I remember fondly getting my 'back-to-school' things at the the end of the summer holidays: a new pencil case, pencils, pens and a rubber, maybe a ring binder, and a new school bag to put it all in. Not here, they do school supplies on another level. It seems you have to buy almost all of the classroom disposables. The lists (a different one for each school/grade) are long and incomprehensible, with things like 'Composition Book Primary/Journal Top Half Blank-Story Book Black Marble 1-00 ct. -½" Ruling, ¼" Skip Line 9.75x7.5' and 'Green Pocket and Brad Folder' as well as boxes of Kleenex, Ziploc bags and Sharpie pens. It must be the golden ticket to get your brand on school supply lists.
The Parent Teacher Organisation (PTO) run school supply sales, where you can buy all of the supplies in a box, but they were held before we landed in the country. Luckily, the boys school have some spare boxes, so back to the school office we went to pay for them. Alice's supplies pack can be ordered online, which I did a week ago but it hasn't arrived yet, so we head out to try and purchase a few bits and bobs to keep her going. After accosting another Mum in Target, I now at least know what a 'pocket and brad folder' is. We've just got to source her band supplies now, there goes another couple of hundred dollars.
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