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Extra-curricular activities

Find advice on the best extra curricular activities in secondary schools and primary schools here.

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How do you manage Extra-curricular activities for your children?

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Sarakhaled · 15/05/2021 14:28

I am wondering about this situation of the pandemic, how parents are managing the extracurricular activities for their kids between 4-12 years old ?!

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Hellocatshome · 15/05/2021 14:33

How do you mean managing? DS2 aged 11 goes swimming 5 times a week for 2 hours at a time, I drop him off and pick him up, parents aren't allowed in to watch at the moment but I wouldn't normally stay anyway. DS1 aged 14 does cricket and football, at training I drop off and pick up, for matches I watch football and his dad watches cricket as only 1 spectator allowed but to be honest we normally share it anyway otherwise it takes up the whole weekend.

ShinyGreenElephant · 15/05/2021 14:39

In what way? Dd12 walks to dance and back with friends 3x a week unless raining in which case DH or another parent drives them. She also has piano lessons which are at home so no managing needed other than offering her teacher a cuppa

BackforGood · 15/05/2021 14:44

In what way "manage" ?
Perhaps if you let us know what you are having difficulty with. folk might be able to make suggestions.

xyzandabc · 15/05/2021 14:44

What do you mean by manage? If they are live in person, I take them and pick them up, or stay depending on the set up. If they are on zoom (which none are anymore) I make sure they are ready at the right time then let them get on with it. If they aren't on (as a few still aren't) then there is no managing to do.

HPandTheNeverEndingBedtime · 15/05/2021 14:50

I drop Dd off, perch the ipad with downloaded shows on the dashboard, settle down with a cup of tea and enjoy an hour to myself. I might take some crochet or If I've got books to mark I do it at the same time. On her Friday night activity I go to the nearby supermarket and pick up a click and collect.

If anything it's better than precovid as I'd sit poolside for anything up to 5 hrs a week but as parents can't spectate I get some 'me' time.

NickyHeath · 15/05/2021 14:53

What aspect exactly? All our activities are back on now - swimming, Cubs, horse riding, netball, athletics, piano & football. I kind of miss the relaxed schedule of lockdown

itsgettingwierd · 15/05/2021 14:53

Yes I'm not sure what you mean by manage?

My ds js also a swimmer. Still can't watch so I tend to drop off and either go home (for 2 hrs sessions 5/10 mins from home), run errands, go for a walk or read (for shorter sessions or those 20 minutes drive away).

He swims 7 times a week and some sessions are at 5am! Those luckily are close to home so I come home and curl up and maybe doze for an hour!

NerrSnerr · 15/05/2021 14:56

All our activities are back on and pretty much the same as pre lockdown. For some activities I work while it's happening, others I do exercise or look after my youngest if he isn't in nursery.

ChicChaos · 15/05/2021 14:59

Zoom and Skype during the pandemic, only one of ours stopped completely and hasnt' restarted yet. Others are now back face-to-face, I wait in car for short lessons (say half an hour) and do supermarket shopping if an hour or more. Could do with some clarification on 'manage' though.

JustKeep · 15/05/2021 15:11

All ours are done at the school or at my gym.

So for school based ones I just pick him up later. For gym based ones I do a workout (or sit and eat cake).

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Sarakhaled · 15/05/2021 15:11

My niece used to do drama courses at her school but now her parents are homeschooling her and I was wondering if you have any suggestions? Sorry for not being that clear!

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NerrSnerr · 15/05/2021 15:13

Do you mean that she can't do that drama club anymore? Doesn't she just need to join another drama club?

Most children's clubs are running as normal as far as I'm aware

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Sarakhaled · 15/05/2021 15:20

We need to find an online drama course if you know any that will be great.

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JustKeep · 15/05/2021 15:20

So you’re looking for activities for homeschooled children? There are loads. Some online, some in person. If you post in the home education section you’re likely to get more useful responses tbh!

NerrSnerr · 15/05/2021 15:21

Does it need to be online? Is she unable to do face to face lessons?

Hellocatshome · 15/05/2021 15:28

Surely she just needs to find a drama class not linked to school, if you ask for recommendations on your local area Facebook group I'm sure you will get lots of suggestions. Online only ones will be difficult though I would have thought in person would be better especially if she is home schooled so she is getting so real life interaction with her peers.

NickyHeath · 15/05/2021 16:31

Find your local home education group on Facebook & everything will become possible.

Otherwise I think Bean Learning does a drama class online?

Checkingout811 · 15/05/2021 16:34

Find her a new drama club? They’re homeschooling as in, they’ve pulled her out of school? Or they live in a country where schools are still closed?

SimonJT · 15/05/2021 16:36

Not a huge difference here, I drop him off at dance on a Tuesday and swimming on a Sunday. Hes there an hour on a tuesday and 40 minutes on a Sunday so it gives me time to use the gym.

I run rugbytots, so he does one session and then ‘helps’ with the others or plays in the corner for a bit.

Comefromaway · 16/05/2021 15:23

Very few children’s drama groups will be online now. All the groups I know are back in person. It’s difficult to keep them engaged online and lag means group activities are difficult on zoom. Drama groups did their best during lockdown but it’s a very social activity. At best you might find a 1:1 LAMDA coach offering online lessons.

OhCrumbsWhereNow · 16/05/2021 21:57

There is Le Blanc which is audition entry drama training online - they are based in Canada but have classes for UK based children.

My DD does a lot of MT and drama training - they are all back at in person classes now, after a year of zoom. We were fortunate that the online classes were excellent, but she's at a selective audition-entry training school and so everyone was already at a high standard and had done years of in person classes previously. I don't think it would work well if you had a group who didn't have that experience and a very strong desire to be there and work around the limitations.

Even with 1:1, it works okay for screen training, but not so well for theatre or general acting skills which require more physicality.

If your DN is homeschooled, surely it would be better to do an in-person class for the social side of things. I know my DD is over the moon to be back in the studios again and see all her friends.

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