CMs and after school activities

[muddleduck]

Hi.
Are most CMs happy to take kids to after school activities or does it just become a nightmare to fit this in with other mindees?

I'm trying to work out what is going to be feasible with ds1 (5) over the next few years. While in reception I didn't want him to do anything after school as he was so shattered, but now there are a couple of things I'd like him to start. I'm planning to speak to our CM in the next few weeks, but would like an idea of what is usual/practical.

thanks

I dont pick up from afterschool activities, I would be going back and forward to school too much, (I have to drive to school) and the other Mindees would spend far to much time in the car.

Actually I dont know any CM in my area that does, it is just logistically not feasible to be honest.

I collect from after school clubs but they are agreed with myself and parents before they start. We agreed a rule when I started after school club pick ups which were:
all children from same school must be collected at same time but could be in different clubs. As I do 4 different schools on route it made no odds to me what time they finished as gave me more time for other schools collections first.

Last years manic timetable was: SCHOOL A
Monday Karate 4pm
Tuesday drama 4:30pm choir til 4pm (but must agree with drama teacher they could be collected at 4:30)
Wednesday Arts & Crafts or Homework club 4pm
Thursday Book club 4pm
Friday no clubs

SCHOOL B
Monday Judo 4:15pm
Thursday Art club 4:15pm

SCHOOL C

Thursday dance 4:20pm

Also Brownies 6pm - 7:30pm

thanks for this.
I clearly have some thinking to do about how to make this work

I don't pick up from after school activities either. It would have been a huge inconvenience for me and the children that I look after having to go out again (something like 40 minutes after we've arrived from school) to fetch another child. Look for childminding couples, two childminders working together or a childminder with an assistant. Because there are two of them one can stay with children at home while the other one goes to collect a child.

No I wouldn't do it - far too many school runs!