How quickly have the holidays gone? Already time for a new school year. The boys have definately had a great holiday but were actually keen to get back to school. (I must admit I am going to miss my sleep ins on the days I don't have to work. LOL) I got to go into work later this morning so I could take them both to school. Ben of course was quite happy to go off by himself when we got there. Jack wanted me to hang around. The school has a bit of an odd way to put them into classes. Not sure if any other school does it. For the first 3 days the children are with the kids that were in their class last year. The whole class then spends a day with each teacher that will be teaching for that year. So they wander each day to a different classroom. On Friday is when their actual class allocations are done. They say it is to do with settling in new enrollments etc and working out class numbers. Personally I think they already know who will be where..... Anyway we are used to this and know that the first few days are all over the place. LOL.
Jack has become friendly with a little boy who was in a different class last year but the two of them are in the reading program I was talking about. It would be cool if they end up in the same class as the two of them seem to have just clicked. Which is sooo cute! But I guess we will tell on Friday.
So anyway like the scrapbooking/photo taking mother that I am I lined them up outside this morning for a really quick photo shoot. I got lots of great photos which I have to play around with, but I just wanted to share this one quickly. Sigh... my babies are growing up too fast!!
Hi Lee
Apparently that's the way it's done at my nieces and nephews school too. Ethan starts school tomorrow, and we find out Friday who is in his class. There's only 2 classes for Kinder, and they mix them all up over the next 2 days, then allocate the class on Friday. I'm new to this whole schooling thing, so I'm on a massive learning curve myself! When I went to school, there was only about 10 kids, and we just stayed that way from Kinder to Yr 10!
Posted by: Rachel Greig | January 30, 2007 at 08:17 PM
oh and then I went to Yr 11 and 12 where there were 600 people in the year, so that was a HUGE difference! (but I loved it!)
Posted by: Rachel Greig | January 30, 2007 at 08:18 PM
Gorgeous pic of the boys Lee! Check out those blue eyes.......
Posted by: Lyn Dwyer | January 30, 2007 at 08:21 PM
A beautiful pic!!! From what I hear, the class allocation happens the same way at all of the (public) schools around here.
Posted by: Sarah | January 30, 2007 at 08:50 PM
The boys look so happy to be going back to school!! That's wonderful!
Posted by: Chris M | January 30, 2007 at 09:09 PM
what an awesome picture lee! {and i'm glad to see the
countdown you leave me every now and again}
Posted by: vivian bonder | January 30, 2007 at 09:18 PM
your boys are gorgeous Lee - its back to school for us tomorrow!
Posted by: Jaimie | January 30, 2007 at 10:57 PM
Ahhhh...all around the state today, mothers were snapping those quintessential "back to school photos" (we were LOL)
The boys look very cute :)
Posted by: Jody | January 30, 2007 at 11:02 PM
...I meant mothers AND FATHERS, lest someone think I was being sexist!!!!!!
Posted by: Jody | January 30, 2007 at 11:03 PM
beautiful photo!
Posted by: Vee | January 30, 2007 at 11:11 PM
Wonderful photo, my friend!!!! Hope they have a great week.
And no - my boys get their room assignment before school starts and that's that! That's a really cool way to do it though...
Posted by: Michelle Adams | January 31, 2007 at 01:43 AM
That is bizarre and very unsettling I'd think - for everyone. What a waste of those days too cause you ca't really teach anything! Our classes are decided the year before and the kids all meet their teacher and spend an afternoon with them before the year ends. Much better. Everyone knows where they are going and who they will be with.
Posted by: Kathy Ferguson | January 31, 2007 at 07:31 AM
Gorgeous photo of your boys Lee! Glad to hear all went well :-)
Megan xx
Posted by: Megan Stephenson | January 31, 2007 at 12:48 PM
Oh honey this is a beautiful pic.!!! I have yet to live those days. Mine are too young but boy oh boy...I KNOW I am am going to cry my eyeballs out!!!!!!!!!!!
-Karla
Posted by: Karla Dudley | January 31, 2007 at 01:56 PM
Your boys are sooooo cute!! Such beautiful blue eyes!!!
Thats a funny way of starting school but i guess if it works... its all a good thing!!!
*Fingers crossed* for your son Jack being in the same class as his new friend!!!
Xx jess!
Posted by: Jess! | January 31, 2007 at 05:09 PM
That's a gorgeous pic of your two boys .... they have the bluest eyes I have ever seen. Just precious :)
Posted by: YvonneM | February 01, 2007 at 07:40 PM
Your boys so gorgeous! So your schools start in January? That makes much more since!
Posted by: Ronda Palazzari | February 02, 2007 at 02:52 AM