Well, we are living in Hobart now.....

[scorpio]

I posted on here when we were in the throws of moving to Hobart and havent had the time to re visit since then!!

We DID get the house in Howrah we were crossing our fingers for so Howrah is our new home. I DID enrol our ds 10 and dd 12 into Howrah Primary for the last 2 weeks of the school year (although our dd went back to her old school for the very last few days of the school year as she had won a prize and they wanted to present that to her at the final school assembly)

We have enrolled our dd into Clarence High and it was only today that I read in a reply to one of my questions that this school may not be that good!!:eek: And tomorrow is booksales day and now Im wondering if we have made a BIG mistake. We did consider Mackillop College.....would that be a better school does anyone know? I really dont want to send our child to a high school that has a reputation for being rough and ready....HELP!! What to do so late in the piece??

I have started my new job at the Uni and I love it. It takes me around 20 mins. to get from Howrah to the parking lot so thats not too bad at all. My husband has been posted to the Glenorchy Police Station so he has a bit of a way to go but he will travel via the Bowen Bridge and that will only take him about 20 mins as well...so all in all not too bad!!!

Wow, look at the time. I had better get in the shower or I will be late for work. Hope someone can help with the high school query......even at this late stage we would still enrol her at Mackillop if it would be a better choice. I think they start back tomorrow????

Bye all :)

[fruitjuice]

I left school recently and I thought Clarence was a bit rough. McKillop seemed ok to me, i wanted to go there at one stage. But some of those students also seemed a bit un... uncultured may be the term I'm looking for. BUT mcKillop seems to have a good attitude otherwise and seems to be a good school. McKillop are involved in good extracurricular activites also.

However, I'm a big fan of disciplined schools and schools with a lot of choice over extracurricular activities. Perhaps you could consider a school further away - hobart travel is pretty quick compared to other places. Our family lived in the country but because mum travelled to town everyday anyway we went to schools in the city. And that helped if we were sick or needed to go somewhere after school. If you're travelling to the uni everyday anyway...

I'm probably a bit biased, but I would recommend St. Mary's. I found the level of education to be such a huge jump from my previous school. And I never saw any 'roughness' or bullying. Of course, it may have changed, but there are small classes, lots of help, extracurricular activites, multiculturalism, charity programs and recognition of achievements. I don't think I'd be studying medicine, or have achieved what i have already if I'd stayed at my other school.

[LoopyLyndaLou]

Welcome to Hobart! I myself am a newbie to the area (and in fact the hemisphere!).

My husband has just started working in Glenorchy too. His commute is about 20 minutes from where we are in SAndy Bay which seems a delightful after his 2 1/2 hour commute from our home in England to London each way.

I think the whole school thing is really hard, we had to try and arrange it from overseas and I had a look at loads of websites and the ladies on here were great at giving me advice. In the end we went for a boys school here in Sandy Bay which we are really pleased with.

I am slowly becoming familiar with the area (we have only been here for less than 2 weeks) but I am feeling a little low as I miss my friends and family in the UK and feel very isolated here. It is the usual story of dh at work with colleagues, kids at school making new friends and mum at home with the baby haivng no other adults to talk to and kicking her heels a bit!

I am sure things will be better once I start taking the little one to various groups etc.


I hope you get the school thing sorted out, I am sure your daughter will feed back to you of she is not happy.

Lynda

[busylizzy]

Hi Lynda - I was wondering what happened to you and how the big move went. Glad to hear that you're liking the new country, apart from a little loneliness which is totally natural in a new place especially when you're stuck at home with bubs(good thing you've got us here on bubhub:smiliedance: ), and the kids are settling in well. Take care.
Liz.
P.S. Sorry Scorpio, didn't mean to hijack your post. Hope you find a good school.

[amme]

Hi,
Glad to hear you are setteling in okay!
I Went to MacKillop and would definatley reccomend you send your children there, clarence is pretty bad from what i've heard!!!
My Little brother goes to Mackillop also, he has Downs Syndrome and they cater for his needs extremley well, our family couldnt be happier with the school :smiliedance:
Let us know how you get on.:o
Emma