How old before i can leave my kids on their own?

Spendless

Thinking about this thread I went into the childcare link I gave earlier and looked up the holiday playschemes for my area. I noticed that they are all covered for 3-14 years old, so I'm guessing this is an Ofsted standard??. With the exception of one which was based at a leisure centre the rest are based/linked to primary schools which finish (here at least) at age 11.

The new one at my sons school was also listed as registered for 3 -14 year olds but as I said previously the owner doesn't want younger than reception or older than yr 6 there.

How awkward. I'm making steps towards returning to work once daughter goes to full-time school, but I'd not thought that within 3-4 years of me returning I may be hit with another childcare problem.

can anyone who works, tell me what they do about childcare for their 11+ year old.

Poppy9

madfrenchgirl wrote:

.......the VCR (never had one before i was 9

I was 18 before a VCR appeared in our house.:eek: It cost £429 was a sharp and had a remote control on a long lead from the box, oh and it was VHS not betamax. Showing my age now.

TIGs

Spendless wrote:

Thinking about this thread I went into the childcare link I gave earlier and looked up the holiday playschemes for my area. I noticed that they are all covered for 3-14 years old, so I'm guessing this is an Ofsted standard??. With the exception of one which was based at a leisure centre the rest are based/linked to primary schools which finish (here at least) at age 11.

The new one at my sons school was also listed as registered for 3 -14 year olds but as I said previously the owner doesn't want younger than reception or older than yr 6 there.

How awkward. I'm making steps towards returning to work once daughter goes to full-time school, but I'd not thought that within 3-4 years of me returning I may be hit with another childcare problem.

can anyone who works, tell me what they do about childcare for their 11+ year old.

Mine go to a kidsclub which bores them out of their heads. Although it is for babies to 14 they told me maybe my daughter won't want to keep coming for much longer cos kids normally start getting bored when they get to eleven,my sons eight and he gets bored.SO WHY NOT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT DOH!!!!

looby75

TIGs wrote:

Mine go to a kidsclub which bores them out of their heads. Although it is for babies to 14 they told me maybe my daughter won't want to keep coming for much longer cos kids normally start getting bored when they get to eleven,my sons eight and he gets bored.SO WHY NOT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT DOH!!!!

:rolleyes: yeah we know the older kids get bored so we'll just tell the mams to stop sending them cos it's easier than actually doing anything with them.


Great planning LOL

Where I am it's actually the other way around, there is the "boys club" (still called that from the days when it was a boys only club but girls have been allowed to attend for many years now), which is pretty much just a youth club but it extends it's hours in school holidays to help parents out with childcare. BUT your child has to be 10 before they can attend, so there is childcare for the older kids but finding it for the under 10's is a nightmare

Spendless

looby75 wrote:

:rolleyes: yeah we know the older kids get bored so we'll just tell the mams to stop sending them cos it's easier than actually doing anything with them.


Great planning LOL

Where I am it's actually the other way around, there is the "boys club" (still called that from the days when it was a boys only club but girls have been allowed to attend for many years now), which is pretty much just a youth club but it extends it's hours in school holidays to help parents out with childcare. BUT your child has to be 10 before they can attend, so there is childcare for the older kids but finding it for the under 10's is a nightmare

ahh this must depend on where you live cos under 10s is easy here. Under 5s can go to private nurseries (of which there are many), and for older ones many primary schools have breakfast/after school clubs that run 8 ish-6 ish in all the school hols and you don't have to be a pupil attending the school to go (though they take priority over spaces).

rubytuesday

I share half the holidays with my daughters Dad so its not such a problem as it would be if I had to do it all. In the past she has gone to a holiday club and last year she went to Cypus for 3 weeks to stay with her best friend who has moved out there.I am the one who has to take responsibility for all the inset days etc.I try and sort out my annual leave carefully to fit around the holidays etc but I know it is a real struggle for parents doing it all on their own.I do feel if you can manage to work when you have kids it is a very positive role model for them but each to their own.

elisebutt65

Aaargh - Similar problem now.
Eldest ds(11) has a teacher training day on Monday 24th and the holiday club is closed for the day!!!!!

I only go to Uni on Mondays and Fridays anyway - pant's, pants, pants!!!

TIGs

elisebutt65 wrote:

Aaargh - Similar problem now.
Eldest ds(11) has a teacher training day on Monday 24th and the holiday club is closed for the day!!!!!

I only go to Uni on Mondays and Fridays anyway - pant's, pants, pants!!!

Same here but i been lucky enough to be able to swap my days at work with one of my mates so i work her friday and she does my monday other wise it would have cost me £35 for them to go into kidsclub.

Spendless

Our new out of hours club did say they would open teacher training days when the recent strike was on they also said they'd open if there was enough demand but full day session only. For a friend with 2 school age kids and one tot in the work nursery it meant she'd have been paying nearly £60 in order to do 5 hours work.

TIGs

Spendless wrote:

Our new out of hours club did say they would open teacher training days when the recent strike was on they also said they'd open if there was enough demand but full day session only. For a friend with 2 school age kids and one tot in the work nursery it meant she'd have been paying nearly £60 in order to do 5 hours work.

that is ridiculous :mad: :mad: