Holidays during termtime...opinion please

Nicki

Marisco wrote: »

This might be a daft question to those of you with school age kids, but bear with me, it's a long time since my kids were in school, and even longer since I was!!! But why do siblings go to different schools??? I mean why does one kid go to one high school and brother/sister go to another?

In my case, it was because one child had special needs, so went to a school which could meet those, and the other who was older went to the best local primary. Sometimes though, parents can't get both children into the same school if it is oversubscribed, and they live on the edge of the catchment area. And sometimes siblings have different interests and needs, so you might want to send one to a small school with good pastoral care, but the other who can handle more pressure to a bigger, more highly achieving school.

pollypenny

I have sympathy with OP.

I'd say if you must take a child out of school for holidays, do it at the end of term, not the beginning.

That way he/she is less likely to miss some essential grounding in a new topic.

If the child is in Y10 or 12, check whether some crucial work is underway ready for the following year.

S_Wales_Saver

I so sympathise! In 2013 I plan to take children and grandchildren to Florida for a big family holiday. OH teaches in one LA, DGS in school in a second, DstepGS in a third and DGDs in a fourth :eek: All within a 40 mile radius. I'm already having nightmares!!

neverdespairgirl

Marisco wrote: »

This might be a daft question to those of you with school age kids, but bear with me, it's a long time since my kids were in school, and even longer since I was!!! But why do siblings go to different schools??? I mean why does one kid go to one high school and brother/sister go to another?

My sisters and I went to the same secondary school. As it was a girls' school, my brother went to a different one.

There were also some girls at my school whose sisters went to another one, because they didn't pass the entrance exam.

neverdespairgirl

OH has a case collapse at the last minute in December last year, and therefore wanted to take our son to Israel for Hannukah, as it's a holiday in Israel and his cousins would all be off school. He only actually missed two days, as they flew out on a Wednesday night and back on a Sunday night.

I reckon it's easier to get out of a Cat A prison than out of my son's primary school!