My 6 year old is unhappy!!

[bidsandrew]

Hi Leeanne, we actually live in Moana and our son goes to Port Noarlunga Primary so if you fancy meeting up when you arrive give us a shout. Where are you staying in Moana when you arrive? Hopefully my son will be a bit more settled by April and then at least your son will know someone when he starts school! I do think perhaps we should have done the same before putting him into school but it just didnt work out that way.

Hope you have a lovely Christmas and good luck with the move.

Bridget

[thebacons]

Hi Leeanne, we actually live in Moana and our son goes to Port Noarlunga Primary so if you fancy meeting up when you arrive give us a shout. Where are you staying in Moana when you arrive? Hopefully my son will be a bit more settled by April and then at least your son will know someone when he starts school! I do think perhaps we should have done the same before putting him into school but it just didnt work out that way.

Hope you have a lovely Christmas and good luck with the move.


Bridget

Hi Bridget,

What do you think of Port Noarlunga primary school ?. We have 2 girls aged 7 and 4 and this is on our shortlist.


Chris.

[Anne B]

You could try out the nearest Little Athletics (if he likes running) or Surf CLub (if he likes the beach) as both will have Come and Try sessions and will run after a short xmas break through January. Also there is Vacswim, which are relatively cheap swimming lessons which run for 10 days in January (may be too late to enrol). Will at least keep him busy and help him mix with other children until school starts up again.
http://www.vacswimsa.com/
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http://www.surfrescue.com.au/

[Messua]

Bridget, I do feel for you! We came here when our boys were 3, 5 & 6. I got the elder 2 at school after 4 weeks simply because they were bored at home, as they had very little to play with. After a couple of months, it was my eldest son's birthday and I asked the teacher to allow me to come in with cakes for the kids. She agreed and we had a little party for him in the classroom. The first few months were a challenge as we had things going on in England that made it hard on all of us emotionally, but the school were a great support to the children and to us. Talk to your child's teacher and ask how he is when you are not there. My guess is that he's coping better than you think.

We will have been here 13 years in May and they all have good lives here with lots of friends. They talk of returning to England to work, but we believe that given our circumstances back in 1999, we did the right thing at the time and are pleased they have the choice of where to be.

[leeannekays]

Hi Bridget, we are staying in a fully furnished rental in Moana with Acacia Rentals from 28 th April until 27th May. In this time we need o find longterm accommodation and 100 other things.
Would be great to meet up, thank you.

Have a lovely Christmas and happy new year head.
Leeanne xx

[css]

HI,we are waiting to come to oz,we have had our house up for sale now for 4 months but havent managed to sell yet..we live in wales and our 2 children went to a welsh school.When we decided to emigrate we took our 7 year old daughter out of the welsh speaking school and put her in an English speaking school and she settled immediatley no problem at all and has been very happy there for 18 months.We recently managed to get our son a place in the same school-he's just turned 6, and hes been a nightmare,Really sad and sensitive havent settled at all.I just thought I would let you know that my son is feeling exactly the same about his move and we are still in the uk with all his family around him and he also still sees his friends from his old school at football so I think its just any change unsettles some children The worse thing is we have to do all this again when we finally get to Oz hopefully this year.We are coming out next month to activate our visas and are staying in port noarlunga for 3 weeks.I hope he settles soon and everything works out for you all. best wishes Clare