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Back to School Preparation
I am sorry that this post is out today. I had a virus on my computer and have been offline since Saturday evening – I have been suffering a little online withdrawal. But back again now and keeping the kids away from my laptop.
Today is the countdown, one week before children go back to school – well in Queensland anyway.
I am excited! With so much rainy weather this holiday the kids have been a little like caged animals and I think they are looking forward to getting back to school to mix with their friends again.
How prepared are you in getting your children ready for back to school? Here is a checklist of things for getting ready.
Have you got all their books? – are they covered and labeled?
Have you checked their uniforms? – do they still fit; are they named clearly; do they need any buttons or hems fixed?
Have you checked their shoes, to see if they fit?
Do they have enough socks – they haven’t all disappeared or were taken by the sock monster, who’s been visiting my house?
Do they have a school bag? If new, is it named, or if it is from last year, is it clean?
Are their lunch boxes and drink bottles good to go? I find most insulated bags don’t last too long.
Start to get your child/children back into a school routine:
Getting up around the time you need to during school term
Eating morning tea and lunch around school times
Going to bed at a reasonable hour (my children have tended to stay up a little later during the holidays – so early to bed this week.)
Start planning lunches with your children. Talk about what foods they would like and maybe go shopping or do some baking with them.
I have started to attack this ‘to do list’. I have the books, the shoes, the uniforms (although there are a few hems to fix up), the bags, the lunch boxes, drink bottles and we had haircuts yesterday - so nearly there, just to pack all their things in their bag for Monday.
What do you still have to do?