Holidays in term time

Marvel1

I find it funny that some will stay it's learning and experience of new cultures blah blah blah, but there are plenty of half term dates to go to do it, oh that's right that's the real reason lol

My 3 year old niece evens know how to use my phone! Kids know things more than we think.

Spendless

cjdavies wrote: »

I find it funny that some will stay it's learning and experience of new cultures blah blah blah, but there are plenty of half term dates to go to do it, oh that's right that's the real reason lol

You must have missed this bit from the OP.

mummy2014 wrote: »

Hi All

Just wanting some advice please I am thinking about taking my son who is in Reception at school aged 4 out of school for two weeks. Both my husband and I cant really take off on holiday in the school holidays because of our jobs.

Would any of you do the same?

Many thanks

There are plenty of job/industries where your annual leave is allocated to you, rather than you being able to choose when you go. A large proportion don't allow people to be off at the same time as other colleagues and some jobs don't allow school holidays at all. I read a job ad within the last month that said they would prefer any applicants to not be taking any annual leave within school hols and this was for an admin position at a physiotherapists, so I couldn't even work out why this was the case. It's not the first time I've read an ad like that either.

Also the OP mentions a 2 week break which is longer than most schools break up for half term. The only school hols you can fit a fortnights holiday into are Easter and Christmas, often disallowed by employers as it's also their busiest time or the summer holidays where you are competing for the same weeks off with other colleagues.

FBaby

My oldest (8) grandson actually loves school, so much he has asked if he can spend the day at school with my cousin's grandson who will be at school.

What an experience that will be! Good on him, he'll love it.

MrsSave

I'm a teacher, about to start maternity leave. My eldest has just started nursery class at school. Next Spring, I will be taking him out of school for a week for us to go away. I am not worried about the effect of 1 week on his education as I believe at this age children can learn almost as much from every day activities as they do from a class environment.

You can ask the teacher what the class will be working on during your time away, particularly literacy and numeracy, and incorporate that into your holiday. Make a diary together of your holiday by getting them to draw a picture of what they do each day or every other day even and write a sentence together (depending on child's ability whether they can do this independently/overwrite/copy, etc). Make sure you take some books (if your child has a reading book from school take that and and ask for a second if not take your own) for some reading together, and read for just 5 or 10 minutes every day.

I'm pretty confident that by us breaking the rules, he will not turn out to believe that all rules are there to be broken or anything like that!

It would be different if the child was older/secondary school/approaching tests, etc. but at this point I'd say enjoy.

Holmesy999

I'll be doing the same, but only for two days missing of school in the end. Do you think I should bother seeking permission for two days(which I assume will be denied) or just not turn up for the two days and play the sick card?

MrsSave

I'd personally ask for permission. It will still go down as unauthorised, but it's better to be honest than for your child to go back in and talk about their holiday when their teacher asks if they are feeling better.

susancs

MrsSave wrote: »

I'm a teacher, about to start maternity leave. My eldest has just started nursery class at school. Next Spring, I will be taking him out of school for a week for us to go away.

Children are not legally required to have an education until the term after their 5th birthday, so a nursery aged child taking a week off should not be an issue.

enginesuck

We have Just booked a week in a lovely Villa in the North of Corfu for next June, in term time.


I'm really not concerned as the week we are going the School has two "Teacher Training days" On the Thursday and Friday, so we are only taking them out for three days in effect. My kids are 9 and 7 I think they will have a lovely time.


I think kids can get an awful lot of enrichment by taking a foreign holiday with family, it is not always possible to do in the Summer Holidays - we also find the Med almost too hot in late July / August.


I wouldn't do the same if they were sitting exams.

peachyprice

Spendless wrote: »

You must have missed this bit from the OP.

There are plenty of job/industries where your annual leave is allocated to you, rather than you being able to choose when you go. A large proportion don't allow people to be off at the same time as other colleagues and some jobs don't allow school holidays at all. I read a job ad within the last month that said they would prefer any applicants to not be taking any annual leave within school hols and this was for an admin position at a physiotherapists, so I couldn't even work out why this was the case. It's not the first time I've read an ad like that either.

Thanks for bringing this up, my OH hasn't been on holiday with me and my daughter for the last two years, next year he has one week, out of 8 weeks holiday he gets allocated, that falls within school holidays.

Luckily my daughter is 15 and is quite happy to go on holiday with just me, at 4 she would not have been happy to go on holiday without her daddy and would have been far more aware of that than noticing that she'd been taken out of school for a week while other children were not.

MrsSave

susancs wrote: »

Children are not legally required to have an education until the term after their 5th birthday, so a nursery aged child taking a week off should not be an issue.

Sorry, you're right. I blame early mornings and baby brain! I was thinking of the children I teach and their age.

I would still let the school know the truth personally.