schools in gandia
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schools in gandia
Hello everyone!
We have just bought a house in Gandia, that we are using as a holiday home for the moment, but with a view to moving perm. next year. As we will be staying in Gandia in the 6 wk summer holiday, I am looking for a good nursery school for my 2yr old, just for a couple of days in the week...I will go mad otherwise! Also I would appreciate it if anyone could give me some info on schools, as in where the nearest international schools are to Gandia, and cost for when we do relocate. If there are any other mums in the area please say hi !
We have just bought a house in Gandia, that we are using as a holiday home for the moment, but with a view to moving perm. next year. As we will be staying in Gandia in the 6 wk summer holiday, I am looking for a good nursery school for my 2yr old, just for a couple of days in the week...I will go mad otherwise! Also I would appreciate it if anyone could give me some info on schools, as in where the nearest international schools are to Gandia, and cost for when we do relocate. If there are any other mums in the area please say hi !
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Hello everyone!
We have just bought a house in Gandia, that we are using as a holiday home for the moment, but with a view to moving perm. next year. As we will be staying in Gandia in the 6 wk summer holiday, I am looking for a good nursery school for my 2yr old, just for a couple of days in the week...I will go mad otherwise! Also I would appreciate it if anyone could give me some info on schools, as in where the nearest international schools are to Gandia, and cost for when we do relocate. If there are any other mums in the area please say hi !
We have just bought a house in Gandia, that we are using as a holiday home for the moment, but with a view to moving perm. next year. As we will be staying in Gandia in the 6 wk summer holiday, I am looking for a good nursery school for my 2yr old, just for a couple of days in the week...I will go mad otherwise! Also I would appreciate it if anyone could give me some info on schools, as in where the nearest international schools are to Gandia, and cost for when we do relocate. If there are any other mums in the area please say hi !
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Hello everyone!
We have just bought a house in Gandia, that we are using as a holiday home for the moment, but with a view to moving perm. next year. As we will be staying in Gandia in the 6 wk summer holiday, I am looking for a good nursery school for my 2yr old, just for a couple of days in the week...I will go mad otherwise! Also I would appreciate it if anyone could give me some info on schools, as in where the nearest international schools are to Gandia, and cost for when we do relocate. If there are any other mums in the area please say hi !
We have just bought a house in Gandia, that we are using as a holiday home for the moment, but with a view to moving perm. next year. As we will be staying in Gandia in the 6 wk summer holiday, I am looking for a good nursery school for my 2yr old, just for a couple of days in the week...I will go mad otherwise! Also I would appreciate it if anyone could give me some info on schools, as in where the nearest international schools are to Gandia, and cost for when we do relocate. If there are any other mums in the area please say hi !
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Re: schools in gandia
Hello everyone!
We have just bought a house in Gandia, that we are using as a holiday home for the moment, but with a view to moving perm. next year. As we will be staying in Gandia in the 6 wk summer holiday, I am looking for a good nursery school for my 2yr old, just for a couple of days in the week...I will go mad otherwise! Also I would appreciate it if anyone could give me some info on schools, as in where the nearest international schools are to Gandia, and cost for when we do relocate. If there are any other mums in the area please say hi !
We have just bought a house in Gandia, that we are using as a holiday home for the moment, but with a view to moving perm. next year. As we will be staying in Gandia in the 6 wk summer holiday, I am looking for a good nursery school for my 2yr old, just for a couple of days in the week...I will go mad otherwise! Also I would appreciate it if anyone could give me some info on schools, as in where the nearest international schools are to Gandia, and cost for when we do relocate. If there are any other mums in the area please say hi !
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Re: schools in gandia
Hello everyone!
We have just bought a house in Gandia, that we are using as a holiday home for the moment, but with a view to moving perm. next year. As we will be staying in Gandia in the 6 wk summer holiday, I am looking for a good nursery school for my 2yr old, just for a couple of days in the week...I will go mad otherwise! Also I would appreciate it if anyone could give me some info on schools, as in where the nearest international schools are to Gandia, and cost for when we do relocate. If there are any other mums in the area please say hi !
We have just bought a house in Gandia, that we are using as a holiday home for the moment, but with a view to moving perm. next year. As we will be staying in Gandia in the 6 wk summer holiday, I am looking for a good nursery school for my 2yr old, just for a couple of days in the week...I will go mad otherwise! Also I would appreciate it if anyone could give me some info on schools, as in where the nearest international schools are to Gandia, and cost for when we do relocate. If there are any other mums in the area please say hi !
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Our little chap went to http://www.colegiolascolinas.net/colegio/ from the age of 3. He picked up Spanish straight away (at home he speaks Hungarian with his mother and English with me) and quickly made friends. The school is pretty strict and the kids are sitting at a desk from 9 till 5....its a long day. And then they have homework! Costs around 400 Euros a month plus uniform and books. Hope this is of help.
