how much do you spend on extra curricular activities

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for each child per week and how old are they
and how many activities do you think they need at reach age.

A lot - I discovered this when I added it all up the other day!!! Glad I only have one child. DD is 7y and in Y3. It has kind of built up and at prsent DD enjoys them all. I do like that she is getting all these opportunities now, and I guess as she gets older she will decide which ones she will stick with.

We still have two evenings a week free of activities, and as DH will collect on way home from work, etc. I don't feel like a taxi service much.

Brownies - approx £1 a week, paid termly
Drama - £3.50 a week, paid half termly
Swimming - about £5 a week, paid temrly
Piano - £12.50 a week, paid monthly
Cheerleading - £4 a week, paid weekly
Violin - £14.50 a week, paid termly
String group - free

All of above are term time only, so pay all that out for approx 3/4 of the year, and get 3 months off.

ds1 - tennis £200 for year inc 1 hour coashing per week termtime, 1.5 hours organised match practice and free practice whenever required.

skiing £8/week + race entry fees + a couple of weeks of holiday camps and a few full day coaching sessions

football - £20/month in season, plus holiday coaching schemes £11/day

Nothing at all. Used to pay for after-school clubs, but now DH is a SAHD my children don't do any organised activities at all. Bliss.

We used to pay thousands, now they are in private education it's all included for the bargain £4,000 a year and they educate them and we have our evenings and weekends back, tis brilliant.

£4000 a year , that can't include school fees.

At DD's private school we pay extra for extra curricular activities. Only things like the sports teams and the music groups (not lessons) are free. And def more than £4000 a year.

DD

stagecoach £157 a term
rainbows £20 a term
swimming £75 a term
life saving/diving £52 a term
numeracy assistance £180 a term

in short, way too much!

Stagecoach is a banned word in our house as dd would love to go, but it is just too much.

DD plays football - that's £75 to be registered with the FA. And that's it. All other sports are with the school and are free. Football, netball and occasional athletics.

DS is only 4. Just been to a karate school who wanted £100 per month PLUS £10 PER LESSON!!!!! We opted to wait until he is 5 and can go to the one at the school which is £4 a week and you only pay if you go!

ds1 6yrs - saturday am football £5 a week-2hrs

swimming lessons = free as his Grandad does that cos he's a swimming teacher.

keyboard lessons in school time =£45 per term

Far fewer activ ities than most of his peers.

dtwins - 4 yrs - nothing

DD (10) does:
karate: £35 per year plus £3.50 per week
swimming: £60 per term
piano: £15 per week
cubs: £30 per term

Thank goodness she lost interest in ballet and riding!

DS (5) Swimming - £5 a week for 50 weeks of the year
DD (4) Swimming - about £60 a term
Music - £4.20 a week but only during school terms
Ballet - £3.30 a week I think (again during school terms). She has just started this so had to pay out £33 for ballet outfit but hoping it will last as long as her enthusiasm

morosky, banning that 's' word may be a good thing. i aslo think it is expensive. every so often i ask dd if she is sure she wants to still go. she always says:"yes mummy. i really like it cos we get a sticker at the end." most expensive sticers ive ever bought!

ds1 (12) swimming £58 per month plus gala fees, goes 6 x per week, running after school (free), cycling club Sat am £2 per session - he'd like to do more sports, but doesn't have the time and is obsessed with swimming atm so won't do anything which interferes with that

ds2 (9) cycling club Sat £2 per week, cricket Sun am from April to August £90 for the season, rugby and netball afterschool clubs (free) - currently swimming at school, but doesn't want to join a club or take it further, he has a lot of friends and goes to play at people's houses a lot or has friends over

dd (7) swimming £7.50 per week, ballet £65 per term, tennis £40 for 6 weeks (April to October), gymnastics £22 for 6 weeks, cycling club £2 per week - she would love to join every club going - I've had to limit her and tell her she needs 2 activity free days a week (at least) - from now on, it's one activity in, one out ...

Too much!
between the two girls - I reckon it is about £120 a month. They are almost 6 and almost 3.

Mumsnet could probably market this thread as an infallible contaceptive.

Yes that includes school fee's with everything from ballroom dancing to cookery to art clubs included.
The school just made the 'Good School' guide this year as one of the best value in the country and beats all the grammars in the area hands down, well worth moving for

Dd would do everything if we let her. However she is very dedicated and sees everything through.

So far for her we pay

£6.00 per week ballet (45 mins) plus yearly exam fee of £30 and biannual costume charges of £25

£25 per week Stagecoach (3 hours)

£8 per two weeks individual LAMDA coaching (20 mins spring term only) plus £20 yearly exam fee

Individual Singing lesson (20 mins) free from a family member plus exam fee (not sure yet)Would normally be about £11-12 per week.

She wants to do tap at some point when she can fit it in.

Ds on the other hand isn't a joiner and just does Gymbobs £5.50 per week (45 mins)

Forgot piano lessons free as I teach her at the moment. If she wants to progress further I am guessing it will be about £12-15 for half an hour.

morosky - is it the drama part she wants to do? If so, have a look a round. We found a lovely theatre company locally, an independent company who do lots of good works within the community, plus some drama classes for children. Very different to Stagecoach, but excellent classes. DD loves them and we have seen such a difference in her confidence and her drama/theatre skills. DD's drama class costs £3.50 a week.

Loads - but luckily we have only the one dd - and she loves them all so it is hard to see which to drop. Also they aren't all every week, so it only works out about 3 -4 activities in any given week. She's 7 in yr 3.

Riding (only about once a month) £7 for half an hour
Brownies £2 once a fortnight
Ballet £3.75 a week (45 mins)
Surf lifesaving club £55 per 6 months (weekly & they run all through the summer holidays)
Art class £5 per week (1.5 hours)

However despite making me feel like a heartless mother she is not doing the £22 ballet exam including extra lessons 25 miles away on Sundays!

dd is 5 (Y1, will be 6 end of Dec) and atm only does swimming once a week (£6pw). After half term, she will be doing gardening club one afternoon per week for a pound or two.

And she really, really doesn't want to do more than that at the moment - she wants to paint, play, be with her little sister and friends; no point in pushing further, she will only rebel and be miserable.

Reading this thread, I don't know whether to be grateful or worried

Thanks Hula, I think it is the drama as she already does music, dance and singing.

SHe has been asked to join a local am dram group in a local town which runs on a Saturday morning. We were approached by a lady who ran a local cafe who said "I hope you don't mind but I have always thought your daughter is quite dramatic and would she like to join us" ( We took it as a compliment )

It did just clash with her other activities but now her dancing has moved to Tues and Wed night we could take her. FOr now though we are enoying having weekends free other than church. But you have reminded me and I may give them a call.

Define "extra-curricular".

Our kids do lots of things which are not on the national curriculum. But most of those they do by our choice. Like swimming, running, cycling, shopping, walking, sleeping.....

An organised activity not part of the regular school timetable for which you may be charged extra (although we have some activities which are "free" but take place after school hours run by school staff)