SE Melbourne???

[tincan]

Bayside City Council -Hampton Street Hampton

Hi gaz welcome to poms in oz try typing in the above i have the link in my favourites but for some reason i cant transfer it to here, but there's lots of info on the site regarding bayside Hampton included, I live in Hampton (rent) it is pricey but you can find the odd bargain it depends what you want, I too come from a small town in Cumbria so i'm not a city girl i can't stand them actually lol, anyhoo i'm a 5 minute walk from beautiful beaches , 3 minute walk from Hampton sreet shops (which are very good) 5 minute walk to train station & 30 mins on train to CBD , 5 mins from the most scenic bike track i have ever ridden on (it's quieter this side of St Kilda) not that i cycle that often lol, The place suits me really well ,ticked all my boxes I don't drive you see so for me it's good choice plus i didn't want to be too close to the city , soz i can't help with schools mine are all grown and living in the uk, if i can help just shout best shirl

[The Broughtons]

I teach in a Catholic primary school and the policy there is that if the child lives in the parish and is not Catholic they are as entitled to attend as the Catholic children. Moving to Melbourne is right in the fact that some will prefer but generally the schools will admit children as long as they are prepared to follow the faith, they don't need to convert to that religion. We have just had our grade 3s make their first holy communion, some of the children didn't as they are not Catholic but received a special blessing from the priest and celebrated their own special day. The same will happen later in the year for the grade 6 children on confirmation day.
There are some stricter schools - they go so far as to say if the teacher doesn't follow the religion then they can't be employed. Fortunately for me our priest didn't mind that I'm not Catholic, he just asked that I respect the beliefs that I am expected to teach and that when I take my class to mass I behave (not sure if this is the right word but can't think of another one!) in the same way as the rest of the congregation.

Hope my little waffle helps a bit,

Felicity

[Hello Kitty]

Originally Posted by Gaz12

WOW thanks to the both of you. Very grateful.

One more thing (He says Columbo style!). I've found a lot of Anglican or Catholic secondary/high schools. Do you have to be religious to go to these? We aren't by any stretch.

AISV - Association of Independent Schools of Victoria, Australia

This website has lots of info re. independent schools in victoria.

Catholic schools give preference to Catholics but have to accept a certain percentage of non-Catholics also.

Anglican, Uniting church schools dmay not even ask what religion you are. For example, St. Leonards in Brighton is Uniting church but many of the kids there would not be Uniting church.

[Petals]

My children were enrolled in a Catholic Primary School and we are not catholics but at the time we had to provide our children's baptism certificates and when they were in the school they participated in the religious education.

We moved so they had to leave and sent them to a public primary school as there was no catholic one close to our new home.

High School we sent them to a multi denominational Christian school once again having to prove their baptism.

The school my children attended has a long waiting list and now,its quite in demand and people put their names down years in advance. I actually had my children's names down for several years prior to them going to the school.

The private system elite schools do have waiting lists and people put their children's names down at birth, just like the Melbourne Cricket Club people put their children's names down when they are born. My childrens' school was not considered elite.

The independent christian schools and the catholic system school fees are considerably less than the other private schools so they are in demand as well.

[Les & Woz]

Hi
Hope it all goes well for you. We are going to Melbourne hopefully March 09 if we sell the house. We have no idea of where we want to live apart from not CBD. We have been looking at Mornington peninsula, Mt Martha and even Geelong areas. However, have also heard good reports on the places you mention so will just have to look around for ages before deciding. We don't have small kids so don't have to think about schools. We do have a dog though and like you want to be fairly close to beach or beaches. Let us know how you get on.

Les