I guess this is a common dilema.... We know roughly where we want to move to in the Melbourne area. We would like to organise a place in school for our 6 year old before we move. However, this doesn't seem practical because if we can't find anywhere to rent in that area (or if we don't like the area) we would then have to take him out of that school and move him to a closer one. At the same time, we don't want him to miss any school time so would like to have something organised.
Hi we are moving to Brisbane in the middle of Sept and we have just enrolled our 9yr old into a school there but we are lucky as my 2 brothers and family live there so does my parents so we have been over and we know were the school is and what it is like it is a private school but we got all the info from the Internet and emailed the school and got it sorted she starts 8th of Oct, if you know within a little of were you want to live then go on the internet on google au and put schools in that area and it should came up with a list of schools or if not look on old threads and there are people that have put on diffrent links for the goverment schools hope this helps good luck
Sharon
Hi we have the same problem, we will be in brisbane by xmas fingers crossed and although we have a rough idea which area we will be going to there is nothing definate.
So to make a decision we looked at schools that we liked in these areas and are in contact with a school that we think would suit our son,if he is accepted then we can look at areas surrounding this school.
It narrows it down a bit and gives us a target to aim for instead of hours of research.
Thats the way we are doing it anyway
This is probably something that needs to be done when you get here because all the school prospectuses lead you to believe that the schools are all fantastic. To be fair, most of them are but it depends on what you want for your child!
The other side to all of this is that when we were making enquiries from U.K. schools all said the same thing... In principle, there is a place but to contact them when we actually arrive and settle...
I have been in touch with a School in Canberra and I've received the Propectus etc - they are happy to tag the2 eldest onto the back end of the current semester and then go forward into the next one in Feb.
I think it's worht hte effort to see what around and make enquiries - after all, if the kids education and settling is sorted, you're half way there!!!!!!
Good luck with searching etc. As far as I know most of the schools have good bus services to them - if your son is 6 then perhaps a bit young, but look into it!
We are moving out in July to Nambour Queensland and we are going to find a school once we are there for our 3 children 11,8 and 4. We want to make sure that the area and school we choose are what we want and also that we can rent there. I would rather the kids miss some school and we get it right than have to move them from one school to another. The move from England is going to be big enough for them without chopping and changing once we get there. As for missing out on education, I beleive that our school system is slightly ahead in years so our children may go over things they have learnt already.
Everyone is has different idea's and just go with what suits you. Best of luck.
We are assisting several Hungarian families on study pathway and we suggest to get to Oz first, know where you live, then look at schools. Only if it is an urgant necessity to get children enrolled quickly would we recommend enrolling offshore, you would know many many little variables
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Thanks all for your posts. It's good to see we aren't the only people thinking about this! Still not sure what to do but I suppose there is no "right answer"!
We started looking at schools in the areas we are looking to go, but we only very roughly know the areas, so will wait until we get there.
We are lucky, as though our daughter starts school herein Sept 07, she is not due to start in Oz until Jan 09 (will be 6 Dec '08) Or so I am led to believe?! So it gives us loads of time!
BUT if she were already 6 or above, we would still wait until we were there, I agree with Yvonne and Paul, far better for them to miss 4 weeks education than chop about with the schools - far too much for them to deal with after that huge move!
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don't know if you got any further with your searches for schools but would be interested to know what you have found out. we are planning to go a reccee to morning peninsula in November and hopefully get a feel for schools. any ideas what years are our equivalent. can't seem to find this info out. My girls will be 8 and 10 and not sure if they will be together in primary school or if one will be going on to secondary. any ideas??
