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What activities do your dcs do and how much does it cos per week? (if that's not too nosey)

101 replies

Aimsmum · 14/09/2008 11:40

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giraffeskeel · 14/09/2008 11:45

Dd does ballet which is ?3.50 per week (although if she wants to be in the show it will be ?150 for costumes!). She also goes swimming with my mum which is free as we paid ?10 for her to join the gym for a year.

giraffeskeel · 14/09/2008 11:47

Dd does ballet which is ?3.50 per week (although if she wants to be in the show it will be ?150 for costumes!). She also goes swimming with my mum which is free as we paid ?10 for her to join the gym for a year.

nailpolish · 14/09/2008 11:47

dd1 does raianbows - £20 per term
violin - £70 er term

swimming - free with dh's membership

frankbestfriend · 14/09/2008 11:50

Ballet, modern and tap @£110 per term, so about £10 a week plus various other expenses for kit, competitons etc

Musical Theatre(acting,singing etc)£5 a week

Clarinet lessons at school £5 a week

Swimming £3.50 a week

Cheerleading £2 a week

So about £35 a week probably, but she does absoutely loads for that price, plus she is an only, so only one set of costs.

tjacksonpfc · 14/09/2008 11:51

myy dd does taekwond which cost us 22 pound per month tsanding order and the kit they done over a free months traing fees whihc is 50 pound for her do bok and her licences so not bad at all. for 2 hours a week. she could have done judo at school for half an hour a week which would have cost us 29 per month plus kit hire. so we decided against it.

MingMingtheWonderPet · 14/09/2008 11:54

DS is quite cheap really

Beavers is £25 a term, so roughly £2.25 a week.
Athletics is £1.50 per week
Rugby is £30 for the year, so I guess about £1 per week a it does not run all year.
Total of £4.75 a week - bargain!

pointydog · 14/09/2008 11:55

brownies for dd2 - £14 a term
violin at school - free
art club - £3.50 a week

dd1 flute at school - free
she's going to start orchestra, chemistry club at school but they're all free
horse-riding once a fortnight so £11 a week

SO we don't spend a lot on activities apart from the damned horse riding

unknownrebelbang · 14/09/2008 12:00

3 DC.

They do scouting, karate and two play musical instruments.

They do camps with cubs/scouting, and competitions with karate, which both boost the cost somewhat.

Not sure I want to add up the costs, tbh.

They all go swimming too, but we have a family membership at a small gym/pool and that's quite reasonably priced.

Oh, and DS3 has just embarked on a six-week footie course, but that's only £12.

unknownrebelbang · 14/09/2008 12:01

I forgot table tennis for DS1, but that's sporadic, depending on other activities, and DS2 may start.

Quattrocento · 14/09/2008 12:03

They go to clubs etc at school that are free - hockey, netball and chess.

The stuff we have to pay for is as follows:

Piano lessons at school cost around £15 each per week

Tennis lessons out of school cost around £10 each per week.

Swimming lessons for DS (DD has thankfully finished her badges) at £7 per week.

Total weekly expenditure £57 excluding travel.

MrsMattie · 14/09/2008 12:05

My son does:
Swimming - £60 a term (Sept-Dec)
Enjoy-A-Ball - £25 a month
Plus we go to softplay probably once a week - £4.50

That's it.

LIZS · 14/09/2008 12:08

Not sure I want to add it up tbh !

dd (7)
Dance lessons - about £18 total
Swimming lesson - £5.50 ish
Piano lesson - about £15 a time

ds(10)
Brass lesson - £16.50
Swimming - £5.50ish
Sailing - £14.50

sooo that's about £75 p w

LIZS · 14/09/2008 12:10

oh forgot tennis - about £5 a week for dd

muggglewump · 14/09/2008 12:11

Country Dancing-Free with School
Beavers-£50 a year with extras. The Panto is an extra £10 but I haven't had to pay that yet or any others plus I'm paying off the £50 between now and Christmas.
They also do swimming lessons for £1.50 and £2.20 transport but our local pool is about to shut for refurbishment so I haven't got her into that yet.

