New Au Pair arriving - advice please

[MiddleAgedMother]

We have an au pair arriving tomorrow.

She's young, from Germany and I'm keen to get things off to a good start so all advice appreciated.

(Had a temp older au pair in the past but with experience and had both live in and live out nannies - but this is our first experience of a young au pair on her first role.)

Our youngest DC is 9.

So far I have done notes on the house, school and activities, printed out maps and a draft daily/weekly schedule, got details for language classes and gym.
Also a U.K. phone with a SIM card and we will pay for that.

We are in outer London zone 4 but pretty much everything is within walking distance. She will have an Oyster card for work. (I can get a spare one for her personal use she can put money on.)

The room is bright and tidy and will have flowers, shampoo, shower gel etc in the shower room.

What more to do?
What obvious things am I likely to forget that she wouldn't know?

What do you do in evenings? Do they spend every evening and weekend with you - I know she is young and part of the family too but would like some time "off" and we only have one sitting room.

(We have a good size kitchen and au pairs room is v large with TV, sofa etc.)

How do they meet other au pairs? Some at the school gate and I've emailed one other mother I know with an au pair. Are their websites?

Her English is amazing so she is not sure she will do language classes.

Thank you.

civil, as far as I know, there is no standard 'deal'. Things have moved on from the traditional aupair role. The deal is what you agree with the aupair. I always check their standard of English and whether they require language classes before I hire them. My new aupair, starting soon, is Aussie. She has no interest in language classes but likes my location, the relatively easy role and being able to enjoy London.

You say she speaks good English and probably won't need classes. In which case she may start making friends quickly and get talking to other mums/kids.. she may find herself a cleaning/babysitting job in which case she'll be out and you may not even see her most weekends. I was an au pair 15 years ago and I did just that.

civil - yes it depends on the individual. I pay a little towards language classes and usually insist that the au pair does them (as it brings on their language skills a lot, helps them to meet people and gets them out of the house), but our last au pair was a native English speaker and our current one's English level is too high for the classes on offer around here.

She currently volunteers in a local school a couple of times a week.