✦Seasonal · 11 recordsGet through the school holidays

Six weeks is long, expensive and arrives at the same time every year. This works out the childcare and the money first, then builds a loose week shape — some structure, some nothing — because a fully planned six weeks is as exhausting as an empty one.

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Goal

Six weeks covered, and affordable Month 2

Childcare and money first. Activities are downstream of both.

Cover and cost Week 4

Booked early, because the cheap options go first.

  • Map which weeks need cover and who can do whatDo firstDay 7
  • Set the budget for the six weeksDo firstDay 12
  • Book holiday clubs and childcareDo firstWeek 4

A loose week shape Month 2

Some structure, some nothing. Both on purpose.

  • Write a rough shape for a normal weekWeek 5
  • List cheap and free things nearbyWeek 6

Routines

  • Plan the week aheadweekly
  • Get outsidedaily
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Do not plan all six weeks

A fully scheduled six weeks is as exhausting as an empty one, and considerably more expensive. Deliberate nothing is part of the shape, and it is the part children remember.\n\nMost of the cost is childcare rather than entertainment. That is the number to work out in June.

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Get through the school holidays, answered.

Before the term ends, which is what this plan is dated to. Holiday clubs and childcare fill up early, and the cheapest options are the ones that go first.
No. A fully scheduled six weeks is as exhausting as an empty one, and expensive with it. The plan builds a rough week shape with deliberate nothing in it, which is the part children remember anyway.
Work the budget out first and then choose activities against it, rather than the other way round. Most of the cost is childcare rather than entertainment, and that is the number worth knowing in June.
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