Summer School Time

"Don't run away"

"follow the leader ... back to the classroom" 

(our daughter 4th from the left with her friend Preme in front of her)

The long summer holidays have ended in Thailand and two of our children have started school with our daughter for the first time. She is coping pretty well. She doesn’t want to go to school some days but when she’s there she’s happy. She’s got the Thai “Wai” (respectful greeting) down pat (much faster than the boys) and tries to do follow what the teachers are doing when they do their morning sing and dance (it is a sight to watch. I can’t imagine Australia teachers doing it which is a pity.) It is summer school for her right now to help her adjust to school. When the actual school term starts she’ll be in her school uniform and joined by her brother. It’s a good school and with good teachers. We’re so glad that it opened up not long after we arrived in Lampang. It suits our two younger children as it’s less academic than many of the other schools and more focused on all round development. However, it only goes up to kindergarden 3 and when students from this school go up to year 1 in other schools, the schools don’t like it as they are not as good as other Thai students at their written work. We’ll only have our children at the school for another full school year (until end of Mar 2013) and then we’ll homeschool them to get them ready for Australian schools in 2014.