The End of the School Year

Following two or three weeks of sheer excitement and plenty of fun, Molly’s school finished for the year today. It feels like a big milestone....

(For those in the UK: the NZ school year runs from January to December, with the long summer holidays running from Christmas until February).

What a year! She began 2011 with her first day at Primary School back in Alice Springs, and is finishing up her first full year in Wellington. It’s amazing to see how far she’s come.

Things she does now which she couldn’t do at the beginning of the year: she can read books, write stories & letters, make up poetry and do simple maths.

She often goes for playdates at her friends’ houses (without a parent); she’s performed in concerts (very many of them!); she knows all about the local and world news, and all about the environment & planet Earth.

She can sew/embroider, she can sing along to many pop songs word-perfect, she follows the every move of Dan Carter, understands what advertising is and has a firm grip on New Zealand politics.

Way to go, little Molly!