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Hi All, thanks for the information. Ideally we would like to put the children in a local school, however so many people we have spoken with have put us of for various reasons. I suppose we will just have to wait and see. We are going to be living in Marxuquera. At the moment we arejust finding our feet, so any information re. the area would be really useful......many thanks
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Hi All, thanks for the information. Ideally we would like to put the children in a local school, however so many people we have spoken with have put us of for various reasons. I suppose we will just have to wait and see. We are going to be living in Marxuquera. At the moment we arejust finding our feet, so any information re. the area would be really useful......many thanks
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Mmmm...I would not really say that Marxuquera is "Gandia". As Mitzyboy says, it's dead all year apart from the Summer holidays, when the Spanish move to their weekend houses. There are some expats living there but everybody tends to keep themselves to themselves (funnily enough I never met an expat from there who spoke Spanish)....but it is VERY quiet. Though we looked at properties in both Marxuquera and Barx, we decided that to really "live" in Spain (there's more to it than just oranges and the weather!) we needed to be amongst Spanish people on a day to day basis, as this meant we were "forced" to speak Spanish with our neighbors and in the local shops, and, along with the parents at the school, we quickly made friends both for ourselves and our son. Also the beach is just a pleasant 20 minute bike ride away. Marxuquera means you will be using the car a lot.
The school I highlighted is probably the "best" in Gandia, and last year ranked 3rd academically in the Valencia region. Also (and maybe an important point for you) the teaching is entirely in Spanish, as opposed to state schools where half the classes are in Valenciano.
I'm afraid that you may have to live with your madness over the Summer period, as all schools are closed.
The school I highlighted is probably the "best" in Gandia, and last year ranked 3rd academically in the Valencia region. Also (and maybe an important point for you) the teaching is entirely in Spanish, as opposed to state schools where half the classes are in Valenciano.
I'm afraid that you may have to live with your madness over the Summer period, as all schools are closed.
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Mmmm...I would not really say that Marxuquera is "Gandia". As Mitzyboy says, it's dead all year apart from the Summer holidays, when the Spanish move to their weekend houses. There are some expats living there but everybody tends to keep themselves to themselves (funnily enough I never met an expat from there who spoke Spanish)....but it is VERY quiet. Though we looked at properties in both Marxuquera and Barx, we decided that to really "live" in Spain (there's more to it than just oranges and the weather!) we needed to be amongst Spanish people on a day to day basis, as this meant we were "forced" to speak Spanish with our neighbors and in the local shops, and, along with the parents at the school, we quickly made friends both for ourselves and our son. Also the beach is just a pleasant 20 minute bike ride away. Marxuquera means you will be using the car a lot.
The school I highlighted is probably the "best" in Gandia, and last year ranked 3rd academically in the Valencia region. Also (and maybe an important point for you) the teaching is entirely in Spanish, as opposed to state schools where half the classes are in Valenciano.
I'm afraid that you may have to live with your madness over the Summer period, as all schools are closed.
The school I highlighted is probably the "best" in Gandia, and last year ranked 3rd academically in the Valencia region. Also (and maybe an important point for you) the teaching is entirely in Spanish, as opposed to state schools where half the classes are in Valenciano.
I'm afraid that you may have to live with your madness over the Summer period, as all schools are closed.
surely there must be some private guarderías open thouugh?
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Hi All, thanks for the information. Ideally we would like to put the children in a local school, however so many people we have spoken with have put us of for various reasons. I suppose we will just have to wait and see. We are going to be living in Marxuquera. At the moment we arejust finding our feet, so any information re. the area would be really useful......many thanks
I know Marxuquera well as we used to live there, as already said it is pretty quiet and from our experience not somewhere to live permanently especially if you have children
Good luck with your move over, any questions on the area feel free to pm me
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Our little chap went to http://www.colegiolascolinas.net/colegio/ from the age of 3. He picked up Spanish straight away (at home he speaks Hungarian with his mother and English with me) and quickly made friends. The school is pretty strict and the kids are sitting at a desk from 9 till 5....its a long day. And then they have homework! Costs around 400 Euros a month plus uniform and books. Hope this is of help.
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Thanks Mitzyboy, I know where the towns are, been to the area a few times. I was looking for specific advice on moving from Budapest to Spain with child from littlelambfound, since it seems he's done this.
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Hello TinyK,
I'm presently enjoying the English rain a month, when my mighty mite visits his gran here. I shall return to Budapest around the 26th of July. If you would like to meet up and discuss our Spanish adventure, then please drop me an email address or telephone number via a private message on this forum. Talk later.
I'm presently enjoying the English rain a month, when my mighty mite visits his gran here. I shall return to Budapest around the 26th of July. If you would like to meet up and discuss our Spanish adventure, then please drop me an email address or telephone number via a private message on this forum. Talk later.