one was told about this and if there is any possibility of them doing the 4th (seeing as they are doing from 15:30 anyway). DH is away is my first day in a new job which is an hour drive away there is no way I can make a 14:30 pick-up - most of my friends work on a Wednesday, and I don't know any other parents from DD school to get them to pick up DD. I have one friend who might be able to do it I suppose, but I really think that OHSC seeing as they haven't advertised not running it should step up - if had been advertised I would have just told my new employer that I couldn't start till the Thur (they really wanted the Tuesday) but I am not going to start the job with having to rearrange things for the children just because other services can't be organised enough to actually tell you anything.

[Olive]

Wysiwyg seeing as school finishes at 2.30, one would think that the school should provide care for that hour before OSHC starts, if they don't it's pretty woeful IMO,

[wysiwyg]

I just spoke to the Camp Australia OHSC coordinator at the school and he thought the prep gap session was starting from Monday the 2nd - so now he is going to speak to the school to try and sort out why Camp Australia office told me the the 5th. He agreed that the 5th seemed ridiculous and where did they pluck that day out of the air from - so sounds like most likely is an admin error - fingers crossed. I was hoping that Camp Australia would be better than the school with providing info but seems like much the same (or else I am just unlucky in that I seem to come across all these things).

What I really can't understand is surely (for both the school and OHSC) it is not that difficult to actually decide and then publish information and in the long run it would save them a load of headaches, calls from parents and confusion.

[HotI]

DD says she isn't wearing her dress on first day just the skort and polo - which is fine I have told her, but that she must understand that if we get there and all the other girls are wearing the dresses she can't change :-)

My DD has also talked about wearing her skorts. i haven't really pushed either way, but might check with couple of other mums to see what their kids are wearing. i am glad she seems keen on the skorts. they seem comfy, look good and practical.

i am not booking any extra curricula activities for first term. will see how things go, and might do something 2nd term.

we start friday.

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

First day of Prep, done and dusted! DD1 had a great time and said she can't wait to go back tomorrow 😊 I hope her enthusiasm lasts once the *reality* of school sets in 😁

[briggsy's girl]

Dd had a brief interview with her teacher today. Apparently it went well. We got told to come back in 45 mins so really have no idea what happened. lol


Have mostly got uniform sorted - although the school logo we have to out on e ety thing isn't available til (probably) Monday. Oops! Something went wrong over the holidays and the logo order didn't get filled. At least I can (hopefully) grab them Monday's morning and have a distraction during her first day of school lol


Books covered in contact (I hate that stuff even more now lol). Everything labelled except her clothes (was planning on doing the iron on names when I out the logos on - guessing that might be pushing it Monday!).

[Olive]

Today's the day!! She's super excited and completely ready fir school by 7.52am lol