hi, before we can apply for our visa we need to get court order from ex so we can emmigrate with my 2 boys(soon to be 16 & 12) been doing my head in going round and round which suburb/town to move to and i think we have finally decided between rockingham and mandurah. SO i now need to know if anyone can recommend the schools there and i think by the time we go,early next year, oldest son will be in last year in oz? is there a TAFE around those parts. I need to know boys will be ok and not be bored, youngest one is not that up for going as it is so need to make this work. Also getting very negative comments from family about doing all this. Please Help, i am not getting much sleep worrying and thinking about everything
The High Schools are much more laid back here than in the UK & we found the teens in our family who were self motivated did well & scored high marks to continue on to University but the one who was not driven did not do well at school but has since done well on a course which suited him.
I dont think it is easy to advise people on schools we have seen a lot of UK families arrive & I havent had many bad reports about the schools in general. People living at Secret Harbour seem very pleased with Comet Bay High which is a new school with new buildings/equipment. Once you arrive you should visit the schools & form your own opinion you can gauge quite a lot by asking to be shown round a school during class times.
thankyou very much for your reply eve, i will certainly look at the link, i dont think eldest will be going to uni he sounds much like you other son in the fact that he will do a course at TAFE that suits him.
Hi Janie
Harrison is 12(boy),Sydney is 11(boy),Brogan is 9(girl) & Courtney is 8(girl) all very excited about the new journeyThank god they have a few worries like making friends and what the schools will be like but they themselves have joined PIO and had some positive and brilliant replies how do yours feel about it all.
Lou
Oh and thanks emi-great for great link and do you run the emi-great website great for info thanks.
Lou
hi lou, our eldest is just grunting a lot!whenever we talk about it he justs acts like "oh its never gonna happen so whatever" the youngest, well....... he is moaning he does'nt want to go ( they don't live with real dad) he will miss him and his little half sister, feel sad on his behalf, but i know what he is like and within 2 weeks of being there he will change, he is very outgoing and when we speak about things that will interest him like outdoor sports and stuff his ears prick up! anyway it will be tricky cause i have got to try and get court order as his dad is protesting. Setting up fund for flights and that so we can bring them back now and then. You are in a good position yourselves so you will no doubt be out there while i will be trying to sort things out. good luck with your move
hi lou, our eldest is just grunting a lot!whenever we talk about it he justs acts like "oh its never gonna happen so whatever" the youngest, well....... he is moaning he does'nt want to go ( they don't live with real dad) he will miss him and his little half sister, feel sad on his behalf, but i know what he is like and within 2 weeks of being there he will change, he is very outgoing and when we speak about things that will interest him like outdoor sports and stuff his ears prick up! anyway it will be tricky cause i have got to try and get court order as his dad is protesting. Setting up fund for flights and that so we can bring them back now and then. You are in a good position yourselves so you will no doubt be out there while i will be trying to sort things out. good luck with your move
jane
Hi jane have the kids set theirselves up on here mine did which i think helped they get to ask all the things they want to know also there are plenty of wesites dedicated to the area's you are looking at which will show the kids the sorts of things going on try www.coastalwatch.com which shows live webcams or previous recorded times of the day of the beaches around oz i think once they are there they will adjust but sorry can't comment on the dad situation that is a tricky one sorry. by the way do you know whereabouts you want to go? hope to hear back, Lou.
hi lou thanks for the link
i have been trying to encourage youngest (12) to have a look but he is not interested! i joined him on this site today but he has yet to go on, i had a look to see what youngsters were on here and is it your son that supports chelsea? well thats our teami will try again and hopefully get him chatting. his dad is causing us BIG problems but am determined to see it through.... in the meantime Mandurah looks very pretty but with the ages of our boys i think Rockingham would suit them better also i have had a look at Safety Bay senior high school and quite like the look of that, won't know for sure until we ever get there though! we need to gather as much info as poss' about schooling,housing,and all sorts in order to get a case together for the courts as their dad is determined to put a spanner in the works for ussorry to go on but this is taking over my life at the mo'. is it all you think about too or is it just me, i just get consumed once i start something....good luck
jane
As for dad surely if he was to look what oz has to offer his children, even though it will be hard to watch them go he would know in his heart what a better life they would have (we hope from what we read).
hi lou, thanks for the links ooh some nice places on there
anyways youngest has got msn, but is still not having any of it, although more responsive to step-dad, he jsut blanks me if i start talking about Oz. His real dad is fighting against us so rubbing off on him! once he has got used to the idea i will get him on here maybe boys can chat. read about the meet up at halfway house and will be going to that, will take boys slong so they can meet up with other kids in same boat. Good ey, we lived up essex few years ago now we down the road from you in sandwich!! but still def' go will be looking forward to that.
in the mean time i need to come up with every good reason can think of why we want to go, heard courts want ins and outs. also their dad is looking at all the negatives, cost, bills, health care, heat, anything you can think of as to why should go, as if we haven't done ok without him for last 9 years!!!
but this is the area we have been looking at so just bumping the thread for you as also interested in someones response
Thank god they have a few worries like making friends and what the schools will be like but they themselves have joined PIO and had some positive and brilliant replies how do yours feel about it all.
whenever we talk about it he justs acts like "oh its never gonna happen so whatever" the youngest, well....... he is moaning he does'nt want to go ( they don't live with real dad) he will miss him and his little half sister, feel sad on his behalf, but i know what he is like and within 2 weeks of being there he will change, he is very outgoing and when we speak about things that will interest him like outdoor sports and stuff his ears prick up! anyway it will be tricky cause i have got to try and get court order as his dad is protesting. Setting up fund for flights and that so we can bring them back now and then. You are in a good position yourselves so you will no doubt be out there while i will be trying to sort things out
. good luck with your move
sorry to go on but this is taking over my life at the mo'. is it all you think about too or is it just me, i just get consumed once i start something....good luck
,my hubby thinks i am having affair with computer lol! i am constantly on here researching and then refreshing PIO page to see any new threads.
,younger one syd has been chatting on msn with a few of the kids on here, have yours got msn?
