Taking children out of school a week before summer hols as I am disabled.

KxMx

Yes holidays are beneficial, but not all of us can afford them and so don't get them and live quite easily without.

NAR

purplegirluk1 wrote: »

I have ME and am hoping to take my family on a uk holiday a week before the summer hols begin. We are hoping that is might make the drive a little easier with there being less traffic and that the places we visit will be a little quieter.

Sorry, while I sympathise with your illness, I don't think your reasons are valid for removing your children from school early. I have to agree with others that you are not considering your children's education, but are trying to misuse your illness to undermine the system.

mumps

sangio wrote: »

Yes I too agree.

I do wonder what would happen if all the parents took their children out of school at the same time?

Nice quiet week for teachers to prepare for September.

duchy

whitesatin wrote: »

When I was teaching, how I would have loved a week in a resort when there were fewer children around but, no, I did the responsible thing, of course, as you would expect.

I suppose I could have phoned in sick but it never entered my head. I rarely took time off even when I was sick.

Before your halo slips and bops you on the head you might want to consider that the majority of parents don't get six weeks off in the summer , two weeks at Christmas and Easter not to mention half term weeks and "training days". Training days been the biggest farce of all when you have schools scheduling the actual training as twilight eg a couple of evenings so the teachers get a day off the actual training day whilst the majority of parents need to make childcare arrangements to cover that "day off".

I have many teacher friends and |I've yet to find any single teacher who spends more than two weeks total in the summer on lesson plans and am heartilly sick of the hollier than thou attitude exhibited by teachers who have not spent any time working in the real world but gone straight from school to uni back into schools. It's interesting how their attitude is a complete 180 to those who worked in the real world before moving into teaching and I believe our kids and education in general are better served by teachers with decent life experience.

whitesatin

duchy wrote: »

Before your halo slips and bops you on the head you might want to consider that the majority of parents don't get six weeks off in the summer , two weeks at Christmas and Easter not to mention half term weeks and "training days". Training days been the biggest farce of all when you have schools scheduling the actual training as twilight eg a couple of evenings so the teachers get a day off the actual training day whilst the majority of parents need to make childcare arrangements to cover that "day off".

I have many teacher friends and |I've yet to find any single teacher who spends more than two weeks total in the summer on lesson plans and am heartilly sick of the hollier than thou attitude exhibited by teachers who have not spent any time working in the real world but gone straight from school to uni back into schools. It's interesting how their attitude is a complete 180 to those who worked in the real world before moving into teaching and I believe our kids and education in general are better served by teachers with decent life experience.

A bit of an assumption going on there, if I may say so. I worked in the "real world" for 6 years before I decided to train as a teacher. Part of my motivation was that I was so bored in the various places I worked, often asking for extra work because I couldn't keep up the pretence of being busy. You can imagine how that went down!

Not going to get involved in the old chestnut of training days except to say that they were imposed upon us as part of a pay deal a long time ago, not something we chose at all. Please do your research. As for twilight sessions, as long as the work is done, that is what matters. After all, it leaves more time to plan what to do with the long holidays and all that money.:rotfl:

For sure, some teachers will put in more effort than others, just like in any other walk of life but if they come up with the goods and do a good job, everyone is different in their approach.

As for my halo slipping, you did make me giggle, so thanks for that.:T

Ellejmorgan

sangio wrote: »

No I don't suppose they will - blinkered!!!

As for 'needing' a holiday - it is more important to be with the kids and family than it is to be on holiday.

You needn't go any further than your back garden or local park to have a break.

If you think kids prefer the park or back garden to a holiday you are so out of touch...

I'd been in hospital having major spinal surgery I then took kids away after recovering..Not a big deal really is it, they deserved it...

Anubis_2

Personally having worked in schools in recent years I do think the last week of term is a wipeout in many schools. I don't see the need for learning to be suspended for the last week in favour of sitting the kids in front of DVDs which has become the norm in many schools now and the only people who benefit are teachers who are freed up to complete administrative tasks before the term ends.

Yes, having brough four kids up it seems this last week before breakup hasn't changed much.

OP approach the school with the same you have posted here. I can't see it being a problem with it being last week of term, the issues normally arise when it's around exam time or in middle of term.

whitesatin

Then it would be, "Oh, there's only two weeks to go till the end of term, can't do any harm". Then, 3 weeks, 4 weeks etc. etc.

Believe me, I've heard it all.

Personally,as a parent, if Ihad suspected what is being suggested is going on here at the end of term, I would have been proactive, believe me. Mind you, that would have meant some effort, but, there you go!

The_mangler

Personally, because it is nothing to do with cost, I will take any fine I am given in order for my kids to have that important family time away from home. As I said (and has been ignored by all) this area has many parents who manage or work at caravan parks and holiday facilities. If the LEA were to start fining all who take their children out of school during term time then nearly every parent at the 60+ strong junior school would be penalised.
My kids are all doing very well in school, getting good reports and exam grades. I dont feel that I have destroyed their education in any way at all, quite the opposite, who knows what effect having some time away has had on them, all I can say is 3 A grades at A level is Ok by me, and also by her teachers.

In an ideal world this wouldn't happen, but in an ideal world my children would not have a Dad with severe mental and physical disabilities which affect him as much as they do.

borkid

Stefon wrote: »

.have a think about it, a family are all well and fit and sit in a traffic jam for several hours in order to queue at what ever place they are going..in what way is being fit and able more suited to that..probably its a disadvantage as they are more used to an active life style so perhaps they should all leave school a week early???

Do you have any experience of ME if so I doubt you would have made that comment. I do not agree with taking kids out of school but I can understand the reasoning in this case.