Big School

Last night Hannah and i went up to her big school for parents information night.
Greg stayed home with Max n Kaylee.
i think i was 1 of only 3 mums up there without a partner , and there were only 2 other kids besides Hannah, but when we got there, we got out of the car and Hannah had the biggest smile , and she ran to the gate, and said "hurry up Mum" then i got to the gate and she ran up the stairs, yelling out "follow me Mum i know where to go".

we found the kinder rooms , theres 2 kinder classes, and they have a door that divides the rooms but it stays open all the time, and theres a teacher at either end of the room, but the class works in smaller groups, so its really a class of 30 or 40 kids with 2 teachers.

some kids that are in kinder this yr, did a fashion parade of the uniform and they have black skorts and a white polo shirt or a black n white check dress. Hannah wants the dress, so will probably get that some time next week.

all the parents got a bag of booklets and things to read, and a hat, as soon as we got home Hannah put on her hat and checked herself out in the mirror, she smiled so hard , her cheeks almost cracked all the way to her ear lobes. LOL! (will come back later and add a photo)

so next is Nov 3rd, child and parents (no siblings, as its to distracting) can go for orientation, then again Nov 12th, and its just the child and the teachers. Parents are asked to leave quickly. ..................... i might just watch thru the window and wave or something LOL!!!! ( imagine me outside the window tapping on the glass yelling Hannah..and waving . LOL!!!! i'd prob get sent to the principle's office and be made to stand in the corner til Hannah is finished PMSL!!!)

we had 10mins in 4 different sections, one was maths, and that teacher said that by the end of their 1st yr in kinder the kids will be able to count to 100 and write up to 30, and i said to her, but Hannah can to that now, and so she gave Hannah a dice and some counters and a piece of paper with 10 circles on it, and she said to roll the dice, if you get 6 then put down 6 counters ( they were like coloured coins) on the 6 circles, but dont put anymore down until you roll a four.
so Hannah rolled a 2 then a 6 so she had 8 and 2 spare circles. then she rolled a four, and she said i need a '2' mum, and the teacher said, to everyone, this is the perfect example of orientation, to see what each childs skill level is, and gifted children can be given more challenging tasks,,,,,.......and i thought to myself ................did u hear that, Hannah is gifted. no wonder she drives me up the wall she needs more brain stimulation LOL
then the other 3 were about kids on computers, and how they teach reading and writing, and telling parents that kids do what they see, and talked about social skills

so all up it was alot of info for 2hrs, but it was pretty good.