What are the Kids doing Today

[judydawn]

It would leave you flat Jo - as you well know.  Pity about missing the parties, poor kid.

[astarra]

Oh your poor DS Jo. 
Hope all is better at your place now.

ATM I have 3 sleeping daughters! 

[jo_nz]

Ah, precious peace and quiet, Astarra!!

Mine have just FINALLY gone to bed (it's 8:20pm and DD has kindy in the morning). DS is well and truly on the end now. At least he doesn't start back at school until next week, so plenty of time to recuperate.

[Kimmyh]

DS5 had his first day of school today......and survived it......and loved it.
No tears for mum until after dinner when he started to rattle on about what he did. My little boy is all grown up now......and the other one isn't far behind him

[*suzanne*]

hugs kimmy, miss Lily starts kindy next week, not sure how either of us are going to go.  3 and a half is so young for school she's still my baby

[jo_nz]

Aw, Kimmy, big milestone!!! Glad he went well - my DS loved it, and never had any of the "I don't want to go to school" stuff some of his friends had, but it sure made him tired. And he is so well behaved at school but saves the playing up for home!!

DS is so looking forward to school going back. And conveniently we have a public holiday next wednesday so a nice way to ease into it!
 
The kods are playing nicely today with some duplo. Nice to not have constant bickering!!!

[obbie]

My kids loved going back to school, all good.
just tired.

Suzzanne 3 1/2 is so young, is it kindy.

Our kids start prep at 5, turn 6 by june 30 that year.

[deedub]

Good luck to the new prep mums!
Funny how each state is different... in Victoria, if you turn 5 by 1 April you can start school that year, although some parents prefer to hold their kids back a year. So you can have 4yo & 6yo kids in the same prep class in term 1! I"m originally from SA, and if I remember correctly, you pretty much started school (reception) the term after you turned 5, so you could start school at the end of the year?
What really gave me a shock was that in Victoria, high school starts in year 7 as opposed to year 8 in SA - less time for mum to prepare herself!

[Yvette]

In Sydney you need to turn 5 by 31st July. High school starts in Year 7.

My DS is enjoying his last day of freedom before back to school tomorrow 

[jo_nz]

Interesting - in NZ kids start school when they actually turn 5, no matter when that is (well, they usually start then, but can stay at kindy/preschool/home until 6 but must start by then).  So there are kids starting throughout the year. 

[obbie]

crazy, high school starts in year 7 in qld, next year.

instead of year 8.

they should make schooling all the same, every year, across the country, no matter what state.
teach the same stuff too at the same time.

no wonder its so hard when you change states.

[Yvette]

I agree Robyn it should be the same Australia wide, curriculum the same and age, how hard can it be?

[obbie]

too much red tape, to make it that easy...

[mcmich]

Robyn that will bring you in line with NSW and Victoria. Yr7 has always been the first year of high school. 1st form when I was at school.

New Zealand now has a yr13 - because of their economy and lack of jobs it keeps the kids at school another year.
Upside down country - you can get your L plates at 15yrs.

[jo_nz]

McMich, NZ school finish age/year hasn't changed as far as I know of...secondary school starts year 9 (age about 13),  so I think it's just that year 12 here does not equal year 12 there. If I was at school now, I would finish age 17, nearly 18 (some kids would be 18).