End of primary school
Rebecca finishes 'primary' school today - she's been at Allambie Heights Public School for the past 10 weeks and really enjoyed her time there, having made lots of new friends. The primary school system actually lasts a year longer in Australia so that there are only 6 years at secondary school (compared to 7 in the UK) and due to the term differences, Rebecca is slightly ahead of where she would be in the UK now - as well as being one of the youngest in her year.

She's had a variety of activities over the past few weeks, culminating in the Year 6 Dinner Dance at the school last night. It was a fun evening with all the children dressing up, having photos, enjoying a sit-down meal together and then finishing off with some speeches and presentations, followed by dancing for an hour. They had been practicing different dance routines for this over recent days (both individual dances and 'barn dance' style to modern music) and the parents were invited along to watch - and to join in briefly at the end!

All the children in her year (about 45 of them in 2 classes) seem really well behaved, polite and respectful to the teachers which was good to see. They're all going off to start various schools at the end of the summer holidays in late January, with about 15 of them going with Rebecca to the Forest High School, where Laura and Caroline have also been since October.