Natalie starts school

[Grahameeboy]

Well big week for the wee lass.

She starts school on Thursday. Have taken the time off to spend mornings helping out......I am an excited Dad.

Anyone else having their kid starting school soon.

[Finn]

Which one?

[Nasty]

Way cool .... shes gonna love it .... and she will grow with leaps and bounds being in the new environment!!!

[Krayy]

My eldest started last year, so Thursday will be her first day as a "First Year" (school uses year 0 for new entrants and orientation).

Best piece of advice is "get involved". Take time to pick her up, drop her off and give your name to the PTA as a volunteer for after school events. Good fun, and I wish my parents were as interested in my education :(

[ManDownUnder]

Yeah baby. Go for it Nats!

[yungatart]

Awesome!
Now all you'll hear is, "My teacher says...", "My teacher knows more than..", "My teacher does it this way" etc
Yep, that is the beginning of the end....

[007XX]

:2thumbsup Yay! Go Nats...

Big day for a little girl. And well done to Daddy for wanting to be there and helping out! :first:

My baby had his first day at school 5 years ago (gawd, I feel old!), and he just gave me a big hug and disappeared so fast, I barely had a chance to say "i love you"!
:laugh:

[Grahameeboy]

Which one?

Vauxhall School, Devonport

[Maha]

Vauxhall School, Devonport

Had to be an English sounding school dunnit?
Na way cool stuff Grahame, it all gets good from here on mate..homework etc...im sure Nats will help you with it....:cool:

[Grahameeboy]

My eldest started last year, so Thursday will be her first day as a "First Year" (school uses year 0 for new entrants and orientation).

Best piece of advice is "get involved". Take time to pick her up, drop her off and give your name to the PTA as a volunteer for after school events. Good fun, and I wish my parents were as interested in my education :(

Yep am spending at least the 2 first mornings at school to help the Teacher Aides (will leave Nats on her own so the Teacher aides have some sapce) and have no choice but to drop her off and pick her up........not that I don't want to anyway....as there is no one else to do it.

After school events will be harder to do given Nats circumstances but will just play it by ear.

[Grahameeboy]

Had to be an English sounding school dunnit?
Na way cool stuff Grahame, it all gets good from here on mate..homework etc...im sure Nats will help you with it....:cool:

Yep she already corrects my English................

[trumpy]

Great stuff Nats. Pretty cool time for any dad as well, enjoy the moment mate.

[Grahameeboy]

Great stuff Nats. Pretty cool time for any dad as well, enjoy the moment mate.

Cheers Robert......by the way managed to level out the tray..........

[Brett]

Well big week for the wee lass.

She starts school on Thursday. Have taken the time off to spend mornings helping out......I am an excited Dad.

Anyone else having their kid starting school soon.

Good on her! I am sure she will enjoy herself! Is she going mainstream or will she have special needs classes? Hoep it all goes well!

[Brett]

Yep am spending at least the 2 first mornings at school to help the Teacher Aides (will leave Nats on her own so the Teacher aides have some sapce) and have no choice but to drop her off and pick her up........not that I don't want to anyway....as there is no one else to do it.

After school events will be harder to do given Nats circumstances but will just play it by ear.

Ignore my query, should have read more of the thread!!

[phantom]

Good on you Natalie ( and Dad ) My baby starts University this year but then again I am very old

[Mom]

Yay Grahame, what a wonderful milestone for you guys to reach! She will be fine you know, I suspect she is a lot like my youngest in attitude. She walked out the front door her first day of school to catch the school bus, and would not allow me to take her......LOL.



Awesome!
Now all you'll hear is, "My teacher says...", "My teacher knows more than..", "My teacher does it this way" etc
Yep, that is the beginning of the end....

Aint that the truth, I remember being reduced to knowing nothing when my kids started school.


Good on you Natalie ( and Dad ) My baby starts University this year but then again I am very old


I am afraid I am older...Mine just finished her degree...and got engaged before Xmas last year...:eek5:

Tis a wonderful journey this child raising thing :yes:

[Grahameeboy]

Good on her! I am sure she will enjoy herself! Is she going mainstream or will she have special needs classes? Hoep it all goes well!

No probs...she just needs Teacher Aides for mobility from wheelchair to chair and for toileting etc. She is actually ORRS level 7 which is high because she is not mobile.

Mentally she is onto it.............

[Hitcher]

Yep she already corrects my English................

Shooting fish in a barrel. An ellipsis only has three dots.

[Finn]

No probs...she just needs Teacher Aides for mobility from wheelchair to chair and for toileting etc.

Make sure the fuckers are properly trained. We have an abysmal record with special needs in NZ. Lack of training (if any) and no equipment.

[Grahameeboy]

Shooting fish in a barrel. An ellipsis only has three dots.

All I can think of is "aposiopesis"

[Grahameeboy]

Make sure the fuckers are properly trained. We have an abysmal record with special needs in NZ. Lack of training (if any) and no equipment.

She is not going to a special needs school. She just needs teacher aides for mobility when she is not in her powered wheelchair...(for Hitcher). Mentally she is has the same advantages as any other kid, if not more as kids with her condition tend to be very bright.

[PrincessBandit]

Good on you Natalie ( and Dad ) My baby starts University this year but then again I am very old

Hear, hear. My firstborn starts uni this year too! The son (ripper roo 92) is in year 12 this year. Boy the time just flies; only seems like the other day when they were both littlies being taken to school for that first day!
Well done to you both - so exciting, and dad, your heart will just burst with pride hearing all the things she'll be telling you about in her day now.

[Grahameeboy]

Hear, hear. My firstborn starts uni this year too! The son (ripper roo 92) is in year 12 this year. Boy the time just flies; only seems like the other day when they were both littlies being taken to school for that first day!
Well done to you both - so exciting, and dad, your heart will just burst with pride hearing all the things she'll be telling you about in her day now.

You mean my eardrums........lol

[Macktheknife]

Very cool news Graham, huge congrats to Nat, what a cool step for her.

[yungatart]

Make sure the fuckers are properly trained. We have an abysmal record with special needs in NZ. Lack of training (if any) and no equipment.

Thanks! I'm a teacher aide based in a Learning Support Centre along with 12 others. We are all trained and well resourced.
There is plenty of training courses available for T/A's.

[Curious_AJ]

wow! yay for big school!

and awww stories about all the KB kiddies... I love it! ...

uh oh... better shut it or Indy'll be asking me why again...

[Hitcher]

uh oh... better shut it or Indy'll be asking me why again...

One hopes there are laws about this.

[Curious_AJ]

One hopes there are laws about this.

the good thing happens to be that I just like kids... and don't WANT them just yet... GOD no! ...:lol:

I love OTHER people's kiddies.. especially when there's cute stories about them... yes...

and I'm babbling... *boredom*:sleep: