Time off secondary..to say anything?

pulliptears

Be honest, nothing worse than a staff member overhearing your DD telling her friends about the exciting weekend away she had lol

Ex-Spendaholic

I would just send a note in on the day before ie the Thursday telling the school that your daughter won't be in for 2 days and stating that you will ensure she catches up on whatever work she missed out on.

jeffgeorge

flea72 wrote: »

why worry about it now. you obviously didnt care how the school would react when you booked the holidays, so why sweat it now, seeing as you will take your child out of school whether they agree to it or not.

you are teaching your child that its ok to do what you want when you want, so why not throw lying to people into the mix too, and just say she was ill

F

What an awful person you sound, the poster asking a question which is the point of this thread.

People do it all the time

Flea good name for you fleabag

nzmegs

I am sorry but i agree that taking your child out of school for a simple holiday is wrong. you have already said that you have booked the time off one year in advance. This is not a last minute deal or family situation or similar. you have a whole year to save extra for the increased cost of going in the holidays and should do so.

I agree that children need to be shown that rules are there for a reason. You can't just go to work and take time off at times you have been told you must work. You work around the needs of the business not the other way around. I agree that you are setting a poor example to your children about responsibility when it comes to both working and schooling.

pulliptears

nzmegs wrote: »

I am sorry but i agree that taking your child out of school for a simple holiday is wrong. you have already said that you have booked the time off one year in advance. This is not a last minute deal or family situation or similar. you have a whole year to save extra for the increased cost of going in the holidays and should do so.

I agree that children need to be shown that rules are there for a reason. You can't just go to work and take time off at times you have been told you must work. You work around the needs of the business not the other way around. I agree that you are setting a poor example to your children about responsibility when it comes to both working and schooling.

one week out of a 12 year Education will hardly leave the child illiterate now will it?

As for the 'rules are there for a reason' line, how about teaching a child that whilst rules are there its also bloody good to live a little once in a while

bestpud

It's two separate years so there is not going to be a problem as far as I can see.

As for whether or not to take them out of school:

I don't think it hurts to much for a good attender to spend two weeks out of school a year tbh but I can see what flea is saying tbh.

I'm taking my dd out of primary for a week next year and I am happy to do so,but I fully considered all the implications before I booked the holiday.

It seems daft to book the holiday and then get in a sweat about what the school will say! Did that not enter your head when you were thinking of the weekend away?

southoftheriver

A diligent child with concerned parents is not going to fail at life because she had a holiday in term time. Neither is she going to go off the rails and become a juvenile delinquent. I hope everyone critising the OP sticks to every single rule created in the land.

Spendless

It's def 2 seperate school years as I queried something similar at my children's school only last week. We have to work around hubby's holidays AL runs Jan-Dec, mine running April-March, hubby's hospital appts and his work projects. I can't ness fit all that in to how the school year runs, which is per academic year (Sept-July).

flea72

jeffgeorge wrote: »

What an awful person you sound, the poster asking a question which is the point of this thread.

People do it all the time

Flea good name for you fleabag

ok, im an awful person, for concurring with the OP that they know they are in the wrong, since they are scared of telling someone the truth about why their child isnt in school. if the OP thought they were within their rights, why would they now worry about the repercussions

i think i answered the OPs question quite succinctly. i said she should lie about why her child isnt in school

however, unlike some people, ive never felt the need to bend the rules to suit myself, lie, or resort to name calling

F

gabyjane

flea72 wrote: »

why worry about it now. you obviously didnt care how the school would react when you booked the holidays, so why sweat it now, seeing as you will take your child out of school whether they agree to it or not.

you are teaching your child that its ok to do what you want when you want, so why not throw lying to people into the mix too, and just say she was ill

F

Hmm wasn't going to reply to this stroppy reply but just to add i wouldn't have ever got her to lie that's why i asked on here. I am teaching her that we should ask before doing something which is what we have done and are going to do..i was asking for suggestions on how and when to do it.