Moving with small children - have you overlooked one underrated yet important pre-arrival arrangement?
（日本語は英語の後に）
Moving to a new city is an exciting but exhausting event. Surrounded by boxes just arrived in your new home, you don’t know where to start as there are just too many things to get through; bank account, mobile phone, bed linen, utility connection, grocery shopping, just to name a few. It is hard enough on your own but if you are moving with a preschooler, it’s a whole new level of challenge. And any mother with a preschooler would want to get the home in order speedily so they can resume their normal life where they can clean, eat and sleep without hassle.
One underrated key to your successful moving with a preschooler is to pre-arrange a childcare for your little one. Many childcare centres will tell you that you will have to be in Sydney before you can apply. As a relocation agency, we at Kathryn Hall Agency have helped many families in such situation.
When we contact those childcare centres, we generally find that their responses are more positive. Engaging a local company to help you will show them you are definitely moving to Sydney in near future and they are likely to take your inquiry more seriously. While many will still require you to be in Sydney physically, there are some that can secure a spot for your child and accept a deposit before your arrival. Even if you can’t secure a spot pre-arrival, they can tell you what documents you will be required to submit, such as vaccination record in English. There may also be new centres opening up with only a short waitlist but Google will not be picking those up for you while you do your research overseas, only radars of locals catch such information.
So don’t give up if you didn’t go anywhere with your online research and email inquiries. Let us help with your childcare hunting. Leaving your child in a good hand means you can concentrate on your tasks at hand and minimise stress level of both yours and your child’s. The quicker you settle in, the sooner you get to spend quality time with your loved ones.
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家族移住、効率よく引っ越す意外なキーポイントとは？
荷物に囲まれ、新生活にワクワクしながらも、やることいっぱいでどこから手をつけていいのか。ただでも大変な引っ越し。小さいお子さんがいる家では落ち着くのに何倍も時間がかかってしまうだけでなく、入居した日からちゃんと食べられ、寝られ、ある程度普通の生活ができる状態にしたい、と望むのは小さい子供を持つ家庭なら当然のこと。
ここで、子供と親のストレスを軽減し、スムーズな新生活のスタートに重要な鍵となるのが、保育園や幼稚園などチャイルドケアの準備です。
Moving with a small child is a challenge
もちろん、多くの施設が「こちらに着いてから申し込みを」と言ってくるでしょう。シドニー移住をお手伝いするリロケーションエージェンシーのキャサリン・ホール・エージェンシーでは、こんな悩みを抱えるご家族をたくさんサポートしてきました。現地にいる私たちを通して問い合わせすると、意外と違った応えが返ってきます。シドニーでは、日本のように待機児童が多く、場所によっては何百人という子供がウェイトリストに載っている、といった話も。
なかには、前金を払えば席を確保しておいてくれる施設もありますし、子供の健康や予防接種の記録といった提出書類を事前に準備するなど、移住前にできることは意外とあるものです。また、少子化の日本と違い、建設中のチャイルドケアもところどころにあり、ウェイトリストがない新設保育園は、狙い目であるだけでなく、地元でしか得にくい情報でもあります。
何軒かメールで問い合わせたけれど、門前払いだった、と諦めずに、弊社のチャイルドケアアシストのサービスをご利用してみてはいかがでしょうか。お子様を早くから施設に預けることで、安心してストレスなく、かつスピーディに新生活の準備を進めることができるでしょう。
