Who's got a Prepy starting this year??

So who's got a baby thats about to leave the motherin nest for the first time and venturing out into the wonderful full time world of school this year?????

Are you nervous as hell?

Is your baby excited and wearing their uniform everyday already?

I know this is Wilhelms second year...but I missed the first few weeks last year and I feel like im going to relive his first days this time round.

YES im nervous and excited for him...there is a new program for special need kids at his schoolthis year so it will be wonderful and new for him.

Me :(

Don't get me wrong.. I am excited for him but damn I am going to miss my baby so very much (just as I will miss his big brother to) I love school holidays

Isaac has tried on his uniform and is so so about it. He loves his shoes and hat though..

*sniffsniff* Simon better take me for a strong coffee that morning..

My eldest is starting as well.

I must be the odd one out cause I'm having a party on the inside lol, can't wait and neither can she.
I'm a bit nervous for her first adventures into the real world and I am sure I will be a bit teary when I leave her there but I am sooooooooo looking forward to it at the same time.
She is more than ready to go, gets so bored at home these days she really needs the stimulation and some friends her own age.

I am still looking forward to it for both our sakes.. Me for a little break and for himt o get some interaction that for the past year I haven't been able to do..

I think within a month he will be so excited and be really looking forward to going..

Did any of your kids go to daycare? My kids aren't looked after anyone but me or DH and I am with them 99% of the time.. Occasionally they will stay with my mum while we go to the shops but thats only when we are visiting mum. So Isaac going to school will make us feel like we are missing something for a while.. then as it did with our eldest we will get used to it

My DD is starting on Tuesday :(

I am mixed emotions about it all..
Going to miss her like crazy & won't know what to do with myself to a certain extent, but at the same time I'm excited for her & am happy to see her growing up.. She will become a social butterfly before I know it..
I'm also nervous, because I think we might get to Thursday morning & she'll pleading with me not to make her go..
DD hasn't being excited about starting school at all, until I picked up her uniforms & stationery on Friday, she hasn't stopped wearing her cullottes, polo shirt & hat since :lol:

DD has attended Daycare on & off for the last 3-4yrs..

Aidyn starts prep on Tuesday... I'm actually excited, but nervous for him. We decided to send him after a long complicated battle with different opinions from kindy etc on holding him back a year. He will be attending Prep at a state school from mon-wed (the school also has a special unit for kids with ASD), and then on thur fri he will be attending the 'prep class' at an early childhood development unit in a another suburb, which is a program especially suited to kids with ASD or other developmental disorders etc.
He's quite blase about it I think... so we will see how things go on Tuesday, I think it might hit home a bit more for him then!

Aidyn attended 4yo kindy last year, as well as 2 half days at the ECDU, so he is used to attending school like programs!

Goodluck to everyone and their preppies this week!! :hug:

While I don't have any children starting school this year (or for a few more years) I just wanted to give you all a hug :hug:

Matilda starts on Thursday :( :( :) :?

I have no idea how to feel. We've talked about going to school, and she did 3 trial days there to see how she went last year. She is doing 2 1/2 days for 2 weeks and then 3 days until she's ready to do more. So she's really going part-time but that is because that is what her school does. All the kindy/prep kids go 3 days for at least the first term, than they increase days as they are ready. The other Asperger's boy is 7 and in grade 2 and is going 4 days a week because that is all he can handle, and they are happy for that to be what that family does. So it gives me hope that Matilda can do part time kindy/prep for at least a year if not longer!

Yep, Emily Starts next Monday.... not sure how I am feeling...
She is excited :)

My Clarebear starts this year... I don't feel ready for it at all! She's extremely bright, but in some ways is still such a baby. She is also very young - won't be five until the middle of March. We ummed and ahhed over sending her but because she is so bright and getting bored at kindy, we felt we should give it a go.

She's so tiny, and her shorts and hat are huge on her. She's finding the whole transitioning thing out of babyhood quite difficult, and that's compounded with getting a new baby brother, as well. She is the youngest of five and has very much been the baby up until now.

I've already sent four kids off to school - you'd think I'd be used to it by now, wouldn't you?

ok my little man is suddenly excited lol. We are naming his gear and filling drink bottles to freeze and now he is all excited and dancing around with his bag and hat on :D

Angus is starting next Monday! I'm so excited for him cos he's busting to go :D

My Lucy is starting soon (Thurs week in Vic) and she is ridiculously excited. We are down to 10 sleeps now and she doesn't let me forget!

I haven't been nervous or teary, until tonight I ordered some iron-on and sticker name labels for her clothes and drink bottle etc, and it brought back memories of me going off to school. I can't believe she is 5.5 already!

She is VERY ready for it, and now her little brother keeps asking if he can go soon. I think he will notice the change the most, as he will be in childacre by himself without her there to play with....

I feel very honoured to be a kindy teacher (NSW prep) as well as scared LOL because this is such a huge thing for all the families involved and I get to be a part of it!
I have decided to take photos of all the kids on the 1st day and then give them to the parents at Christmas with another photo at the end of the year.

My boy starts this thursday. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet either.

oh that is something as a parent I would just love.. Want to move to QLD and be my sons teacher?

my eldest yr 2 teacher made a DVD of the year with photos and music for the class.. It was brilliant

Mrsmac that is such a beautiful idea!! All the best with your first day as well :D I'm sure you will be fantastic!!

Yep, my eldest starts Tuesday, it may be a little tricky as i am about to drop a baby literally any day now, and I'm very concerned he doesn't feel like he is being ousted just as bub comes into the family, so he might have a bit of a checkered start, I might take him out for a few days when bub comes...or bring him home when I'm in labour (having a homebirth) ahh well....we shall see how it all goes... ;)

He also has never been in childcare, so I'm wondering how he will do, they are long days suddenly for little folk.

