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

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6 year-old dd does ;
swimming £4.00
piano lesson £12.50
Music theory £7
violin at school £3.50
maths and english tuition £25.00

I didn't realise until now we spend a total of £52 a week on after school activites.
dd loves after activities but I think £52 is too much. Maybe I have to sack her maths and english tutor and teach dd myself.

We do swimming once a week - I think the lessons cost about £5.50 each but we pay termly so I'm not absolutely sure. Football on a Saturday morning - £3 a week and if you don't go you don't pay and gymnastics, about £55 a term but we may not carry on next term.

ds (just 6).
Beavers - £20 annual sub and £25 per term, plus uniform but that's a one off, and camps I guess.
After-school nature club - free.

Did do swimming last year (£46 for 10 lesson term) but isn't doing it this year.

Ds 4
Piano at school £8.50
Music class at school (after school) £1.25
Music class Saturdays £5
Swimming £10
Sunday school free
Total £24.75

Think swimming class may stop after this term as ds spends his time walking up and down the pool rather than trying to swim!

dd 6 does ballet £60 for the term
swimming £6 per lesson
cycling club £2 per session

ds2 8 does swimming and cycling and will be joining cricket club next season - last summer he did council-run cricket sessions at £2.20 each

ds1 11 does swimming - he's in a club so swims 5 times a week which costs £53 a month plus gala entry fees (which can really mount up ..)
cycling £2 per week
all other sports/clubs done at school so included in fees (phew)

ds1 does
rugby at school 3x week - no extra cost
rugby sundays £30/yr
scouts £60/yr
basketball at school free
hockey at school free

ds2
rugby after school 3x week - free
rugby sunday £30/year
scouts £60/yr

ds3
rugby after school 2x week free
sunday rugby FREE - only pay for first two children in any family
cubs £60/yr
cross country running at school -free
art club - free at school

ds4
rugby sunday - Free, as per ds3
badminton at school free
ICT club at school free
art club at school free
swimming lessons £45/for 10 sessions (I think!)
is joining cubs in jan and can't wait

DD1 age 4 Swimming £50 term
Did Stagecoach for a bit but got fed up of getting up early on Sat ams (so did I), wants to do Tennis but am not going to start until the summer....

DD2 age 2 Music with Mummy £42 term
Play group £2 per week.

I have given myself a policy that each child can do two extra paid regularactivities a week eg ballet and swimming, or brownies and piano, or tennis and piano etc.

Not so much for the money but more because it puts a strain on 'down time' which I value highly as an idle parent.

Ds 5 does no regular activities. He finds school tiring and so we do things like swimming on an adhoc basis according to how tired he is.

Dd is 11. She does tennis, Chinese and cookery at school after school, and all are free, even though they do cookery in a local restaurant!! And she makes her dinner so I don't even have to feed her on Wednesdays

Her main thing though is swimming club. We pay £30 a month and for that she can attend 5 hours of classes a week. Normally she does an hour Sunday and Monday and 2 hours on a Friday.

Scary not sure I want to add it all up TBH
Its all paid per term in advance now and doesnt run in the hols mostly so quite hard to ave out per week and would be more /week if took out hols etc but....

DD1 age 7 does

stagecoach (3hours a week) at £300 term x3/year = ??on ave £17/week
trampolining £50/term x3 + club fees and insurance = ?£4/week
brownies £20/term +outings = ?£2/week
swimming = £35/10 lesson block about 4-5 blocks a year I guess = ??£3.50/week

So that is £26.50 /week actually not to bad considering how much she does and averaged out over the whole year, however that is a grand total of >£1300/year just on extra curricular activities GULP
She is keen to learn guitar and do regular climbing but I have out my foot down as it is too much money and we have very little chill out time as it is ...
DD2 is only 10 months so god help me !

DD3 (12) swimming club once a week £3.00 per year, ditto circus, tennis once a week £75.00 per year; sailing £75 year once month plus weekends away - 15 per weekend

DS1 swimming once a week free (in a club), multisports (different activities each term, one cultural eg theatre, one sport eg golf) £75 per year; sailing as per dd3

Much cheaper in France.

Also do week of sports activities each hols, everything from rock climbing to surfing, £20 for the week!

DS aged 6 does football - £70 per year
Swimming - £6.75 per lesson

DS aged 6 does football - £70 per year
Swimming - £6.75 per lesson

Hmm, I think I'm not going to be happy when I add all this up.

DS1 (7)
Judo £70 per term
Swimming £120 per term (but 1:2 classes as we are desperate for him to get the hang of it!)
Football - free club at school
Choir - free at school
Piano - £150 per term (yikes)
Beavers - £9 per month

DD (5)
Ballet - used to be free at school but is now £75 per term
Art club - free at school
Swimming £120 per term
Violin - £150 per term
Rainbows - £2.50 a week

DS2 (3)
Music group £7 per week

So that's about £80 per week. Holy cow. Right, those little buggers are going to learn to swim this year if it kills me. And we're just going to chuck ds2 in the deep end and let him get on with it.

