Erste Classe

It is the beginning of a new school year, and after 2 years in kindergarten with Frau Felliser, Bluet has moved up to Erste Classe. The new classroom is very close to kindergarten, but with a whole different playground, and some kids have moved with Bluet from Kindergarten to this new educational experience (including Tara (who speaks English) and Louis, who she walks to school with every day). So a nice mix of new and familiar. Anyway, we all walked there last Sunday to check it out.



Then on Monday it was the first day. Here is Bluet ready to go for the first time, and then Louis coming to pick her up for afternoon classes after lunch



NB this is our garden, not a jungle



And Bluet`s first piece of homework (ever) was to draw her house



So far it has been a great success, and Bluet already said she wishes she could be at school all the time

Kindergarten

One of the reasons we returned from our summer holidays was that Bluet had to start kindergarten on Monday (the other reason was that we had to go back to work). She wasn't too nervous heading off in the morning, and when I picked her up (it was her first day) she was very happy. We haven't found out much about what she does there (she sat next to a girl to eat her snack yesterday, and today she played with some shape blocks). However, at night she always asks 'what day is it in the morning', and then when we tell her, she asks 'what to we do on Tuesdays? '(or whatever day it might be). When Emily told her yesterday that she would get to go to playgroup on Tuesdays as well as Mondays, she was genuinely surprised and happy to learn she would get to go again.

 

Unfortunately Bluet has learned to say 'Cheese' when you try and take her photo.

After kindergarten, they let Bluet out with shoes on the wrong feet

Meanwhile, while we were waiting to go pick Bluet up yesterday (it was a short first day - although they are all morning only days), Ilona played with these hexagons, and was very excited to learn how to fit them together.

Coming next....more photos from our holiday