Afternoon activities for school children

Parents who require afternoon activities for their schoolchild should give priority to registering the child at an all-day school. If they do not get a place there, the child can attend a daycare facility (after-school care) from Monday to Friday following the reliable elementary school. There, they take part in lunch.

For older schoolchildren, for example, the youth leisure facilities offer Lücke projects.

No fees are charged for care at all-day schools, but lunch and early, late and vacation care are subject to a charge.

Other forms of after-school care (e.g. after-school care) are subject to a fee. The amount of the costs depends on the parents' income, the size of the family and the amount of care provided each week.

Requirements

• The open and tied all-day elementary school in the municipality of Bremen offer early, late and vacation care for a fee. This takes place from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and only if there are a sufficient number of registrations. It is run by non-teaching educational staff. Registration for early and late care is voluntary. By registering, parents/guardians commit to their child's attendance for at least one school year. Registration must be submitted to the school by January 31 of the school year.
• Vacation care in all-day schools takes place at selected locations during the Easter vacations, 3 weeks during the summer vacations, during the fall vacations and during the Christmas vacations after New Year (from a care period of 3 days). There is no vacation care during the half-year vacations or on bridge days, during the Whitsun vacations, during 3 weeks of the summer vacations and between Christmas and New Year. Registration for vacation care is voluntary. By registering for a calendar year, parents/guardians commit to their children's binding participation. In order to be able to plan requirements, children must be registered at the school by January 31 for the entire calendar year.
• For early, late and vacation care in all-day schools, only all-day school children of the respective all-day school can be registered whose single parent or both parents/guardians are employed during the respective vacations or during the respective school year or are in training or retraining and are therefore regularly absent during the care period.
• Parents who wish their child to attend after-school care or another after-school program for school children should prove that they are working, in training, looking for work or qualifying for work. A special situation in the family can also be an important reason for attending after-school care.
• Schoolchildren can also attend after-school care during the vacations. However, after-school care centers and other facilities for school children are closed for 4 weeks a year. During this time, another facility in the district is open and can be attended if necessary.
• Not every district has enough places available for school childcare in the afternoon. If a facility has more registrations than free places, children are given priority if their parents are working, training, looking for work or qualifying for work. A special situation in the family is also a reason for preferential admission of a school child, for example single parents. Younger schoolchildren have priority over older children.
• Parents who need additional care during after-school hours or have not been offered an after-school or all-day school place can contact PiB-Pflegekinder in Bremen. They will check whether a place with a childminder is available.