Making friends..
 

Hi, I am new to B.E. Hubby, me and the boys are hoping to be in Perth later this year. I am wondering how easy it is to meet and make new friends as we are very social people and with the boys being teenagers, I am worried it will be difficult to meet people as I will not be doing the school run. Thanks
Gaynor :)

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Hi Gaynor, when you say that you won't be doing the school run, do you mean that both of your boys have finished school?

A lot of people do sport here, that's another way to meet people. Will you be working here?

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Ours made friends easily, and I dont do the school run, they all walk.... 17 year old when we left struggled a bit at first to make the "right" kind of friends and had some interesting experiences along the way... But the younger kids we all fine coz they went to school and made good friends quickly...

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Checkout the meetups forum for meets in your local area.

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Be prepared to make an effort... For you and the boys... We went to the opening of envelopes to help establish a circle of friends... Some have gone by the wayside... But we have some REALLY good friends here now

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Hi Gaynor and welcome to B.E. :)

There is much volunteer stuff in Oz generally I think and many local clubs and so on. They are a good place to start and it indicates that you are taking an interest in your new home. That goes down well with locals I think.

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The boys are 12 and 14 now and will be prob 13 n 15 by the time we get over, so they will be able to get themselves to school. I hope to work part time. Its me I was worried about making friends. I know I will have to make the effort, its knowing where and how to start. I suppose BE is as good as place as any :D
How easy is it to find part time work? I have been a house mum for a long time will that go against me? I am prepared to do almost anything ha ha ;)

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Thanks for the welcome. Hubby has been on BE a while but its all new to me. Cant wait to get out there :)

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Not difficult in a hippy commune:D

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Even if your boys make their own way to school, you can still build a network at school by offering to help out at the uniform shop, canteen, etc, with the odd roster here or there. Make sure that you have your details down on any class contact list. If your youngest turns 13 after 1 July this year, he will be in Year 7, the last year of primary school in state schools, a busy year for social events and fundraising, so we found that volunteers were needed for lots of different things.

It doesn't seem very easy to find part-time jobs - what sort of work do you normally do?

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from friends we have out in oz i was under the impression ther was plenty of work,i can do stock taking or waiting on,our youngest is 13 in August so it seems he will then go to primary first in oz this will be a bit of a blow 2 him as he is in his 2nd year of high school here,but at least it sounds like it will be easier 4 me 2 make friends with all the activities going on in primary school.

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Who let you loose on BE lol xxx :D

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In NSW year 7 is the first year of secondary school- is Perth different then????

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Up till a few years ago year 7 was done at primary at the catholic schools.Now a lot of them are taking year 7 at high schiil.My youngest starts high school tomorrow.

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Yes, the Wait Awhile state makes the kids start high school later. Last year kids started turning 13 from 1 July and they were still in primary:blink:. State high schools haven't yet told us when Year 7s will move over to high school. A lot of teachers are against it here, for some stupid reason. I thought that all private schools now take kids from Year 7 for high school, or a "transition" year, so if your children are in a Catholic primary school, there is no longer a Year 7.