what do working parents do with their children after 2pm??

[angie22]

Hi

Can anybody point me in the right direction for childcare or child minding? I am due to start full time work in about a months time and need help looking after my 6yr old and 10yr old. What do other people do? Surely I'm not the only one in this position?? I know that there is a good after school program at the Sabanillas school, but there is a break between 2 and 4pm for lunch. Not ideal for working mums!!

Any help would be appreciated.

[silver]

Ask at the school..headmaster or someone in the parents association..maybe there is another mum...who would feed and look after your kids

[Babby]

I agree, ask around - on the other hand if you are close to home and working normal fulltime hours you may find you get the same lunchbreak - 2 til 4pm so you might not have a problem.

[crazyred]

I have my children at Sabinillas school and both myself & my partner work. If you put them down for comedor (school meals between 2-3pm) and then activities from 4-5pm then you don't need to worry about them between 3-4 as they are allowed to stay and play in the playground. To enroll them in comedor you will need to see the director at the primary school and show him a work contract (if you are due to start your employer shouldn't have a problem giving you one to show). The comedor is quite full so if you are a single mum who needs to work then you stand more of a chance of getting them in. It's quite a hearty meal too so, you may find that they only want a sandwich when they come home.

If you need to get them into activities I would advise you to enrol them now. As they are 6 & 10 try to get them into Multideportes. 100 Eur for a year for 2 of them and you get another activity. Mine are doing Multi on Mon & Weds and Football on Friday (very useful as there aren't many other activities for a Friday). There are a few other things to choose from for Tues & Thurs. Each subject costs 13 Eur per month per child but, covers 2 days. If you have very low earnings there are subsidies available for both comedor & activities.

If you need childcare from 5pm onwards then I would ask around as many of the mum's would be willing to help out or will know of somebody.

Let me know if you need any other information.

[dido72]

Hi Angie,

just wondering how you got on with the childcare problem, did you get something sorted out?

Diana.