Help please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So Dudie has started Grade 000. Great! All is going swimmingly BUT!!!!! This is a huge BUT! We love his school and his teachers. But this might be the last year that he is there. They have a Private Primary School but it is not on our route. It’s actually way out of our way….Although, on the plus side they give preference to the kids in their Nursery School.
Dudie has been accepted by a very sought after Montessori Nursery school for 2014. Yay! But, I’m not sure that I want to move him there because we don’t want to move him there and then move him again when he has to start Grade 1…. So I really think that I should let the school know that we will not be taking that spot….sigh….
We have been doing theĀ research and we have found a few independent schools, that we really like but it will curb our spontaneous getaways(sob sob)…..
Can you recommend private schools in Pretoria? I’d really appreciate personal experiences….
We do however have a DARK Cloud looming…What do you do about holiday times? I don’t have a nanny/domestic that I can rope in over the holiday. Our family lives in Cape Town. So we basically fend for ourselves in GP. Currently, his school only closes for December but we do take frequent breaks during the year, in case anyone thinks that my child is at school 340 days in the year š
Are there any holiday programmes available in Pretoria? Holiday Schools? We will take leave as and when possible but I would really like to know what other working parents do????
For theĀ record I’m not comfortable leaving Dudie home with a caregiver even if it is family because of:
a) our swimming pool (yes, he does take swimming lessons but he is no olympian)
b) our beloved dogs (we do not leave Dudie unattended with our breed)
c) I don’t want him catching up with soapiesĀ during theĀ holiday time ( I would prefer that he be stimulated with age-appropriate activities)
So this is my dilemma… Please let me know how you manage to survive work/parenting/life…
Spirited Mama
P.S. I’m looking for new employment closer to Pretoria as I commute daily. I am more than willing to take a back office, sit quietly and just not be seen but still get MY salary every month…. SO if anyone is hiring, please shout!!!!!