On the plus side, he is advanced acedemically, and very social, so he should do fine :)

Cyaetha: I asked the prep teachers last year what can I do about settling Isaac into logn days right up.. they said some parents were opting to not send them to school on a Wed or Fri for the first few weeks.. We are going to wait and see how tired Isaac is.. If it is all to much we will give him a break mid week..

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Cyaetha: I asked the prep teachers last year what can I do about settling Isaac into logn days right up.. they said some parents were opting to not send them to school on a Wed or Fri for the first few weeks.. We are going to wait and see how tired Isaac is.. If it is all to much we will give him a break mid week..

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Yeah, that's a great idea! :)

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Cyaetha: I asked the prep teachers last year what can I do about settling Isaac into logn days right up.. they said some parents were opting to not send them to school on a Wed or Fri for the first few weeks.. We are going to wait and see how tired Isaac is.. If it is all to much we will give him a break mid week..

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That's a fantastic idea!
I might have to inquire about that too I think..

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That's a fantastic idea!
I might have to inquire about that too I think..

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In Vic, the preppies either finish early for the first few weeks, or only go 4 days a week until the March long weekend. Our school does the 4day option, with Wednesdays off until March. Works out great for us since MIL doesn't work Wednesdays!:clap::clap:

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In Vic, the preppies either finish early for the first few weeks, or only go 4 days a week until the March long weekend. Our school does the 4day option, with Wednesdays off until March. Works out great for us since MIL doesn't work Wednesdays!:clap::clap:

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That is just SO incredibly sensible!!

My Little man starts school next week
Boo Hoo i am so nervous for him, he is very good academically but not so good socially.

At least his big sister will be at school too.
He has every wednesday off for the first five weeks as the school says they get a bit tired at first so this is how they do it.

Oh i cant believe my baby is all grown up and off to school, one good thing is il get some alone time with Lachlan now

i dint have a prepy starting but i wanted to wish all the mums and dads lots of luck and wish the little tikes the best of luck for thei first day.

My Nephew ( on my hubbys side) starts on thurs and he is excited. reminds me just how long me n my hubby have been together, i remember holding him when he was a few days old.

I was talking to my friend today whom i've known for 18yrs ... and her eldest child (Emily) will be starting secondary school next week ... and i asked her is she 'more nervous' than what she felt when her DD started prep years ago ... sadly she said she feels much more nervous with her starting secondary school ...

BUT she said it's strange in a way as it's also so WONDERFUL to watch them enter another stage of their life where 'they' will still let YOU hold their hand ;)

Hi Everyone,
My DS starts pre-primary on Monday and I am so upset about it. He went to kindy last year for 2 days a week but now it is fulltime and I'm not ready to let him go yet (although he his very excited!). A couple of weeks ago I had a big cry because my little baby was growing up, I felt very silly at the time but I couldn't help it.
I am a primary teacher and I am assuming our pre-primary is the same as prep. Because it is not compulsory (I work in the state system) you are allowed to keep them home if you think they are too tired just as long as you write a note or give the teacher a verbal explanation, especially if they are starting fulltime straight away as my DS is (some build up to fulltime gradually).
You would think being a teacher makes it easier to cut the apron strings but not at all!
Monica

In NSW i doubt you would be able to keep them off soem days etc, I have never seen it done and I am a teacher.

mrsmac, luckily for us Matilda's school is independant. So they generally do it with kindy kiddos. But there are 3 kindy kids starting on Thursday, so its a different world alltogether ;)

Thats good, I imagine independants can do that but it would be a lot of paperwork in a govt school orthey would just have the days marked as absent.
Ours used to finish 1/2hr early for the first term but the parents complained so now they do the full day straight off.

Just made my first ever school lunch, we are off to school now!! Waaaaaaaa..... :lol:

Well I am surviving so far.. the house is far to quiet and I am missing my little man :(

He started crying about 6am saying he wanted to stay home but I was good kind and firm.. He was a little sooky right up till we were leaving then he started screaming :( but we rang at 10 and he had settled in quite well and was outside playing with the other kids..

I hope he has a good day..

My ds3 just said.. I miss Isaac :( and he is so lost as well...

:hug: Aw I think I'm going to have a bit of that too. Caleb loves his brothers (as much as they fight lol)

Monica talk to the teachers about some quiet time if he needs it. Masons prep teacher last year had a couple of pillows and blankets and if the kids needed a rest she'd let them have a lay down. Angus has the same teacher this year so I'm glad he will have the same rest time if he needs it.

My eldest starts Thursday week in Victoria as well. He is excited wearing his backpack everywhere. I am just worried that after the first day he will say do I have to again lol.!!!!
I am nervous, excited worried all at the same time:D

Usually its the 2nd week they decide they have done the school thing already and don't need to go anymore!!

I am so happy to announce.. Isaac had a fantastic day and can't wait to go back :D

It is such a relief..

Great news!!

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I am so happy to announce.. Isaac had a fantastic day and can't wait to go back :D

It is such a relief..

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Yeah, my Tyler LOVED his first day, and can't wait to go back! :)

my DD is starting on Thursday ... i am so excited, nervous etc for her!

My little man started this morning. He was fine. I was fine up until I left, then I had a few tears.
Anyone else shed a few tears? or am I just a big fat baby?!
I actually feel like a big baby since he was fine. :redface:

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I am so happy to announce.. Isaac had a fantastic day and can't wait to go back

It is such a relief..

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That's great to hear!!