Moving to Oliva and would love some help...

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by towseruk

Not in the centre if I can help it, We are not bothered about English neighbours although we would like some other kids around.

OK, well ... as you know the centre of Oliva can be a little noisy, especially the old quarter where a lot of English live

Have you tried the playa area? Obviously near the beach and less high rise than the new town of Oliva. Also there are new apartments and houses on the South side of Oliva at the very very end of the paseo

Other than that Piles is only a short distance away

[aliciaw]

we researched all of the schools when we moved to Oliva and the 2 best schools are Rebollet on the N332 where our daughter goes now and St Joseph on the road to the beach. When we arrived we went to the town hall and asked them about local schools - they warned us of a couple because of social problems and disruptive children. One was Santa Anna and I can't remeber the name of the other. We went to all of the others and they all had most of the curriculum in Valenciano (the local dialect)- we wanted our daughter to speak Castellano so we shortlisted the above 2 schools as they do a 50/50 curriculum. If that does not matter to you then there are 2-3 more schools that seem ok.
hope that helps
Alicia

[towseruk]

Thanks for the info. We fly back AGAIN !!! next Tuesday to sort out accomodation. The sooner the better, so we can register at the town hall. Rebollet ? is that the one near the petrol station.

[aliciaw]

Kind of- it is where the big church is a little down from there. It is usually easier to get a place in your school of choice outside the usual application stage as threy will have some vacancies in some classes. let me know if you need any more help. Alicia

[towseruk]

Thanks Aliciaw, after 40 more messages you may regret saying that...