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Our new school year starts here on January 27th so we certainly haven't started back. I'm in the midst of planning and purchasing for a new school year.
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Can I move to Australia, Erin????
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No school for us yet. We are busily packing for our move(which our extended family has taken to calling our "annual cross-continent migration." ) It'll probably be February before we start up again.
Maybe I'll just claim to be on Australian time. 
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Wow, so on Australian time, I'm actually ahead! Or...half a year behind? 
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We were supposed to start today but decided to go help dear friends with their farm in PA this weekend. I left the school area a mess and decided Monday we would deal with it.
We got snowed in in PA and got back today, so right now, I am not sure when we will start. Wednesday, perhaps?
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Erin wrote:
Melanie
Our new school year starts here on January 27th so we certainly haven't started back. I'm in the midst of planning and purchasing for a new school year. |
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so, the school year runs from Jan to ?
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Mimip wrote:
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this is us too.
everything except History....
dd7 finished, ds11 is still down there procrastinating...and letting every. little. thing. distract him. (we call it "mouse-cookie-ing")
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Well, we're starting slowly ... 18yod is still home this week, so that makes it hard. Also, we're planning to formally school thru mid-June (when dh gets off) so we don't worry overly much about getting in the days so soon.
Today we did cleaning and purging; tomorrow, we'll start with copywork, reading and math and errands; then by Thursday (Wed is co-op), we'll be back almost full-day!
Don't you love the flexibility of home-educating?
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Kathryn wrote:
| Oh and then of course I ran to the local teacher store only to have my son quizzed by an obvious teacher about whether he was back at school (since many school districts didn't go back today). He told her he was homeschooled. She said "ohh, so do you do school all day?" He replied "no, not really." |
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While we were visiting family this Christmas, one of my friends(who is skeptical of homeschooling, of course) asked my 6yo if she liked doing school at home. My daugher replied, "Oh we don't really do school. My mom doesn't teach us much."
Everyone just stared at me.
I ended up cracking a joke about how great it is that she doesn't even realize what she does everyday is school.
Whatever. It worked.
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Sarah M wrote:
I ended up cracking a joke about how great it is that she doesn't even realize what she does everyday is school.
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 Smart thinkin' on the feet!! I usu. end up w/ my foot in my mouth going, uh, uh, uh, uh...... And then of course coming up with the BEST answer the next day after I've spent waaay too much time giving it thought!
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Sarah M wrote:
"Oh we don't really do school. My mom doesn't teach us much."
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write that down so you don't forget it!!!
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cactus mouse wrote:
Erin wrote:
Melanie
Our new school year starts here on January 27th so we certainly haven't started back. I'm in the midst of planning and purchasing for a new school year. |
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so, the school year runs from Jan to ? |
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NSW's dates are
Term 1:Wednesday, 27 January to Thursday, 1 April
Term 2: Monday, 19 April to Friday, 2 July
Term 3:Monday, 19 July to Friday, 24 September
Term 4:Monday, 11 October to Friday, 17 December
and of course we have our public holidays, I think I read somewhere once that Australia has more public holidays than any other country (it's all the unions you see ) Actually most of the public hols fall in the school hols
New Year’s Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Queen’s Birthday,
Bank Holiday, Labour Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day
All the other states and territories school terms are similar they just overlap by a week ie Queensland breaks up a week before NSW and goes back a week before (less traffic on the roads that way) except for Tasmania they only have three terms but then they aren't too sure if they belong to Australia or not. (sorry Aussie joke here )
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