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Morning childcare

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meadowwalker · 26/11/2018 22:56

Just wondering if any other teachers have got any creative solutions as to what to do with my own DC in the morning! DS is 6 and so far DH has always dropped him at breakfast club and then gone onto work. But now he has a new job and needs to leave the house as stupidly early as I do. So what to do with DS before breakfast club/school? I can't imagine many childminders start that early! I always said I would never want to teach in the same school as my own DC but I can see why people do it now! What do others do?

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HappyKatieA · 27/11/2018 07:09

I've always had a childminder for wraparound, she drops him at school and picks him up. Ours starts at 7.30am

lorisparkle · 27/11/2018 07:13

I get everything ready before I leave in the evening as my childcare does not start until 8am. My Head is very understanding and is happy as long as the work is done. I never believed before having children that I would arrive so late in the morning but needs must. I do have to call in favours for the occasional morning meeting!

colouredwindmills · 27/11/2018 07:15

Until recently we’ve had a nanny who started at 6.45, dropped the kids at school and then did very little during term time until she picked them up again. It worked out at a rate of about £30/hr for actual child contact time. I’m on a 3 month career break atm and then we are moving close to family who can help, because I don’t see any way around it if you need to be out of the house by 7

ChanandlerBongsNeighbour · 27/11/2018 07:15

My kids go to my school so stay in the classroom with me. Sorry that's not helpful, can only suggest as per PP that you prepare the night before and go in later the next morning.

Thankyounext · 27/11/2018 07:19

I had someone come to the house at 7.30am who then took the dc to school. I found her through an agency.

I tried breakfast club which started at 8am but found that too late. I also did a childminder for a while and dropped off at 7.30am.

ladyvimes · 27/11/2018 07:21

I just get everything ready the night before and drop off at breakfast club at 7.45. Don’t get into school til 8.15ish but that’s just the way it is.

Thankyounext · 27/11/2018 07:31

I do find it all a stressful rush getting into school later especially when some teachers are in by 7am in my school! That’s why I found a nanny at the house the easier option as you can just leave the house and go without the drop off.

BookWitch · 27/11/2018 07:38

I used to be a CM and used to take a school aged child from 6.30am.
It was fine from my side, the child was 7, and got on well with my 8 year old so I could trust them to watch a cartoon quietly downstairs while I got dressed/showered before the little mindees arrived.
Did the school run, and the mindee came back after school. Term time only so we got a lie in during the holidays.
If you are happy for similar it might be worth asking a couple of CMs to see if it's an option. (As long as you don't then post on AIBU about you CM not always being dressed when she opens the door in the morning and then let's your DC watch a cartoonWink)

astuz · 27/11/2018 10:23

I also use a childminder who starts at 7.30am. She has taken my DD earlier for the occasional one-off and I think she possibly would consider an earlier start if I asked. It's mostly my DH who does the morning drop-off though, and for the odd time I have to do it, I still get in by 8am, which is OK for me.

Fizzyhedgehog · 28/11/2018 18:08

I used to drop DS off at nursery between 7.30 and 8am (he had a place from 7.30am at a nursery two minutes from my school), depending on traffic.

Now, I have one day where I start at 7.30am, doing breakfast club. DS is with me until 8am, at which time I leave my colleague for a couple of minutes and drop him at nursery. His nursery is on site and they open at 8am. The other days, I drop him at 8am and the make my way to my classroom. I don't have to be in until 9am...although I'm now starting up Booster sessions between 8.15am and 9am. Still, it's quite relaxed and nobody would bite my head off if I was a few minutes late. I'll just collect children from breakfast club on those days.

Fizzyhedgehog · 28/11/2018 18:11

If I were to be late...goodness...

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meadowwalker · 28/11/2018 18:48

Thanks everyone! I think my school is too far away for the after breakfast club dash, but using an agency to find childcare is a good tip, thanks.

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Hubanmao · 05/12/2018 18:27

When mine were little I had to pay double time for the first half hour of the day as it was outside the ‘normal’ childcare hours. Not ideal but its worth bearing in mind. You may find a cm who doesn’t normally start that early who’s prepared to go the extra mile for a price. It’s tough though Isn’t it, specially when some people think teachers work short hours. My kids were always the first to be dropped at childcare and often the last to get picked up

Kristingle · 05/12/2018 18:29

You could ask your childrens father to change his working hour to drop the children off at school,

Stillwishihadabs · 05/12/2018 18:43

This doesn't help you, but I would ask DP why he took a job which meant he couldn't fulfil his parental duties, in fact I'd ask him to sort it....

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