How to find a school in Spain?

Question

I am chawisa from Thailand and my husband Marrti he finish . we have bought Apartment on Lasplamar Canaria Island we have 2 kids . they are Thai 12 and 9 year old in thailand they are study Thai + English 50/50 % . and we have to move there on Next June 2012 . and we have try to find school for them and have been send mail to many school there but not have reply any thing from there . Hope someone can help me about this problems and HOW to be fast with Spanish .?

Best regard

Thanks for advance

Chawisa Wiang-in

Answer 1

Best of luck with that. Heidi is right you have a good few months to organise the school question. There will be a lot of papeleo (paperwork) at the beginning,when you arrive, residencia, various contracts for, say, butano, electricity etc. etc. That's the time when you will see how it all works and be able to ask people for advice.

Here's a reference book which organises Spanish under themes which you may find useful when you undergo that process: palabra por palabra

Another useful book when you're settling in is a good Spanish English pictorial reference dictionary. If you need say an electrician or a plumber you can quickly find the words you need to get the repair done I have this one: Pictorial Reference, I don't know what's going on with the prices quoted, I bought it for around £16.

Here's an online one too Online Pictorial Reference dict Good luck, have fun.

great help birdy, gracias:) - 00494d19, Dec 18, 2011

thanks so much for your information :) - Chawisa, Dec 18, 2011

Answer 2

Oh, so you are moving here in June, great, this will give you time to adapt and learn some more Spanish, as the school holidays start in June

School will begin again in September, plenty of time to find one and talk to authorities etc.

Answer 3

Hi, welcome to the forum, I don't know how to find a school in Spain but just wanted to wish you and our family luck with your new life.

gracias mary, very kind:) - 00494d19, Dec 18, 2011

Answer 4

thank you very much

Answer 5

Thanks you very much for your answer to me .

i am happy to hear from you . we have to learn spanish before move to live there from you and Spanish in Thailand ,

Chawisa

Answer 6

HI Chawisa, first things first, look at our lessons, make your whole family work on them, the more Spanish you speak, the better it will be for your kids especially.

To find a school in Spain you need to live here,unless you are looking for a private school.

Schooling is mandatory in Spain, every kid has the right to go to school, so once you live here and you are registered , you won't have any difficulty finding a school.