Camden Haven students were ready to go with their ironed uniforms, new Christmas backpacks and freshly labelled books on Tuesday, January 30 for the first day of term.
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Majority of students in the Camden Haven returned to school on January 30, while others will start on other days.
Many schools stagger the return of different years over a few days, mainly to help the new kindergarten and year seven students adjust.
While parents might have been frantic on the first morning after school holidays hurtling around looking for uniforms and searching for shoes, there was no sign of any disorganisation in the photos of their happy children.
The Venner twins are all set to start St Joseph’s Primary School at Laurieton.
Their parents Dr Pen Fenner and Mrs Bella Fenner said they are so very proud of their achievements.
Overall public education was expecting an increase in enrolments.
It is estimated over 810,000 students will be enrolled in NSW public schools at the beginning of the school year. This includes over 70,000 kindergarten students.
The autumn two-week vacation starts on Monday, April 16.
Back to school tips
Nicole Pierotti, child psychologist offers her top tips on getting your child ready to go back to school.
1. Get Sleep on Track – holidays are well known for later bedtimes and morning sleep-ins. Rather than wait until the first day back at school, adjust your child’s bedtime back 15 minutes a night a few nights before, so on the first day of school, they’ll bounce out of bed with ease.
2. Find those uniforms - The day before school goes back, get your children to organise their uniform, find their shoes, give them a polish, gather their hats and lunchboxes. You don’t want to be looking for lost socks on the first day.
3. Be lunch box ready – Back to lunchboxes it is. So be sure to organise the grocery list, shop, stock the pantry and plan for the week ahead.
4. Replace stationery – Get your children to check their pens, pencils, rubbers, coloured pencils and glue sticks. Replace any that are past their use. It’s certainly easier to shop for these in the holidays than running around after school and in-between school activities.
5. Update your timetable – spend 30 minutes updating your timetable with after school activities, sport, choirs, drama, music. Pencil it in your diary and be sure to print it out and put it on the noticeboard or fridge. Have it visible not hidden in a file or on a desk somewhere. I love making colour coded ones with a different colour for each child. Frixion pens are great for this because you can rub out any changes with the built-in eraser, without a trace, to keep your timetable easy to read and ensure you stay organised.
