Maggie went to a friend’s birthday party this afternoon. Jim went as well, because it was mostly school friends from Suttontown who were invited. Suttontown is a small school, with about 20 children in reception (prep)/year one. After the party, Maggie was invited to stay for a sleepover. Juliet agreed. Maggie was so excited. This [...]
School assembly
I went to the weekly school assembly today after we had a tip off that Maggie would be presented with an award. It turned out to be the “Persistent Percy” award for “persistently having a go at writing her own stories”. The assembly was cute. With only about 90 children in the school they all [...]
School sports day
The smaller schools around Mount Gambier held their combined sports day today. These schools are in rural areas, or on the fringe of town, and have fewer than 120 students in most cases. The twins go to Suttontown Primary, which has about 100 students. All the children paraded down Mount Gambier’s main street before the [...]
First day of school
Jim and Maggie had their first day of school at Suttontown Primary today. They celebrated their fifth birthday in December and “graduated” last year from Gladigau Park Kindergarten. I escaped from work to see them through the school gate. I’m disappointed with the picture though. This was the first one. Then I asked the twins [...]
Maggie and Jim turn five
Maggie and Jim celebrated their fifth birthday today. We had planned to visit Port MacDonnell, 30km to the south, buy fish and chips, eat on the foreshore and let the kids roam on the playground. Unfortunately it was another cool and cloudy day, with drizzle early in the afternoon, like the whole of December so [...]
