In Tenerife each local council organises activities through the summer months for the school kids that are registered in its area. Accessing the Arona Ayuntamiento website to find out what is on offer this year I could not find any information at all. In fact, if I had wanted to know what was going on in Verano 2005, I was quids-in but for summer 2008 – not a peep.

Many of the most popular courses have cut-off dates to get your kid’s name down and some have limited places so if you want to take advantage of these activities then now is the time to get them organised. I emailed Arona and received a reply linking to this pdf document listing Verano 2008 Activities in Arona. Too late already for the first round of swimming classes in Los Cristianos but there are plenty of other things to choose from including windsurfing, surfing and recreational and artistic roller skating.

Most activities are available to 6 years and up and there are a few specially for older kids including boxing and beach exercise classes. Pensioners get a look in too with beach exercise and gymnasium.