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Getting Ready For School

November 8, 2011

Recently I have had a few emails asking about getting kids ready for school. I have written about it a number of times on the blog, so thought I would collate all the posts in the one spot, to make it easier to find the information. My overall philosophy with getting kids ready for school [...]

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BPA Free and Waste Free Lunch Boxes

May 26, 2011

I have tried lots and lots of different lunch box combinations over the years. At the start of this year I decided that I wanted to have completely waste free lunch boxes (for my primary school kids anyway -secondary school son does his own lunch so can’t control that one so much!) I bought four [...]

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Back To School Routines

January 27, 2011

Tomorrow my eldest starts his first day of secondary school and then next week the other two school kids start Term 1. I am going to be sorry to see the end of the school holidays. I loved the slower pace, the reduced running around and most importantly just spending more time hanging out with [...]

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Homework Area

January 21, 2011

I set up this homework area about half way through last year for the kids. It has been a great success, helping to: keep all the required items in one place giving the kids somewhere to keep projects they are working on provide a central place for the kids to work Each child has a [...]

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Being Organised For School

February 11, 2010

When this post goes live, our children will have been back at school two weeks. We are starting to find our legs again with our school term routine. The first few weeks back at the start of a school year are always so busy, here are a couple of things that we do, to make [...]

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Current Issues In Schools and Education

February 2, 2010

This month’s 10 posts collection has a school and education theme. In Australia, this is the time of year when the new school year begins, so thought it it apt to focus on this area. I know there are many bloggers who have children starting school for the first time this week and I hope [...]

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School Starting Age – Our Personal Experience

January 21, 2010

Last week I discussed School Starting Age – Latest Research On Australian Children. There are some fantastic contributions in the comments that I would highly recommend you read, if you are contemplating what age your child should start school. In this post I will share our personal experiences on the issue of school starting age, [...]

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10 Tips For Organised School Mornings

July 15, 2008

The children headed back to school and preschool today after two weeks of holidays. We thoroughly enjoyed rising at any time (me with the first child of the day, which was at least 45 minutes later than usual ), but it did mean that it was an effort being organised and out of the house [...]

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10 Things To Make Back To School Mornings Easier

January 29, 2008

These are 10 things that I do that make my life easier in the morning when I want everyone organised. Doing these things helps at any time, but even more so when we are in “back to school” mode and adjusting to new routines. (1). Set bedtime.Having an age appropriate bed time for the kids, [...]