HI,
I have recently moved to Brisbane and my Son is about to start primary school next year. I don't really know about the schools in Brisbane and have real troubles of selecting one for my son.
My son was born and raised overseas until he is 3 years old.
I have asked about primary schools from some people and what they tell vary so much and I'm confused about what decision to make.
I currently live in Forest Lake, QLD and was planning to put my son in to the Forest Lake state school. One of my friend who's son was attending Forest lake state school told me that they lack students from multi cultural backgrounds and our students might have the potential of bullying. Not so sure whether this has any value in it.
I am still renting and have the possibility of moving anywhere in Brisbane. I was looking at schools in western suburbs such as Ironside state school which they say that they have a wide multi cultural back ground, and this school has very good rankings as per ranking web sites. I need to move into an apartment to be in the catchment.
I have not yet attended the school tours, some responded me its too early and will need to wait till August. My rental agreement with current place ends next month and i am planning to move closer to a good school. Any help for deciding what to look for will be helpful.
I might consider building a house after 2-3 years, not sure how the schools will respond moving out from the initial address.
Does the primary school or marks obtain in primary school as any effect on selecting a high school ? All my friends say that i need to select the high school carefully as it is the most important than the primary school. They say that i need to prepare the kid for sports and music in addition to school. How does all these relate to high school?
Looks like children these days are forced unnecessarily to education while they can only have some fun at this stage.
Any suggestions, comments on this topic is highly regarded.
what's wrong with the closest one to you house?
this is how your parents got you into a school, so why don't you do the same?