DS1 (age 12):
badminton free
piano lesson £15
swimming training £1.50
fencing £2 (school subsidised)
Youth club 50p
skiing at ski slope £16
rugby - free training one lunch time plus weekend match
recorder ensemble and music theory £24 per term
also attends variety of clubs at school inc film club, biology club, chemistry club, DT club (all free except for fact that we have already paid school fees!)
cricket summer term £30 club membership

DS2 (age 11)
rugby - free training 4 lunch times plus weekend match subs £2
music theory and wind band £24 per term
school orchestra and wind band free
brass £15
swimming training £1.50
youth club 50p
cricket summer term £30 club membership

DD (age 6)
swimming lesson £1.50
rainbows £1
recorder group £24 per term
choir free

We must cover a minimum of 150 miles per week purely to transport to these activities, mostly shortish journeys (5 miles plus) with school weekend rugby being the killer as approx 20 miles to school and for the away matches DH can't even hang around and watch.

It's scarey isn't it? Our IFA recently said to me if it came to the worse that's a lot you could cut down on without you really noticing it!

DS is only just one, so doesn't really count yet. But for the record, we do toddler group twice a week (£3 total) plus the occasional trip to soft play (about £4 IIRC). Would like to start swimming lessons but can't afford it, so planning to ask rich in-laws to give him lessons for Christmas.

I'm a bit at this thread tbh. Starting to think I won't be able to afford to be a SAHM any more once DS is a bit older!!

Mine are mainly paying for a course so I would have to break it down:

DS:
swimming - £50/12weeks = £4.17
beavers - £43/term = £3.58
football (local under 8s team) - £55/year plus £25 for winter fees = £80/40 = £2
football (local professional club coach after school but only until 1/2 term) = £2.50

Total: £12.25

DD:
swimming (as above) - £4.17
dancing (ballet and tap) = £4

Total: £8.17

But DD is only 4 and will probably start rainbows when she is 5. And DS's will go down by £2 after half term which is good because two football trainings and PE in one day is a bit much.

Tom (2.6)
1x toddler group at 50p
1x toddler group at £1
Sing a rainbow music class £4

So £5.50 a week.

We had been going swimming as a family but haven't been since July (costs £6.70 for 2 adults, kids go free).

The community farm asks for vouluntary donations, so would put a £1 in. Soft play is around £2.50 for 90 mins, but we don't go that often.

I was thinking the other day, when we have another child, they'll probably be doing more activities than Tom does now! (and Tom will be doing more).

dd (2.5)
2x toddler group -£2
baby ballet -£4
swimming -£3.50
soft play once a week -£3.50 (£10 if we both have lunch too)
she also does 2 afternoons at nursery -£44 a week

DD (10]
Nature Club (free at school)
Art Club (free at school)
Ballet & Tap £4.40 per week
Brownies £22 per term but they also have to bring 50p each week.

DS (4) - occasionally swimming at my gym - costs £3.50 a time.

I just looked at the local youth theatre which takes kids on at 3 and worked out it would cost £5 a week for that, so not too bad. Only problem, 4 workshops are on a Saturday (I work) but there is one on a Wednesday late afternoon/evening which might be doable.

dd1:
art club and gardening club after school clubs - free
Horse riding £16 a week
Hockey £2 a week
Swimming £3 a week

dd2:
french club £4.50 a week
ballet £3.50 a week
swimming £3 a week

dd3:
mother and toddlers £2 a week

It's the dancing that costs us a fortune! The price goes up as the grades get higher.

DD1 (15)
Ballet, tap, modern
Mixed "fun" dance class £10/month
Explorer scouts £20/term
Youth club £2/week

DD2 (5)
French £6/week
Ballet/tap/modern
"Fun" dance class £10/month
Swimming £44/8 week courses
Rainbows £20/term

DD3 (9 months)
Gymboree £24.50/month
Mum & Baby "2.50/week

The main dance classes are billed together as they do a sliding scale of discounts depending how many classes the family takes - was £400 for a 15 week term this time

So, scary maths time (finds calculator...)

£58 per week. Ouch.

My son aged 6 enjoys dance and swimming the most at the moment.
The two days i have work he attends Kids club £5.00 and they do activitiesd there and great for him to socialise without me
Library free(tues)
Swimming £2.90 (thurs)
ice staking £2.90 (fri)
dance £ 8.00 every (sat)

we had a drop out karate and football for the time bein as hes too tired. I think sometimes thers too many activities hence the money

I spend just under £20 weekly .

oh yea forgot the kumon programmes on weds and sat. lol £10 weekly also. Altogether £30