I just had a look at what ours would be (is run by Camp Australia) - it appears different rates for casual - I assume that set days every week is not considered casual - so looks like is 12 for before and 17 for after before rebates etc. A few people have said to me that is not much cheaper than daycare - not sure how that can be? 29 dollars a day full fee compared to 109 full fee - and the CCB and CCR applies to both - or am I missing something?
Also appears there is another session called - Prep Gap 2.30pm-3.30pm - does that mean Prep's finish at 2.30? Is that normally just for a few weeks or a term etc? Seems a bit odd that Prep Gap which is an hour costs $10.00 full fee and then normal after care is 3:15 PM to 6:00 PM and $17 does that mean that if you have a prep you end up with a full fee of $27 - just for the afternoon?
What do people do about other activities like swimming etc if using after school care all/most days - does everything get pushed to the weekend or do you find just don't do them?
Work is so annoying, I have been there nearly six months, and still yesterday they were like "oh you are not in tomorrow" (I have only worked one Tuesday in the six months) - "any chance you can do a few hours work for us" - am fed up with trying to cram 35 hours into three days - people seem to fail to understand that it isn't about money, just because getting paid doesn't make it ok.
Last year DD did dancing which was run by an outside person who hired the school hall. She would just get changed at after school care then run across the grounds and we'd pick her up after it finished.
We do swimming at 5:30 in the evening, so we pick her up at normal time from ASC, then do it later.
She is doing tennis this year instead of dancing so we pick her up a bit early and take her to it.
I prefer to have our weekends free - but I would like her to do nippers next summer which is only on a Sunday morning.
I also like weekends free - last swimming lesson of the day round here appears to be 5:30, and unless I can get altered hours then wouldn't make it for that one. The more I think about it the more sense it makes to not work 9-5 - the silly thing to me is that I work in logistics and most of the 'real' logistics work e.g. warehousing, delivering etc works more like a 7:00 till 3:00 day or slight variations on that - why IT companies are so set on this 9-5 business is beyond me.
I should be careful what I wish for, so fed up of work wishing for time off, now DD has Impetigo (school sores - I never heard it called school sores in UK) so can't go to daycare for 48 hours. So now I will be working from home tomorrow and possibly Thursday depending on DH. Saves me 2 hours driving, but I am not keen on working from home, the concentration required is not easy when even one of the kids are around. It must be very job dependent but always amuses me when work say can't you just work from home on if you haven't got childcare - mmm yes and what exactly are my 2 and 4 year old meant to do for 8 hours while I am tapping away on the keyboard. Yes a few hours here and there can manage with them around - but a days work - no chance - and I really prefer that if I am with the kids - I am "with" the kids.
Working from home can certainly work in some jobs, but I think those that can be done while also being responsible for children in the home are few and far between.
As I deal with payroll, most clients need their payroll done by 3pm, so it really works well with school friendly hours. Well that is assuming they are a client on the Eastern side of Aus
I find I can't work from home either. I get snappy at the kids. I can do a quick bit of research, but any data related work is too risky.
Occasionally one or both of the girls may come into work with me, but it is only ever for around an hour.
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