By Margaret Maccoll
All dressed up and rearing to go are identical twins Adam and Ryan Hunter and Sam and Max Holmes who begin Prep next week along with about 100 others at Sunshine Beach State School.
The boys are “very excited” to start school.
They have already made friends, met their teacher, Alison, who is “great” and are expecting to learn “writing” “letters” and “how to eat”.
The boys mums Kay Hunter and Clare Holmes said while they may shed a few tears on the first day the boys were ready for their next stage in life.
“They’re ready and we know they’re happy. That’s what we want,” Kay said.
“And it’s nice to know they have each other,” Clare said.
And will the rest of the school be able to tell them apart?
Kay said once people connect with them they will get to know them as different people with different personalities.
Clare said some people can spot the difference straight away while others find it more challenging.
Principal Jenny Easey said the school had done a lot of work preparing Prep students for school through its transition program which helps the students and their families to become part of the school through regular visits and involvement.
She said enrolments had grown by about 25 per cent in the past three years at the popular school which is not restricted by a catchment and has an enrolment this year of about 760 pupils.
