New £60 Fines For Taking Children On Holiday During School Term (No 10 Days Grace)!

peachyprice

WestonDave wrote: »

To be fair (deliberately or otherwise) the message that is being put around is holiday equals fine with no limitations. The ten days holiday is coming out of the law but whether the ten day threshold still remains isn't clear in what I've read so far.

It's not 10 days, it's 10 sessions, 5 school days.

notanewuser

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

No of course not but there are roughly 12 weeks of holidays for our school kids - do the teachers get all this time off? I think not so it is reasonable for them to get trained during some of the school holidays when they are 'working' and not during term time.

That's the point. It's not during "term time".

The kids get 13 weeks off. Teachers get 12 weeks off (they do 5 training days when the kids are off). Then they spend a good proportion of their "holidays" working.

Do you actually know any teachers?

peachyprice

notanewuser wrote: »

That's the point. It's not during "term time".

The kids get 13 weeks off. Teachers get 12 weeks off (they do 5 training days when the kids are off). Then they spend a good proportion of their "holidays" working.

Do you actually know any teachers?

Don't be silly, the lesson plan fairy comes in the holidays, duh.

Valli

peachyprice wrote: »

Don't be silly, the lesson plan fairy comes in the holidays, duh.

Often accompanied by the teacher-has-moved-classrooms fairy who magically sorts the whole lot out! She's the one who tells the display fairy what to put on the walls.:cool:

peachyprice

Valli wrote: »

Often accompanied by the teacher-has-moved-classrooms fairy who magically sorts the whole lot out! She's the one who tells the display fairy what to put on the walls.:cool:

And there's the Staples stationery fairy who supplies all the pretty stuff so that the teacher can make her classroom look lovely for the new term. Phew, good job teacher has the Staples fairy to pay for it otherwise she's be paying out of her own pocket.

Valli

The Staples Fairy is a wicked wicked temptress and is banned from Valliland. The Ikea fairy is often in evidence though;)

There's also the prize fairy who makes little pocket money prizes appear for when children have earned ten stickers. Which come from the sticker fairy, naturally. Fortunately the prize fairy is often seen in Tesco and Wilkinsons around sale time (like currently) buying things reduced to 20p and 30p. She's VERY frugal!

(In other jobs there would be outrage if staff members were expected to supply things with which to do the job!)

mew

Thanks for your post (#24). I was worried that we might be in line for a fine for taking a few days off at the end of term (when my daughter does absolutely nothing educational related).

browneyedbazzi

chris_n_tj wrote: »

What are you going to do with your kids when the teachers take time off in term time for cheaper holidays?

What teachers take time off in term time for holidays? I know several teachers and none of them have ever been able to take time off during term for holidays. One of them wasn't even allowed an afternoon off on the Friday before half term so she could get a decent flight to get to her wedding abroad that was on the Saturday morning - even though another teacher was free and volunteered to cover the one lesson she had that afternoon.

jackieblack

Valli wrote: »

In other jobs there would be outrage if staff members were expected to supply things with which to do the job!

Meanwhile, in the real world........ :wall:
what makes you think that there aren't other jobs in which this happens? Tradesmen/craftsmen are often expected to supply their own tools.
The difference is that stickers and 'pocket money prizes' are things that you don't NEED to do your job, you may want them, you may think they are nice, but they are not NECESSARY

And why does EVERY thread about schools turn into a 'we're so hard done by' moan from teachers :mad:

And what has any of that got to do with penalty notices for term-time holidays?

jackieblack

browneyedbazzi wrote: »

What teachers take time off in term time for holidays? I know several teachers and none of them have ever been able to take time off during term for holidays. One of them wasn't even allowed an afternoon off on the Friday before half term so she could get a decent flight to get to her wedding abroad that was on the Saturday morning - even though another teacher was free and volunteered to cover the one lesson she had that afternoon.

So why didn't she book the flights/wedding at a more convenient time in the first place?