Calling all parents in the Duquesa area!! It’s that time of year again that we either love or hate.
The crazy rush to get the children back to school has surprised us all after the lovely, lazy Costa del Sol summer days. School books must be ordered, pens and pencils purchased and uniforms washed and ironed.
For ordering school books and gathering provisions we have a very good shop in Sabinillas on Calle Miguel Delibes, where they are very friendly and helpful and can speak english if required.
For purchasing the official uniforms, Plaza Ginebre in Sabinillas, just behind our office, is the place to go; an innocuous doorway underneath the stairs will lead you into a shop and all items of uniform can be purchased there. It is worth stating though that the uniforms are worn on a voluntary basis and they are expensive here in Spain and so personally, I collect my own uniforms from the likes of Marks and Spencers or Carrefor can be equally as good although run out of uniform items very quickly.
For those of us with children in the infant/primary schools Maicandil and San Luis here in Sabinillas and Pablo Picasso in Manilva, Monday the 12th September is the big day. To help plan your year ahead, click on the word calendar to follow the link to the school calendar for 2012/12 where you will find all of the school holidays.
Manilva Life have a fantastic page on which is lots of information regarding the school system here in the Manilva area so if you are new to the area it will be worth taking a look.
So now back to reality, early mornings, school buses, busy Sunday evenings, pack lunches and homework. At least the sun shines on us here on the Costa del Sol so the school run is hardly ever a washout!
