When we moved to Nova Scotia back in 2007, we were very fortunate to settle quickly in a great neighbourhood that had a very good schools.
Nearly all primary and secondary Schools in the Nova Scotia are public schools maintained by the provincial government’s Department of Education. The public school system runs from Primary through to Grade 12.
There are […]
When we first moved to Nova Scotia, we found the holiday set up pretty strange.
Unlike the UK, we don’t get half term breaks from school. The new school year starts in September, with a short Christmas break and goes right through to mid-March when school closes for a week.
This is when a lot of families will go […]
If you love the lazy, hazy days of summer and delight in spending your time discovering captivating beaches, I guarantee you will fall in love with the unique beauty of Nova Scotia’s beaches and rugged coastline.
Having been fortunate enough to travel to many picture-perfect beaches all over the world from the coastline of Australia to Thailand to […]
I thought we’d chat about Bank Holidays on today’s blog and in particular which country has the most public holidays – Canada or the UK?
Bank holidays are known as public holidays in Canada and unlike the UK, each province of Canada has a differing set of public holidays. For the purpose of today’s blog, […]
What surprised us most when researching Canada was the weather and how it varied from province to province. Most people think of Canada as very cold, but don’t realise that we have very hot summers too. When choosing a move to Canada, our main weather request was that our province of choice had four […]
