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ms_september

Joined: 03 Aug 2008
Posts: 7

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:32 am Post subject: hello jpe

hello jpe, just read your post this time. thanks so much for your effort of posting your experiences. its very enlightening and so much effort ha! im hoping that you are still there to help like us whose aiming to live there. btw, we are already invited to apply and the due date to lodge our application will be on Oct. 26,2008. Is it good to move there at this time? my husband is inclined with it and i am a 4th year nursing student. we are not rushing since i will wait to take first my board on june next year before leaving the country. i hope i can get in touch again with you if our application will be approved next year. How are you at this time? can you share it again?

joycorpuz

Joined: 11 Sep 2008
Posts: 4

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:17 pm Post subject: schools

Hi! i'm new here in this forum. Thanks jpe for the great and practical advises. My kids and I just arrived here in NZ last June. Someone was asking about the school system here. Here's what I learned so far. I had my 2 kids enrolled by the last week of June even though it's the last week for the 2nd term. At first we intended to enroll them in a Catholic School in Papatoetoe. The name is Holy Cross. But they did not accept my kids because they are already full until the end of the schoolyear. I filled out application forms for the next schoolyear anyway. Then we went out to look for a public school that will accept them. We learned that you don't just enroll your child in any public school. They accept children if they are within their zone area. We went to 3 schools before we finally found the right school for them. It's actually a 15-min walk from our house. School time starts at 8:50am until 3pm. I'm in the job hunting process right now so I get to take my kids to school and pick them up in the afternoon. I also learned that schools usually start at the last week of January or 1st week of February and ends in mid-December. Like for this schoolyear, the last day of the school would be Dec. 17. The entire schoolyear is divided into 4 terms (about 2 1/2 weeks @) and for every term there is a 2-wk holiday. Parang sa atin sem-break. But here, it is every after term. The long vacation starts in December. So there, my school info for those who are interested. Right now I'm concentrating in my job hunting. I'm in IT too. I was a System Analyst in the Philippines. But, I'm having 2nd thoughts in getting the same job because of the pressure I experienced back in 'Pinas. My responsibilities as a mother was kinda laid back for quite some time because of my work. So tama ka jpe mga data entry and clerical roles muna ang hinahanap ko. I even applied for a laundry assistant (lunok...). Kakayanin ko yan. 'Coz right now I just need what they call the 'NZ experience'. Btw, if you know of any job re IT support, my husband is looking for one. Right now, he works as an Insulation Installer. He's been here for 1 1/2 yrs na. Thanks again and good luck in your job hunting too! joycorpuz

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