Time off secondary..to say anything?

poet123

balletshoes wrote: »

We weren't allowed out of our beds if we were too ill to go to school - no tv, nothing to do but sleep. So if we weren't really poorly, it was very very boring at home. I follow the same rule with my DD if I'm in any doubt at all that she's not really too ill to go to school. She rarely asks to stay off school ill .

That is what we do too, School or bed......

Savvy_Sue

Spendless wrote: »

I'm guessing this was some time ago with you putting DS1?
My kids school you only heard something back if it wasn't ok. If it was you heard nothing.:D I was 'enlightened' by other mums who had kids/step-kids older than mine. Only in more recent years did you get an authorised/not authorised copy of the form back- probably around the time that LA's started imposing fines.

Yes, it was some time ago: however how long was I supposed to wait before assuming it was OK? Don't get me wrong, I was going to do it anyway that particular year ... but I was trying to do it their way and they seemed to go out of their way to make it difficult!

I mean WHY could the child not ask for and be given a form? WHY could the letter I first wrote not have been sent to the office for a form to be issued?

With the LA issuing fines things may have changed.

gabyjane

Well dd's ill.. about 2 dyas off in 7 years of primary and second week of secondary and..typical! Annoyed as tried to call the school from 8-00am-8-30am and nothing so had to do the school run, takes me 15 mins and when i get there there is no signal so had to wait till home to call..got an automated reply saying leave name etc..i added i was sorry it was a later call but had been trying so will see what they say.

red_devil

have a great time your child do what you want!

gabyjane

red_devil wrote: »

have a great time your child do what you want!

Not quite sure i understand?!

Penny-Pincher!!

State schools are not legally obligated to authorise any holidays! The 10 day holiday allowance is a myth and is at the schools discretion.

Before my DD (15) accepted her secondary school placement, we had to sign forms to state that we would not take any time off in school terms for holidays etc.

I would just let the school know your intentions. If you've already made them aware, then there shouldn't be a problem.

PP
xx

red_devil

gabyjane wrote: »

Not quite sure i understand?!

meaning its your child, your family, your holiday, its got nothing to do with the school. No wonder some people home ed.

Penny-Pincher!!

red_devil wrote: »

meaning its your child, your family, your holiday, its got nothing to do with the school. No wonder some people home ed.

Red devil....I dont mean this in any malice as I always respect your posts but the above I dont agree with!

We are fortunate in this country to get free and a good standard of education for our children. The schools provide on average 12 weeks a year off, so surely we can TRY to sort holidays around the school holidays.

Main bug bear is that the prices are so extortionate!

Yes they are our children and family but we have to respect terms and conditions for our children to gain an education and sometimes this means sacrificing other things.

PP
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jane130

i try not to take my children out of school during term times and as a result my children have 98% attendance records ( dentists appointments and illness account for 2%) that said I hope they won;t mind too much when in 3 years time i take my son out of school for 3 weeks to do a highly educational american roadtrip . I dare say they will mind but I will do it anyway, probably acceopt the fine they will no doubt give out and make sure he gets educated on route .

inkie

We have a personal policy of never having time off during term time. My thinking is that there are enough holidays for us to go away in. If you have already booked the time off before getting 'permission' from school, then you need to write in and tell them that that is what you have done.
Could you not just go after school on the fri and come back sun eve. That's what we've done on numerous occasions, instead of taking the extended weekend off.