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Forum: Canada
May 23rd 2007, 11:51 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 7,632
Posted By suebed

Re: Moved: Transfer from Uk secondary system into Canadian system

There have been threads on this topic before

for instance :http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=432234

Now that my 3 have almost finished their first year at school here they'd...
Forum: Canada
Mar 8th 2007, 1:59 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,655
Posted By suebed

Re: High School kids? To GCSE or not to be...

We arrived here last August just before our eldest child was about to start Year 10/GCSEs in England. We made the move at that point for that very reason. He was adamant he didn't want to do one...
Forum: Canada
Feb 14th 2007, 9:22 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,614
Posted By suebed

Re: I want to come home!

Re getting a Canadian citizenship card & passport - the latter took about 2 weeks for my half & half kids (limited 1 year validity). The former took 5 months.
Forum: Canada
Feb 2nd 2007, 12:01 am
Replies: 8
Views: 610
Posted By suebed

Re: Internet Provider Companies in British Columbia

try uniserve. com

good price, decent support, no complaints so far
Forum: Australia
Jan 31st 2007, 11:28 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,335
Posted By suebed

Re: Climate change warning for Sydney

Aren't people who visit this forum going to comment on this?! I wouldn't be hurrying off to Australia with this sort of forecast.

I'm just curious to hear people's reactions.
Forum: Canada
Jan 24th 2007, 6:28 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,529
Posted By suebed

Re: Forms A102 Immunization Record - do I really need them

Yes. You're right there. That's why I'm worried my son might be suspended if they have a crack down here. He has been vaccinated but the school doesn't know that. (They waved the red book away...
Forum: Canada
Jan 24th 2007, 6:25 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,592
Posted By suebed

Re: looking for small city in Ontario

Peterborough is great.

Trent University
Population:75000 +

About 1.5 - 2 hrs from TO if that's important

Not too much sprawl - only takes 5 minutes to get out of town and into the country
...
Forum: Canada
Jan 24th 2007, 6:20 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,529
Posted By suebed

Re: Forms A102 Immunization Record - do I really need them

In theory your child might not have to have immunizations to get into school but there have been stories in the media lately about school boards that have suspended pupils until their vaccinations...
Forum: Canada
Jan 24th 2007, 6:02 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 7,723
Posted By suebed

Re: Ontario teachers certifiate

I have applied to do a teaching qualification year in Ontario as I was told unofficially by someone at the OCT that my GTP qualification wasn't recognised here. Apparently only 10% of applicants are...
Forum: Canada
Jan 16th 2007, 1:45 am
Replies: 10
Views: 660
Posted By suebed

Anybody else glad to see snow in Ontario?

I'm so glad to finally have some proper snow here! My kids were beginning to think their first Canadian winter was going to be just as green as all their English ones. So we celebrated by going...
Forum: Canada
Jan 16th 2007, 1:43 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,563
Posted By suebed

Re: best place for rugby in canada

Coronation Street is on in Canada (Mike Baldwin just died recently). Emmerdale used to be but I'm not sure if it still is or not. Sorry.:(
Forum: Canada
Jan 16th 2007, 1:33 am
Replies: 47
Views: 2,939
Posted By suebed

Re: What did you leave?

Bringing all my Christmas decorations was great. As I decorated the tree last month I remembered when & where I got each one and it brought back so many good memories.

The things I still haven't...
Forum: Canada
Jan 13th 2007, 2:21 am
Replies: 5
Views: 623
Posted By suebed

Re: Brentwood Bay

You're absolutely right Hot Wasabi. Mea culpa. Thanks for the correction.

Either way - beautiful part of the world to be thinking about living in.
Forum: Canada
Jan 12th 2007, 10:09 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 623
Posted By suebed

Re: Brentwood Bay

Brentwood Bay is a beautiful location - not much in the way of amenities - little shopping centre with supermarket and liquor store etc. Main thing there is a rather nice private boarding school,...
Forum: Canada
Jan 11th 2007, 9:17 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 2,852
Posted By suebed

Re: Canadian Schools

With 5 months experience of Canadian schooling under our belts, my kids and I would all say their schools in Kent were better. My older 2 went to a great grammar school there and they find the work...
Forum: Canada
Jan 3rd 2007, 5:19 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 2,297
Posted By suebed

Re: missing our family in UK (and Europe)

Small towns are hard to settle in anywhere. The pool of people to connect with on a deeper level than just hi is so much smaller. It is easy to make friends with other parents when you have a...
Forum: Canada
Dec 14th 2006, 3:45 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 608
Posted By suebed

Re: Urgent question re: arrival of goods. Experts?

Our goods arrived a week before we did but it took us over a month to get them! Look at some of my earlier post if you want more info on our sad story. It was hugely frustrating at the time....
Forum: Canada
Dec 12th 2006, 1:43 am
Replies: 4
Views: 628
Posted By suebed

Re: SIN Application Made Easier...?

My 14 year old son took advantage of this fast new service a few weeks ago. He went in to the office with his completed form & documents, answered a few questions and came out 5 minutes later with a...
Forum: Canada
Dec 5th 2006, 11:54 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 556
Posted By suebed

Re: SIN cards

Please see the government website for more details. Read about the docs necessary.

http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/asp/gateway.asp?hr=en/cs/sin/0200/0200_010.shtml&hs=sxn


If she was born in Canada...
Forum: Canada
Nov 8th 2006, 3:20 am
Replies: 28
Views: 1,746
Posted By suebed

Re: How long does it take for your container to arrive in Canada ?

Hi

Our container took 14 days to get to Canada but it then took 28 days to get through customs here - no explanation ever given as to why it took so long. The wait was highly stressful and costly...
Forum: Canada
Nov 2nd 2006, 2:55 am
Replies: 60
Views: 4,111
Posted By suebed

Re: Treading Water - what do you wish you knew?

I wish we knew.....

how mediocre the schools are here in Canada

how difficult it would be for my 48 year old OH to find a job

how long it would take to sell our house in the UK

how much...
Forum: Canada
Nov 2nd 2006, 2:39 am
Replies: 5
Views: 496
Posted By suebed

Re: Marmite Adiction Therapy

It made me laugh! (I hate the stuff)
Forum: Canada
Oct 19th 2006, 11:53 am
Replies: 2
Views: 613
Posted By suebed

Re: More on teaching

Have you tried on the Working Abroad/Teacher forum. Put in your thread title that you're referring to Canada - or more particularly - the province you're intending to move to. There have been posts...
Forum: Canada
Oct 13th 2006, 12:36 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,351
Posted By suebed

Re: well we are here

Best of luck. Hope your mum is okay. There's no avoiding the guilt but she's right about having your life to get on with. So smile and try to keep enjoying your new life.
Forum: Canada
Oct 1st 2006, 12:24 am
Replies: 57
Views: 2,576
Posted By suebed

Re: Peterborough ON meet sat 30th Sept

Thanks for organising the meet up Batty. It was great to put faces to psuedonyms and to hear "proper" accents again.

Cheers all.
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