Location and schooling advice please.

Hi

I'm Natascha and live since September in Albox.

Here are a lot English people.

The people that I know with children have adapted really quickly.

I'm from Belgium, but working for an English boss, insurance.

Don't be afraid!

Manny greets Natascha

Thank you Natashca, that’s great to hear! 🙂

Hi there

We moved to Murcia (Las Palas) with our 10yr old son 3.5yrs ago. He’s 13 now at secondary school and fully  fluent in Spanish. 
We chose a Spanish village with Spanish neighbours so we could immerse fully in the country.  We also now speak Spanish. (Not as fluently) 

Fully recommend a Spanish village/town where the kids have freedom and safety and parks/schools  etc. Camposol is not at all suited for children.  

Also recommend that you either move sooner or get a Spanish national in the Uk to teach your daughter Spanish.  They say younger the better for learning and “they” are right.  
regards gymnastics I have no idea.  Sorry. But there are many clubs and activities for the children. (most without website’s) The Spanish love kids and we feel embraced by our community. 

Thank you Spanglish, I really appreciate your advice. Did your son have any trouble settling into school, or into Spain for that matter? We wouldn’t be able to move before 2 years for various reasons, but will definitely take on board your suggestion of Spanish lessons. 🙂

No trouble settling in. No bulling.  Quite the opposite really.  Being the only English kid in the school/ village.  

He was a novelty and thus popular. 

The school were brilliant. They adjusted his lessons so unlike the Spanish kids he could miss french and have more Spanish lessons one on one from  any teacher available. 

That sounds amazing, which school did you send him to? It’s so good to hear a positive experience, Hopefully our  H will have as good a time too when we move. 😊

Hi 

We moved here last October and we live in a village just outside Fuente Alamo.  We have a very shy 12 year old daughter who has started secondary school here.  She is not fluent in Spanish yet - (being in lockdown since March hasn't helped her), but her spanish has improved so much already.  Her teachers have been amazing in the school she goes to and all the Spanish children have been great with her too. She has made some wonderful new friends and some speak very good English.  

We also chose to live in a Spanish village but there are many English speaking families living at Hacienda de Alamo, which I believe has a mixture of nationalities living there including many Spanish and has also got British and Irish families there too.  

https://haciendadelalamogolfresort.es/en

I have put the link for the school below.  There are a number of English speaking families with children at the school. 

https://colegiosanagustin.eu/

We love living here and are so glad we took the plunge, even though my husband still works in the UK and travels back here when he can.  That has been tough sometimes, especially for our daughter, but we definitely think Spain is a better place for her to grow up than the UK.  We have found the Spanish people to be very welcoming and only regret that we didn't do it sooner. 

😁

Hi Beth, 

Thank you for replying to my post and the helpful links. Your circumstances sound very similar to mine, my daughter is very shy too, will be 12 when/if we move, and my husband will not be able to live permanently in Spain with us either. He will be able to spend 2-3 months at a time with us, but will be away more than he is home. Thankfully she is used to Daddy being away so much, so that is one less worry. 

I’m so glad your family has settled so well, it gives us real hope of making the move a reality.

Aisling

Hi, we are hopi g to move over ASAP, I'm just painting our house ready to sell. hopefully sell ok with coronavirus not so sure. 

We are looking for advice on schools, I have the same fears my son is 7. We are looking into huercal overa any advice on this area? 

Thanks