It's the end of January already!
Blimey - on the one hand I feel as if we've been here for ages, and on the other hand it's only 3 months since we first arrived... very confusing.
Today's a big day for the youngest member of the household: Ella starts school (again!) later this morning. Monday was very exciting when we went to the school to buy her uniform, and I'm aware again of subtle differences between Australia and the UK in these things. When Ella started at St John's in Bristol we went to John Lewis up at the Mall to buy uniform, and Sophie very kindly gave us a couple of dresses. On Monday we went to the school (which is the only place where uniform is available) and bought it from the 'P&C', which I think is the equivalent of a school's PTA (Parent and Teachers' Association) in the UK, although I don't know what the acronym stands for. Anyway, Ella is now kitted out with 4 sage green polo shirts, 2 pairs of dark green culottes, the obligatory school hat, and a HUGE rucksack with a book bag, purse and insulated lunch bag to go with it... So guess what I've been doing this week..? Yes - sewing in and ironing on name tags! And using a fabulous silver-glitter fabric pen (as suggested by the P&C) to write Ella's name on things like the hat and the rucksack where you can't easily put a standard label. Luckily I had the foresight to organise name tags before we left the UK, which has saved me from doing at least one chore over here.
Labels are big: the school's name and logo is in bold on everything apart from Ella's culottes and underwear!
The rucksack is so big I think Ella could climb inside it
Someone I know hasn't willingly taken her hat off since she got it...
We wanted to give Ella a treat before she starts school so as yesterday was her (our) last day of freedom we took her to the Pet Porpoise Pool again, which she loved when we visited at the end of last year. She's been pestering us to go back ever since. This time she was brave enough to have a seal kiss by herself, and then we watched the dolphin show!
Today's a big day for the youngest member of the household: Ella starts school (again!) later this morning. Monday was very exciting when we went to the school to buy her uniform, and I'm aware again of subtle differences between Australia and the UK in these things. When Ella started at St John's in Bristol we went to John Lewis up at the Mall to buy uniform, and Sophie very kindly gave us a couple of dresses. On Monday we went to the school (which is the only place where uniform is available) and bought it from the 'P&C', which I think is the equivalent of a school's PTA (Parent and Teachers' Association) in the UK, although I don't know what the acronym stands for. Anyway, Ella is now kitted out with 4 sage green polo shirts, 2 pairs of dark green culottes, the obligatory school hat, and a HUGE rucksack with a book bag, purse and insulated lunch bag to go with it... So guess what I've been doing this week..? Yes - sewing in and ironing on name tags! And using a fabulous silver-glitter fabric pen (as suggested by the P&C) to write Ella's name on things like the hat and the rucksack where you can't easily put a standard label. Luckily I had the foresight to organise name tags before we left the UK, which has saved me from doing at least one chore over here.
Labels are big: the school's name and logo is in bold on everything apart from Ella's culottes and underwear!
The rucksack is so big I think Ella could climb inside it
Someone I know hasn't willingly taken her hat off since she got it...
We wanted to give Ella a treat before she starts school so as yesterday was her (our) last day of freedom we took her to the Pet Porpoise Pool again, which she loved when we visited at the end of last year. She's been pestering us to go back ever since. This time she was brave enough to have a seal kiss by herself, and then we watched the dolphin show!
posted by Sara Bowen at 9:47 pm
2 Comments:
Cool uniform - I like the hat too!! Did Ella enjoy her first day at school?!
We've just seen Ella in her very cool school uniform - we love the colour and the hat! We hope your first few days at your new school Ella has been fun. Lots of love - Megan
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