About wellygirl2

Status:

Expatriate  

Gender:

Female

Currently Lives:

Niva, Kobenhavn, Denmark

Citizen Of:

New Zealand

Past Expat Posts:

Netherlands

Some Forum Posts:

Denmark: International Highschools in Denmark:

Try this link http://www.english-schools.org/denmark/ Places in international schools at any level, are notoroiusly hard to find. I presume you tried CIS only. Alternative to CIS, you can try HIS (Horsholm International School), Rygaards, Bernadotte. There are two other new schools recently opened, I can't recall their names sorry. Good luck!

Denmark: 10 Tips for Living in Denmark:

Yep have to agree, Fae you sound a bit bitter or upset. Actually your point about kids outside in prams, I did experience that the other day. I walked past a cafe, nice and warm and toasty inside, the mummys by the window sipping their coffee. Two very well wrapped, covered prams outside the window and one screaming baby. I had been warned against telling mothers about crying babies so walked on. Very odd. An english friend who is married to a dane said it is normal here to leave kids outside. I personally love it here, sure it is extortionately expensive, I can't figure out what the average dane gets in return for handing over nearly 80% of their salaries to the government (with all taxes combined) that other countries with tax half that size provide (like New Zealand eg). But our lifestyle is much better than in Netherlands, people are pleasant and relaxed, there is a reasonable variety of most products. When you are a foreigner in a country you really cannot expect to get your favourite home goodies, why should you?! Allow for that and get family to send stuff over. You just need to plan ahead or cook like the locals, then you have everything you need. So, it is all in perspective, everyone has a different perspective. Before we moved here i spoke with two people who had just left. One hated it but she arrived with a 3 week baby and lived outside of Copn and the other loved it, had older children in school.

Denmark: Minimum salary for a family of 4:

haha. Yes, very much under an acceptable amount - don't take it! It is stupidly expensive here. Renegotiate hard, they are having a laugh.

Denmark: International School Help !:

Another thing...despite the school situation, which was very stressful, this is a wonderful place and I am pleased we have moved here. We have just come from 4 years in Netherlands. Try the Horsholm international school, pressure on places seems to be in the preschool classes, so you might be ok. http://www.his.dk I also looked into homeschooling as a supplement to schooling if you choose the danish system. I found a UK network with a programme for expat children http://www.primaryhomeeducation.co.uk/home-schooling-services.asp Good luck

Denmark: Homeschoolers in Denmark.:

It does take huge discipline to factor it in to your day and life in general makes it hard to put into practice with regularity. It doesn't always have to be about workbooks however. How about trips to museums (learning composition, colour, techniques, social background), science museums, games involving learning maths equations/language etc? Walking in the park (tree types/seasons/counting), baking (learning fractions/metric/measurements and weights). If we travelled in the car (which was frequently), even on short trips, we bought workbooks, notebooks and other materials in the car. My kids are so used to it now, that they take them along as entertainment. I always have a good supply in the house just in case! The internet is a marvel for worksheets of all sorts of subjects. Even if you can set aside 30 mins each day, say the hour before dinner when they generally are ratbags, it helps to quiet them in preparation for evening and gives you quality time with them also. You'll do it! Just say "ok, lets do 10 minutes right now"! Good luck.

Denmark: Homeschooling...last resort:

We are moving to Copenhagen at the end of June for 3 years. My children are of school age and we cannot get them into any of the international schools (all full) and they are not six at the cut off time to enrol in a danish school. Is there a homeschool network in Denmark? Is it legal? We are from New Zealand. Thanks

Denmark: Homeschooling:

I will be moving to Copenhagen at the end of June with almost 6 year old twins. I am having absolutely no luck in getting our children into a school anywhere because of a) their age, 10 days after 1/10 cutoff and b) all the international schools are full. We have been living in Netherlands for the last 4 years and the boys have been in an international school. They can read fluently and write and have a good grasp of their subjects. My 2 only choices at this stage are to live in Sweden and hubby commutes or homeschool. To the other respndent, sometimes there is no other option but to homeschool. Hard to integrate with no options. lbarber, how did you get on in finding information? Getting desperate now! Thanks

Denmark: American Moving To Denmark, looking for tips:

The voltage here is 220v rather than the 110v in the US. Not only this but the cycles in the voltage difference is not the same. It is this that will damage your appliances even if you have a transformer. Everything in Europe is more expensive than the US, you just have to adjust to it and as the other posters have said, you make accomodations in some areas to offset it. You can purchase machines from other expats who are leaving as there is a cycle to their stays. There are auction sites here selling appliances. The international schools are a good source for this.

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