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School Starts 2020

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After such a torrid beginning to 2020, the new school year was met with relief by all. Finally we all had a focus and meaning to our days, rather than staggering around trapped by smoke, heat and fits of depression. Jethro had his first day of preschool at Narrabundah Early Learning Centre, and found himself in the Grass Parrot room, with teachers Kim and Kris. From day one there was no looking back, and he has been enthusiastic about going and seems to be enjoying the whole process of institutionalisation, which surprised me a little! He is refusing to wear the school uniform t-shirt, preferring to be his own man with his own identity and clothes, but the uniform isn't mandatory for preschoolers so thankfully I don't have to pressure him at all. The first week was a little comic as he was so tired by the end of the day that he would transform in to a little rage monkey and the smallest thing would set him off in the most spectacular fashion, though thankfully it was so trans