She's 7 though and I've just started work so this is the first paid activity she's ever done.
The only other before now was art club through school for a term last year.

Doobydoo · 14/09/2008 12:12

DS1 Does Taekwondo 7 euros a week.But 25 euros a year for membership and 20 for grading.
Swimming 60 euros for 10 lessons
Golf 100 euros a month.
Plus all these have extras like outfits and clubs and balls etc.

peanutbutterkid · 14/09/2008 12:25

Nothing, they don't do any EC, so it costs nada .
3 DC, age 4-almost 9yo.
Actually, DD does music, but that's in school hours, for about £55/term.... £5/week inclusive?

uptomyeyes · 14/09/2008 12:48

DS1 10yo - ice hockey £160 per year
Kumon - 2 subjects £90 per month
Scouts - £20 per term
Circus skills club - £30 for a term.

DS2 6yo - Rugby £35 per season
Kumon 2 subjects £90 per month
Beavers - £17 per term
Piano lessons £10 per week

DS3 2yo - Micro sports £60 per term
Music - £4.50 per session

DS1 and 2 do cricket at £100 for the pair in the summer.

Adds up to a lot really doesn't it.

arfishy · 14/09/2008 12:59

DD (5) does

Ballet $150 per term £7.50 per week
French $350 per term £17.50 per week
Gymnastics $60 per term £6 per week
Swimming $220 per term £11 per week
Violin $360 per term £18 per week

I had just started to realise how much all this stuff was costing. She also does some speech work which is $100 per WEEK! Last one this week, thank god. Plus swimming will finish too, so costs will come down.

MaloryDontDiveItsShallow · 14/09/2008 13:04

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oldcrock · 14/09/2008 13:07

dd1:

guitar at school - £5 per week (but only for 15 minute lesson!!)
ice skating - £5 per week for 1/2 hour lesson
gym - £5 per week for 1 hour lesson

dd2 - no lessons as she has SN. But she does go to a Saturday morning club once a month which is free !

So £15 per week plus travel (minimal as nearby).

smartiejake · 14/09/2008 13:12

Good Lord artfishy-those are very expensive lessons you are paying for!

DD2
french club (at school) £5
Drama (at school) £4
Cheerleading (at school) £4
Brownies £2.50
11+ Tuition £23
Ballet,Jazz,Modern classes £10 perweek
Total £48.50

No she doesn't go to a private school. All the school clubs are run by outside agencies (none by the teachers)

DD1
Ballet,jazz, modern,tap £14
Guitar lessons £14
Total £28 per week

£78.50 in total perweek.

Wouldn't be so bad if we could actually pay weekly but they are all paid termly or half termly.

grouchyoscar · 14/09/2008 13:16

DS is 5

Baking club (@ school) 50p per week

Performing arts. (@ school) Free

Rugby training ( with boys team at local professional team) £2 a week

God I'm cheap!

Clary · 14/09/2008 13:23

DD does: Beavers (£17/term)
Swimming (£3.50/wk)
Brownies (£2/week)
ballet (£5/week)

DS1 does swimming (as DD)
Cubs (£17/term)
football (£3/week)

DS2 does swimming
football
gym (£3/week)

So total is about £30 or so a week. Wow that's less than yr one DD frank!

Older two also do choir with school which is free. DD also want to go back to a dance class she used to do which was £3.50. DS2 will do Beavers next year too. etc etc

Music lessons seem to be a big price bumper upper!

arfishy · 14/09/2008 13:27

Yes the start of term is always a painful time shelling out for everything.

These people always see me coming [empties wallet].

grouchyoscar · 14/09/2008 13:32

Uh and £3.50 to take me dh and DS swimming. I get DLA and have a council card that gives me 50% off plus allows another adult to accompany we for free.

We live in a very deprived area with a very good council