Private school and extra activities

[SamPoodle123]

This may be a silly question, so please bear with me. My dd is due to start private school in September and she comes from a state school. Atm she does many activities outside of school, because her school does not offer them (and she wants to do them). I do not want to waste money signing up to all for next term, as I assume they have many at her school? Or do people in private continue to also do loads of activities outside school? We are always asked to sign up for the next term at the end of the current one.

Please could someone with dc in private secondary school let me know? My dd currently does tennis, ballet, netball, gymnastics, choir, art, gymnastics.

I also assume she will get a lot more homework when she starts secondary, so I am not sure what activities to keep, which ones she will do at school. Of course she wants to continue all....but it gets expensive with 3 dc plus now private school fees. And I do not want her to have too much on her plate.

We had the same issue last year, moving dd from state primary with tiny commute, short days and no homework to a private secondary.

We discussed it with her, and then reduced DD’s clubs outside school to one music and two sports, and said she could ramp back up after the first term if she chose. Now in her third term, she’s decided she’d like to do one more sport at the weekend and also instrument lessons in school, now that she’s got used to having homework and managing her time.

Thanks, that is useful info. I have told dd that we will reduce her activities outside school first term and see what she thinks of the clubs/sports in the school and her homework load. Then if she wants to add more things outside of school we can.