Holidays with kids in school time, have you done it?

busiscoming2

I haven't read all the posts. Firstly OP I would be honest with the school, it would open a can of worms otherwise. Your dd would then have to lie about why she hadn't been at school. Teaching a child to lie is not a good thing.

IMHO I don't agree with taking children out of school, there are only a few exceptions to that. While it may not damage their learning, they miss out on parts of the syllabus, which could put them behind as well as giving them work to catch up on when they return. When a child is off sick for more than a couple of days (provided they are able) most schools will send work home so this doesn't happen.

Yes holidays in term time are dearer, but you know that before you have children and it is part of the financial implications of having children. Personally I have had to have holidays in school holiday time for 19 years now and will have to for the next two, then we will be able to enjoy the cheaper options.

gratefulforhelp_2

blue_monkey wrote: »

Why are the teachers complaining about us taking our children out of school, posting on this thread during the day? Why are you not at school teaching our kids?

I am on maternity leave, thanks for asking.

bestpud wrote: »

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

We do this three times a year in our sceondary school, it is quite common, but the point is the school has to put on some provision for the students whose parents want them to work in school, so it should not require a parent to use a day of (understandably precious) leave from work.


My children used to have these and they were able to go into school but, while they were supervised, they weren't encouraged to do any work so they spent the day larking about and playing games.

That's clearly poor, ours are supervised all day by qualified staff and given structured work to do, in fact they all are, whether the parents choose for them to be in school or out.

shellsuit wrote: »

That's part of a teachers job though.
Regardless of how a child misses work, they would still have to catch up wouldn't they?

I think the point is, they can't always catch up completely.

shellsuit

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

I am on maternity leave, thanks for asking.


That's clearly poor, ours are supervised all day by qualified staff and given structured work to do, in fact they all are, whether the parents choose for them to be in school or out.



I think the point is, they can't always catch up completely.

Then they can't catch up completely when they're off sick for a week or 2 either.


The last week of term I don't even count, because no work gets done at all anyway. We took them out in the last week last year. No catching up at all needed there.

FatVonD

I've never taken my son out of school for a whole week to go on holiday but he's missed the last couple of days of term as just going a couple of days earlier makes a big difference to price (though not as much as going completely in term time.) I didn't ask for permission but called in sick instead as if we'd asked and permission had been refused we'd have been stuffed!

red_devil

I have in the past but it dosent apply to me now.

gregg1

shellsuit wrote: »

How are you going to catch up on your work?

That won't be a problem so don't worry about it!

shellsuit

gregg1 wrote: »

That won't be a problem so don't worry about it!

I'm not worrying about it, was just curious that's all.

blue_monkey_2

Do you not think our kids need the continuity of a teacher? It is also disruptive for teachers to come and go whether it is for training days or illness.

So why is it OK for a teacher to have time off in term time but not for the children?

Surely you need to plan your babies births and operations for half term and school holidays too?

Is my child having a week off to go on holiday any different to another child being off for a bad stomach?

pollypenny

blue_monkey wrote: »

Why are the teachers complaining about us taking our children out of school, posting on this thread during the day? Why are you not at school teaching our kids?

Who are these teachers who should be at school?

I, for one, am retired. I have tried to point out the difficulties for the child who misses work and the teacher.

kelloggs36

blue_monkey wrote: »

Do you not think our kids need the continuity of a teacher? It is also disruptive for teachers to come and go whether it is for training days or illness.

So why is it OK for a teacher to have time off in term time but not for the children? teachers don't take time off for holidays - sickness (as with children) is a different matter.

Surely you need to plan your babies births and operations for half term and school holidays too? have you ever tried to plan being sick? Operations can and are planned to a point, but teachers aren't super human and can't plan being ill any more than children can. They can and o however, plan their holidays to coincide with the school holidays.

Is my child having a week off to go on holiday any different to another child being off for a bad stomach?

Yes, because a holiday is planned, sickness is not.