Originally Posted by
Carol
All depends what you want for your kids.
ERO......yeah well......they can tell you so much lets leave it at that.
Best thing to do is go and spend som time in the school - and go back again on a different day if you like them.
You are the only person who will know what is "right" for your own child.
We did just that before we decided on which school to enrol our son. We made visits to the schools which we had shortlisted both from the TKI (
www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/) and ERO (
www.ero.govt.nz) websites. We also took advice and recommendations from friends and fellow "forumites"
. Besides deciding which school we wanted our son to attend, this also gave him a choice on choosing the school which he feels comfortable with. (For us, our son now does not have the opportunity to say that we had chose a wrong school for him or he hates the school (which he does not) since he chose it
). He is happy to go back to school and had joined the entire school in the school's production.
The schools here are pretty accommodating and a visit to the school by the "pupil" is always welcomed ... even in pre-school. But bear mind a prior appointment has to be made ... and someone (usually the principal) will be available on your arrival at the school, to answer your queries and take you on a "tour" of the school.