Hi - just looking for advice / information. DD is 3, for the last 2 terms (since Jan this year) I have taken her to swimming lessons once a week costing around £140 a term.
This is the only organised activity we do (apart from nursery which she attends 4 mornings a week).
However,now she's turned 3 the classes are unbelievably expensive around here (central London) and the same company seems to have a complete monopoly. For a term it will be over £300 which seems ridiculous.
Does that sound expensive to anyone or is it normal? We would just about be able to afford it because she starts pre-school in September and we are saving on nursery fees, but it will still work out at almost £1,000 for 3 terms. And we'll probably need to keep going for a year or 2 until she's swimming confidently if not longer.
I want to her carry on for lots of reasons. I am/was slightly phobic about water as was my mother, as a result my sister and I learnt to swim very late and have never been comfortable in the water. But I can't get over the cost!! Perhaps I'm just naive about how expensive these things are??