Surprised that no one has this piece of information. Hasn't anyone got one of their cards?

Possible they are not that up to date yet .

So where is it on at then please??????

Interesed to know where it is. See nobody has yet replied to you either Alice. Perhaps the just all wont us ring them. This is like reading about it at the end of the week in the local rag, too late to take part. COME ON LADS LET THE SECRET OUT PLEASE!!!!

When you come off the N332 at Gran Alicant, drive straight keeping Lydls to your right, at the roundabout take 3rd exit and it is at the top of that road.

The event is being held on the Carabasi complex in Gran alacant for the for the Japan Tsunami and lorca appeal. There will be lots of live music throughout the day with everything from soloists, guitarist to Tributes and dancers. There will also be food and drink available from the all the bars.
The event starts at about mid day until late.
Hope this helps

My daughter is 13 and she is the one im worried about! even though she is not worried...

Hi again, when we came over our oldest was almost 12, he was the one we was worried about the most with the language, but he learned it quicker than the younger two lol. If your living on Urb. La Marina there are school buses which take them into school. its relitavely easy to get them into school, but you all must have N.I.E. numbers, once you have these you just go to the the school with all your papers, i.e. passports, nie numbers, passport size photos of each child etc, and normally they start vurtually immediately.

hope this helps (p.s. take a translator with you tho, they do speak a little english but to save on time would be more easier for all if you took one, I have friends here who are fluent spanish who charge a minimal amount to do this).

Also amongst your paperwork you will need to take utility bill, padron or other forms of identitiy for where you live, thus enabling you to get free school buses to and from school.

All the best, if I can help in any other matters please let me know.

thanks for that, I dont even know how to get the N.I.E numbers??? but im sure because there are so many English people in La Marina someone?? will be able to help me when I get there. Im hoping anyway. Would you mind if I contact you nearer the time so maybe your friend could help once I get to the schools?

Thanks

Karen
Sorry one more question my youngest is Five,im not so sure about her getting on a school bus on her own, and I dont drive?? are there public buses that go to the schools?

dont worrie about your little one, children get on the bus as little as 3 years old, there is a monitor and a driver always on the bus. NIE numbers are quite straight forward, they are issued at Elche Police station and can take a few weeks, they were 18euros per person when we got ours, but that was over 3 years ago now. Iam sure once you arrive there are lots of people here who can help.

I really am surprised that more owners don’t let out their properties that they are trying to sell. Seems crazy that so many sell at way below market price and often lose a great deal of money. This way, owners would get an income coming in for quite a few months while the market is picking up.

Yes, quite agree Douglas. So, if any of you have a property standing empty for months on end please let us know and we could possibly rent it out for you !!

It's actually called Shoe-B-Shoe and it also has a great cafe where a bored husband can have a coffee and cake for a great price whilst the wife spends hours looking at shoes. And no - I'm not the owner!!!

lol yep, its a great place to go for afordable footwear, hoisery, bags, beachwear and to have a coffee lol, i don't own it or work their either but the shop is a godsend when you have 3 children who go through shoes and trainers like no ones business lol

I personally do not have school age children, but my friend's little boy goes to San Fulgencio School and, although there are quite a few English children, the majority are Spanish. He is now 8 and doing extremely well. He has picked up the Spanish language very well (unlike his parents) !! He is very happy there and has English & Spanish friends which is brilliant !!

My son is nearly 10 and has been at the school since we moved here in 2005. He could speak no Spanish when we arrived and the first few weeks were terrible for him. Within weeks he started to learn the language and now speaks it as a native - if only I could!!
The education he gets is superb. Far better than what I remember getting at his age in the UK and I managed a few A levels.
The old school was a bit of a shambles but the new building is well equipped and has good dedicated teachers. I can't praise it enough.
My concern is the High school, which has a really bad reputation and there appears to be no plans in place for a permanent school of the quality of the primary school.

hi, I have 3 children, two go to primary school and one is in the institute (high school) in san fulgencio, and although there is a majority of english children in the schools there is also a lot of spanish children too, and the teachers only speak spanish to them so they pick it up very quickly, my children are aged 7, 9 and 14 and we have only lived in spain 3 years, they speak great spanish and are doing well at school, although in the begining there were a few problems with the language barrier, but the children soon understood and overcome this. My children mix with the spanish children and love it here.