As school headed back for the new year, the Mercury checked in with the new Kindergarten classes at Balgownie Public School to talk to some of the kids about what they wanted to be when they grew up.

Despite three-second attention spans, the kids have certainly got ambitions.

There were firemen and ballerinas, and enough rock-stars to start a small band. There were plenty of nurses and doctors, which is reassuring, but there were some answers that were a bit more unusual.

“A dad with 60 hundred children,” said one.

“A koala saver,” another.

Yet another ambition: “A crab-scorpion monster.” (Which is completely different to a scorpion monster by the way.)

K-2 Principal Sarah Steele says she is pleased with the students’ progress so far.

“We haven’t had any tears yet, besides maybe some of the parents,” she said. “Kids now have done quite a bit of daycare and so settle in much faster.”

The two new classes have started earlier than most, getting their Best Start Assessments done in time to have a full day of school on Friday.