Our kids refused time off school during term time - please advice

peachyprice

k12479 wrote: »

Difference to what, maths and English skills? Probably not.

No, the difference in missing the first week of a 6 weeks topic in probably every GCSE subject the child it taking.

OP, you do realise that once you find this great 6th form/college you want your son to go to at the end of yr11 that they'll contact the school for a reference which includes his attendance record? Not going to look good is it.

Anyone else notice that all OP's other questions have been about his one son, now we find he has twins, strange.

Pollycat

peachyprice wrote: »

Anyone else notice that all OP's other questions have been about his one son, now we find he has twins, strange.

The OP has posted about his 13 year old daughter:

geek84 wrote: »

My 13 year old daughter was told by the dentist that she needed to have some fillings done.

who presumably is the twin to his son that he mentions in other threads.
So maybe not so strange that he's posted about his 'son', not 'sons'.


As for his other threads, maybe it's just his son (not his son's twin sister) who is doing the DoE.
And maybe the 6th form is OK for what his daughter wants to do but not for his son.

peachyprice

Pollycat wrote: »

The OP has posted about his 13 year old daughter:

who presumably is the twin to his son that he mentions in other threads.
So maybe not so strange that he's posted about his 'son', not 'sons'.


As for his other threads, maybe it's just his son (not his son's twin sister) who is doing the DoE.
And maybe the 6th form is OK for what his daughter wants to do but not for his son.

Ah, as I thought, the other twin is a girl. Explains it all.

thorsoak

In the thread aboout choosing a 6th form for your son, you say that he is currently in year 9, and in this thread you state that your twin daughters are also in year 9.

In which case, they will all be starting on their GCSE courses as you intend to take them out of school, and you will incur fine/penalty charge (whichever term the school chooses to use) for each child.

I'm intrigued as to why you are worried about 6th form for your son only - not your daughters - surely the education is important to all three of them - or do you intend to leave your daughters in India?

ViolaLass

Janetta wrote: »

Hello,
In this instance you should have just taken the kids without asking permission - by giving them notice they have time to plan and prepare the consequences.
If your children have the good attendance you write taking them for 5 days may/ could have slipped under the radar ( could have said they were ill)
You may now find that your punishment is a example to other parents - just a thought

So the kids would have to lie when they got back (and somehow explain their tan!). What an excellent example to set them.

tom9980

A parent called child in sick on a Monday and again Wednesday so wasn't in school at all the week before half term. He was well enough to go on holiday during half term though and came back with a lovely two week tan :rotfl:

There is a pilot at wifes school who can't go on holiday with his kids during holiday periods at all because work is too busy. He and his wife regularly help the school, the two kids are smart, get lots of educational experiences so should they be allowed to go on holidays during term time? I am of the opinion it's ok for primary kids in this situation to go.

Tricky debate really.

thorsoak

When my children were of school age, my OH was a youth worker, and part of his contract insisted that he worked during school holidays, to provide out of school programmes/activities. This meant that we had to take family holidays during school time - which meant quite a lot of juggling, in order not to miss essential school activities, but was achievable.

I wonder how such contracts work now, and whether parents in the same position are fined/receive a penalty charge.

Pollycat

thorsoak wrote: »

In the thread aboout choosing a 6th form for your son, you say that he is currently in year 9, and in this thread you state that your twin daughters are also in year 9.

In which case, they will all be starting on their GCSE courses as you intend to take them out of school, and you will incur fine/penalty charge (whichever term the school chooses to use) for each child.

I'm intrigued as to why you are worried about 6th form for your son only - not your daughters - surely the education is important to all three of them - or do you intend to leave your daughters in India?

I can't see (but I may have missed it) where the OP mentions in this thread 'twin daughters'.

He says 'our kids', 'our children', 'our twin children' and 'twins aged 13 in year 9'.

As for the 6th form question:

Pollycat wrote: »

As for his other threads, maybe it's just his son (not his son's twin sister) who is doing the DoE.
And maybe the 6th form is OK for what his daughter wants to do but not for his son.

I know that with some posters, looking through previous posts often show up lots of inconsistencies, but I'm not convinced that this is the case here.

Jagraf

What about how constant absense from one child then the next then the next affects the class as a whole?

geerex

The OP should be attending school - they can't tell the difference between "advise" and "advice".