Corky

Liftman, you can't get that house out of your mind can you!!!Hope it is still here when you come so you can at least go have a look at it.

liftman

I can look, even if I can't touch!

JoolsG

We have just landed in Nova Scotia - 5 weeks ago on Monday!

When we submitted our application we put Toronto down as our destination but we ended up changing our minds and landed at Halifax.

We had no problems going through immigration or customs and no-one even asked why we weren't landing at Toronto. I think the destination enquiry is mostly for them to have rough ideas of who is intending to settle where. I also think the only time you have to stick to your destination choice is if you are applying under a provincial nominee programmme.

However, if you are applying as an independent skilled worker you can land at the destination on your form and at any time move elsewhere to any province. Or not land at that destination but at anywhere within Canada.

HTH! We are also more than happy to "give the benefit of our experiences" on landing and early settling in Nova Scotia! Not sure how much help it will be but ...

Julie, Richard et al

Grah

Padsnbon your daughter is how old?
The don't normally leave school here until they are 18. They do grade 1 (6 years old) to grade 12. school age is from Jan 1st

With our four we said how long they had been in school.
So here in manitoba

Aug 87 - Just Graduated grade 12 off to Uni ( year ahead)
Oct 88 - Just finished Grade 10 ( right Age)
Aug 92 - Just finished grade 8 ( year ahead)
July 94 - Started at six most annoying to her as at 4 she was already in Kindergarden at the school in the UK.

So your daughter might have to go to high school here.

Also you husband in conservation, National Trust, is this Forestry land management because that is a huge industry over here.

Padsnbon

Maybe I'll miss this bit of info out for her No, she's a real bright spark and education is something she enjoys unless of course she is getting bullied! She was born in April 1992 That is nice to know though cos then we won't have to worry about pulling her out of school in her final year. I'll get my application out now Thanks for the info on that

OH is in land management more than forestry. We have a separate group called the Forestry Commission who deals with the larger areas of forestry, so its mainly land, eco systems etc. He knows a bit about forestry management but .....he is also experienced in property management...any search engine if you key in Attingham Park, Shrewsbury will bring up his last job. It was a 11 mile square Estate with parkland, main house and deer park.....so yeah its land management I guess.

Grah

If she bright and Mature for her age then see if you can get into grade 8.

But its different in every province. Were told if we moved to Alberta the two age advanced kids would have to go in their AGE bracket ie repeat the last year.

Abi ( born 92) is big for her age so you don't notice she is younger, her best friend is down a year due to missing a year when her family went to India. So some times there is an Social age maturity issue. But not often. Being a total book worm she is not into the glitz boys and chatering gossip. Luckly for us

The boy ( born 87 )broke his ankle last year so can't drive and thats been the biggest social issue upto 18 months younger and not driving / drinking / clubing etc with his school friends. He plays soccer so at first he was on his age group, no school friends on the team, then got onto a "school age" team with his friends and that was better.

So being up a year isn't only the academic considerations. you'll need to consider apporiate behaviour patterns /expectations / Maturity levels etc of friends as well as your daughters.

Padsnbon

Thanks for the insight, mines a book worm and not "into" boys as such but I'm bracing myself

dingbat

She will be when she has been here a while. The peer pressure to be "into boys" (in every conceivable way) is very strong. Kids here are sexually active at an alarmingly young age and the Grade 7/8 level is when the boy thing and the bitchiness kicks in in earnest.

Glaswegian

The age for school is not always a December year end. In Calgary the age that matters is the age on 28 February BUT parents can decide that a child born in the period Oct to Feb are not "ready" for school and pull them back a year. So in effect the age range in any classroom can be two years - three in those split year rooms!

We didnt know about the holding back rule (with a boy with a January birthday) but with hindsight we are glad we didnt hold him back.

The moral is to be very aware that what the rules say on ages for grades isnt always applied!