: What school do your children attend

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  • Public

    19 52.78%
  • Private

    12 33.33%
  • Independant

    4 11.11%
  • Home

    0 0%
  • Montessori

    1 2.78%
  • Grammar

    0 0%
  • Other

    0 0%
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thread: What kind of school do your children go to?

  1. #1
    Registered User

    Oct 2009
    VIC
    881

    What kind of school do your children go to?

    Just interested to see what the majority choice is.

    Cant figure out how to add a poll.

    My girls are at a private primary school after having alot of trouble with DD1's 1st 2 years at a public primary.

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Dec 2007
    Geelong
    3,438

    Mine are at public High School and public Primary School, have had no problems that they couldn't deal with.

    Regards,
    Dianne

  3. #3
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    Jan 2005
    cowtown
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    Re: What kind of school do your children go to?

    My son will hopefully be going to an independant p-12 school, he's in prep next year. The main reason other than me really liking the school and their primary program, is that the govt school we are zoned to only opened last year and is very much a construction site, it's p-12 also but on about one third of the size land with more than double the enrolment

    I've also had really positive recommendations about this school so I'm hoping he gets in.

  4. #4
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    Dec 2005
    In Bankworld with Barbara
    14,222

    ours go to a public school K-6 and then onto the local high school.

  5. #5

    Polls can only be added by moderators. I can add one if you wish.

    As for us. My boys go to a R-12 public school. There is over 1000 kids, but the R-6 section don't mix with the older kids, only if they do "excursions" into the other section of the school. There is 350 odd kids in the R-6 section and around 700 in the rest of the school which is broken down into middle and senior schools.

  6. #6
    Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

    Jan 2005
    Funky Town, Vic
    7,070

    tiny independent primary with ponies and goats

  7. #7
    Registered User

    Apr 2009
    Vic
    337

    mine go to public, one in high school and one in primary.

  8. #8
    Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

    Jan 2005
    Funky Town, Vic
    7,070

    Astro - can you add independent please?

  9. #9
    Registered User

    Oct 2009
    VIC
    881

    this is what i was wantin in the poll

    Public
    private
    home
    montessori
    Grammer
    Independant
    other

  10. #10
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    Jan 2010
    In Love land with my family :D
    1,512

    DD goes to an independant Christian school. P-12 I love the idea of her going through the one school and not having the anxiety of changing schools and friends in high school etc.

  11. #11
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    Oct 2009
    VIC
    881

    The girls school is kind of an odd set up, its St pats from p-6 but then in the same property is Mercy regional college 7-12 so i guess its kinda the same setup as a p-12 but you have to enrol them in mercy when they hit grade 6 its not continuous IYKWIM

  12. #12
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    Nov 2007
    Off with the fairies.
    4,370

    Public primary, then they'll go onto public high school.

  13. #13

    added other options

  14. #14
    Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

    Jan 2005
    Funky Town, Vic
    7,070

    aww my vote ran away

  15. #15
    Registered User

    Mar 2007
    Melbourne
    4,031

    My DS1 goes to a Catholic Primary School. One of those new ones with open learning. No doors inside except for the unisex toilets. No toilet block, unisex toilets around the building and best of all no Canteen Oh and it will be capped at only 350 kids which is great considering where I live most of the schools are p-9 with over 800 kids

  16. #16
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    Jun 2008
    Tassie
    2,567

    My boys both go to a Catholic K-10 school. It's a wonderful little school, classes are very small (around 20 in kinda and 25 in the others) and they have the 1/2 2/3 3/4 class set ups

    We love it there. They were in a public school in Hobart because the privates were WAY exxy, but the public school here sucks and the private is only at the end of my street and affordable so we sent them there

  17. #17
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    Sep 2007
    travelling
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    My DD1 has been to 3 schools. 2 very small public schools & one Catholic school. I personally chose the school based on the number of kids really.
    We lived in a smaller town with a school of 12 when she was in kindy. That was a bit too small though & the kids she was friends with were about 9, coz there were no girls her age. Too old IMO. So we moved to a bigger town & I chose the Catholic school with about 150 kids over the public with about 300 kids. TBH the area we lived in wasn't great & I didn't want her at school with some of the kids I met.
    Then we moved here 18 months ago & both girls go to a public school of about 50. I'm very happy with the school. Unfortunately though they might have to change again
    We've decided to try build our own place 40 minutes away. Its just to far to drive them here every day & there is no bus that comes out here. Our options will either be a small public school 10 minutes away, or into town to the Catholic school. Not sure what we'll do yet.
    They'll more than likely all go to a public high school though.

  18. #18
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    cowtown
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    Oh and it will be capped at only 350 kids which is great considering where I live most of the schools are p-9 with over 800 kids
    Thats great. 800 is actually smallish for a p-9 in ptcook/hoppers/werribee
    350 is awesome
    My catholic primary school had 650 p-6, and that was 25 years ago

    THe school Im looking at is 1100 p-12, 2/3 are 7-12.
    The public school near me will have a 2500 enrollment wheni ts completed.

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