Ash has started school !!!

Well it’s been nearly 4 months since the last update, where has the time gone!! The winter is over and we are now looking forward to summer and my parents coming for Christmas.


Ash is growing up real fast and believe it or not started school last Monday the 28th of October. It was a big day in the life of our little family and the fruition of a lot of preparation by Mam (Caroline).

NZ is a bit different to other countries in that you start school the day you are 5. Depending on when your birthday is (first half or second half of the year) you then go to school for the rest of that year and if you are in the second half of the year, you then restart that year the following year. Otherwise, you move up. So since Ash will be able to repeat this year, we decided to let her go “part-time” (3.5 days) between now and Christmas (7 weeks) and then she will restart the year after the summer holidays at the end of January.

Mam has put in huge preparation for school and between lots of school visits and organising a school uniform to actually fit Ashling, things have been full on, not to mind fool proofing the school for Ash!!! Ashling knows half the school already and she only has one week down!!! In all seriousness though, all the hard work has really paid off and the transition from Pre-School to School has been really smooth because of it.

Ash has a Teachers-Aide while at school which is wonderful. Her name is Kerry and she is a friend of ours, so we are absolutely delighted that she has taken up the job of looking after our precious little girl while she is at school. It really is a blessing and a huge re-assurance for us.

Well that’s about it for now. Jamie is missing her best friend but is going to Pre-School 3 afternoons a week and she loves that.

Talk again soon, Ger, Car and the Girls

Here is a video of Ash. Her “graduation” from preschool was fantastic. She had two great years there and was very happy and very well looked after. Jamie is also floating around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7Z3IZSxykg&feature=youtu.be