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

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DD (9) does:
Swimming - £6 / week
Brownies - £1/50 / week
Tennis - £4.50 / week
Recorder Club - free (lunchtime)
Choir - free (lunchtime)
Flute - £10 / week
Netball - free (after school club)

DS (7) does:
Swiming - £6 / week
Beavers - £2 / week
Recorder Club - free (lunchtime)
Tennis - £4.50 / week
Guitar - £10 / week

Eek that's almost £45 per week. Never thought about it like that AND I disapprove of too many extra-curricular activities....!

Ds1 (7);

Violin lessons (in school) - £10
Piano lessons - free (I am the teacher )
School choir - free
School orchestra - free
Gymnastics - £4.50
Swimming lessons - £4.00
Tennis - £3.00
Orchestra - about £20 a term

Dd (5);

Cello lessons - £10
School choir - free
Gymnastics - 4.50

Ds2 (2);

Nothing regular as yet!

DD, 7, does -

Stagecoach - £330 per term
Irish Dancing - £4 per week
Art Class - £3 per week
Kumon - £50 per month

She tends to do swimming, diving courses during the holidays - £70 for an intensive course.

All her friends seem to do masses of after school activities - there's a great community centre near the school that runs lots of them.

Cross country after schoo £0

Band rehearsal in rec.studio after school £0

Karate £5pweek, £35 for quarterly gradings.

He's quite a cheap date. A friend has 3 kids and pays out over £500 a month for activities

dd1, brownies (£25 a term), cheerleading £0

dd2 rainbows (£20 a term), thats it so far

lol.

DD age 6 does

Stagecoach Free (should be £315 for 13 week term (3 hour class), costumes and admission to performances included)

Ballet £55 for 45 minute class for 10 weeks

Recorders, singing club, choir and gym club all free at school.

Ds age 4 does

Stagecoach Free (should be £157.50 for 13 week term 90 minute class)

Gymbobs £4.75 per week 45 minute class

DS1 - steel band, football, cricket - all free through school.

Sunday League football, £3 per week plus FA registration fees (£20 IIRC)

DS2 - goes out to play with his friends. Free!

DS#1 does nothing now but will be starting drum lessons soon at £6 a week.

DD - riding at £10 a week and swimming at £4 per week. She's do more if she could.

DS#1 - nowt as yet but I suspect we might start swimming lessons soon and he's like to go riding.

Over the years we have tried karate, climbing, sailing, gym club, Rainbows so the costs are relatively low now.

My activities bills are HORDENDOUS!!

DD1 - 9
Tuesday Gymnastics - £56 per term, (plus new leotard £20) = £6 pw
Thursday Ballet - £69 per term = £7 per week
Saturday Stagecoach - should be £315 a term (we pay £105 as dh teaches) = £30pw
Sunday Riding £14pw

DD2 - 7
As above plus
Friday Piano £12 a week

TOTAL for 2 kids = £116 a week

HOLY CRAP ADDING IT UP IS SO SCAREY!!!

However we don't do exams/expensive costumes etc

dd does

gymnastics (16-18hrs per week)

costs me £135 a month

One DD does:

Yoga - £40 sept - december
Swimming - £40 a term
and gulp - Horse riding £20 a week.

DD (6y and Y2):

Playball (done at school) = £5 a week
Drama class (outside of school) = £3.50 a week

I refuse to take on any more at the moment, and never allow any at weekends as that is family time. 2 plus play dates is enough for us.

Swimming
Spanish
Trampolining
Stage school (type thing)

No idea what it costs

DD does one hour's ballet per week (about 500 euros for the year, plus regulation leotard/tights/shoes - so maybe about 600 euros all told) and one hour's tennis (645 euros per year).

I think that these activities are outrageously expensive . But the times and distances and quality of the respective schools were all fab...

Dd aged 4 does:
swimming (£5 approx)
dancing lesson (3.50)
She is due to start Rainbows when she turns 5 too.

Ds is only 6 months and we do:
baby group (£2)
baby massage (£10 but only 4 week course then doing another class at £4 per week)
Swimming (£3)
Music class (£2)

We all go swimming at the weekend as well, often twice so about £7. well worth the money IMO!

ds 6:

• swimming lessons (once a week), 450 euros for a year (and that's because I was too late to sign him up for lessons at the council swimming pool, which would have costed me a half )

• he has a trial on friday for music lessons (needs to choose an instrument). No idea how much that would be

dd 4:

• has a trial on friday for music lessons as well.

Not too many activities, as I'm also looking for an english speaking babysitter of some sorts to keep up their english

ds (age 5) has football and swimming that are council run and cost around £3 a week (but I have no recollection of paying for footie so I probably owe friend for that! ooops!)

dd (2) has toddlers at £10 a term...keep wondering about Jumpin Beans but don't think I can be bothered...

dd (15ish weeks) goes to toddlers but is currently free. I'm torn between being grateful for this and wondering at what age we should make siblings pay...

the also all go to church things on Sunday and on alternate Thursday pms but they're free

Hmm... some of these threads make mine seem ok, after a friend had a go about their extra activities the other day.
Dd1 (11);
Youth Group £1 per week
Violin £158 per term
Orchestra £37 per term
Ballet £55 per term
Hockey free at school
Ds1 (10);
Youth group 50p per week
Swimming £66 per term
drama free after school
football free after school
tri-golf free after school
cheer leading free after school
Dd2 (6);
Swimming £66 per term
Ballet £55 per term
Multi-fitness club free after school
Science club free after school

Dh often takes ds to topgolf, and we often take dd1 to swimming when the others have their lessons.

I have four children and pay a big fat zero for after school stuff. Older sons (16 & 12) play after school sport 3 nights a week, DS2 sings in the school choir - all arranged through school.

We are family members of an expensive tennis club (I think it costs about £700 per annum) but we use it a lot.

swimming lessons at £3.50 per week paid termly
is starting karate at £5 per lesson
ruby at £2 per lesson and wants to do beavers at £2

so £12.50 a week plus uniforms and such, what a cheapskate I am!

DS 13
lifesaving lessons about £70 a term

Scouts £20 a term and volunteers as a cub leader

Also occasionally goes to our mariners base for sailing etc £13

School has a lot of clubs all free. Last year he went to German Cooking, Chess and Science.

This year he should be doing Crest Club, chess if they can get someone to take over it and basketball.

DD 11
swimming about £50 a term

Guides £20 a term

just given up cubs but will carry on being a voluntary leader

Dance club at school £1 a week

Dd (6) does

Saturday - swimming, about £4 a lesson.
Tuesday - gymnasitcs, £2.50 a session.
Thursday - singing / music, £1.50 a session.

So £8 a week.

Ds (18mths) does

Rhyme time - free at the local library
Toddler group - £2

Sometimes we go to soft play, so £3.50, or swimming which is £2.70, but not often.

French is about £4.50 a week for 45 minutes (through school)
art club will be £1 but limited numbers wont get to go for more than 5 weeks
will do beavers in a little while don't know cost
football is £5 a week but on a pay as you go basis

we did do swimming but council threatening to shut pool so not offering more lessons that way they can say there is no demand , we're hoping the credit crunch will put paid to that idea.

we're in London

DS1 (9) does
guitar through school £45 a term
cubs £1.50 a week
football after school £2.00 per term voluntary donation
football on saturdays £2.00 I think
now also in cross country team and football team after school (both free)
He is about to start piano lessons at school at 11 quid for 20 mins

DS2 (4) does at nursery but extra costs:

Rhythm time (elementary music skills/play) - about £30 quid a term
Reading for fun - about the same