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18 Jan 20, 11:13 AM |
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I thought you put the point across clearly. I have no comments to share on taking children out of school. But I would also think it a stretch to go to Disney and claim it is for the children to learn about other countries or cultures.
Nothing snobby about it. We are all on a Disney site and all presumably like Disney and theme parks. I am perfectly happy to admit that my Disney holidays are about theme parks not culture or learning. |
18 Jan 20, 12:20 PM |
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Thank you all for sharing your opinions on this. As per my first post I wasn’t asking if you think I should take them out in term time more interested in your experience had you done it yourself.
Nollypat- Totally agree, it’s not ideal, we do take education for granted. I think based on what people have said we will ask the teachers what they’ll be missing and get them to focus on that. I hope you and your family have a wonderful time next month Sew109 - Thanks for all your points, il stress again that we won’t be suggesting to the school it’s for cultural/educational reasons, I only stated we had heard people use it as a reason. I won’t ask the teachers to create anything for our children but I will ask what they’ll likely miss and focus on that with them, the two older girls will want to do that anyway it’s in their nature. Yes we are going for 14nights, and we know it will be impossible to experience everything. But we have a very good plan of action including day trips outside of the Disney/universal bubble. The NASA centre is high on our list of places to see. The eldest is almost as excited to see that as she is to go to Disney! ClaireNJ - Thank you, our girls are very smart, and il do exactly what you’ve said with the teachers. AngCap - Sounds like my girls are similar to yours and I hope the outcome is the same. Thank you. NewtoOrlando - Couldn't agree more about life being too short, we won’t get another opportunity to holiday with the extended family in the near future so we know it will be more than worth it. Interesting to hear your respective schools stances on it, seems it’s totally depends school to school and yours seems the most recent experience. May - What you’ve said rings true with what we have had with the headteacher at the primary school, I don’t believe our children would individually be a concern to the teachers, socially or academically. But I will ask what they’ll miss and then we could focus on that. I won’t be asking them to create something for us. Tinkjon/Tassiriki - This is probably the biggest concern of ours when it comes to the children as individuals, we understand this will be a tough decision as she will be starting new relationships with new people, we know she is resilient and clever. We moved cities when she was in year 3 and she was unbelievably amazing with the transition of making complete new friends and took to the new school like water off a ducks back. This settles our worries to a degree but ultimately as parents we will still worry for sure. Tretinker - Thanks for clearing up the session question, the dates we are looking at would mean we miss 10 sessions, the school have said there will most likely be a inset day on the Monday after the break so that’s a extra day to recover from jetlag. Our children have a great attendance record so not concerned about being monitored after. Out of interest is that an official procedure they follow? Noodle500 - we expect the eldest to do very well in her SATS, and should she be misplaced in terms of her academic ability I’m sure that will be resolved quickly. June/July wouldn’t be an option for us due to work restraints for myself and my father unfortunately. MillyMoo - Thank you, further evidence is seems to be different school to school which I find bizzare. Yes a lot of people are saying this, kids are only kids for a short period. Thank you. Jiminycricket - Thank you for your insight to the other side of the coin. Regarding the fine, we will pay should we receive it, I think they will miss 5days, 6 at most if the Monday after the break isn’t a inset day. Gp1602 - Is that a fact? Ten sessions equates to a fine? Our headteacher has told my partner that their school doesn’t enforce the fine? We have actually searched for evening flights out so we could do similar to what you’ve suggested but they seem quite rare from London or Manchester Stu - Yikes, keep it friendly indeed! Thank you again to all that have replied to me, I appreciate it all and sorry I don’t understand how to use the quote function so had to respond in the way I have. |
18 Jan 20, 12:42 PM |
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My daughter was taken out every time we flew. About 6 times in her school life. She got 9A* in GCSE’s and is studying 4 a levels.
We only stopped for three years whilst doing the gcse work. She also was away for 6 weeks whilst we were in another country getting my son medical treatment. No harm at all. Never been fined. Edited at 12:44 PM. |
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18 Jan 20, 12:50 PM |
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Over worked. That’s hilarious. Should come and work in industry, phone never stops even when home and weekends and I only get 40 days a year holiday. They don’t work Boxing Day etc. I know a few teachers that take on extra work marking exam papers in the holidays as well.
We asked our teachers and they were very open minded, setting little tasks etc Edited at 12:51 PM. |
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18 Jan 20, 01:29 PM |
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Getting Excited
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[QUOTE
Gp1602 - Is that a fact? Ten sessions equates to a fine? Our headteacher has told my partner that their school doesn’t enforce the fine? We have actually searched for evening flights out so we could do similar to what you’ve suggested but they seem quite rare from London or Manchester [/QUOTE] Yes it is a fact that ten sessions triggers a fine. This is the guidance from the Department for Education. Google and have a look. Schools have to advise the Local Authority if a child is off for an unauthorised holiday of ten sessions or more and then the Local Authority issues the fine. From what you say it sounds like your headteacher doesn’t alert the LA to the absence from school hence no fine. That is unusual in schools today as sadly Ofsted look at attendance and it can affect a schools grading. That’s why schools have no choice but to do what the DfE ask as it is all about statistics. Edited at 01:31 PM. |
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18 Jan 20, 01:49 PM |
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Ours would fine you. Doesn’t matter what for. It’s procedure, so for each child £60 to each of their parents. So two children and two parents £240
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18 Jan 20, 03:04 PM |
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Helping Minnie
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PhillySpecial- it sounds as if your children will all do well regardless of when you take the holiday. I wish you a fantastic time, whenever you decide to go!
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19 Jan 20, 12:06 AM |
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That's different though. As I said, asking what a teacher will be covering and then teaching that yourself is fine. Asking for work to be provided is not.
Imagine there's a training course at work and you can't be bothered to go, even though you think it's important. It's ok to ask the trainer "what is the course about?" and then go and learn that topic yourself. But it's not ok to say "please can you type out the course notes and photocopy them for me?" Also, yes, we have a choice - but we are usually too conscientious to say no, even though it annoys us. Edited at 12:07 AM. |
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19 Jan 20, 08:08 AM |
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I have taken my children out of school to tag on a week to the October half term when they were in enfant school but I wouldn’t do it now they are at secondary. I appreciate that the cost comes down in October which is a big factor but have you thought of visiting Orlando for the very last weeks of August? Some secondary schools go back a bit later in September (sometimes the older pupils go back a day or two later than the year 7 pupils) so perhaps look at these costs. Flying back the day before school starts should bring the cost down significantly. One year my children’s school didn’t go back until the Thursday at the beginning of September and my trip was reduced by 1500GBP by not flying back at the weekend. They didn’t miss any school days either.
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19 Jan 20, 09:03 AM |
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I really think this has been blown out of all proportion and completely off topic. I’ve told you it was a 5 minute chat about a weeks worth of work (a week before a half term when teaching seems to slow down anyway). You’ve made your point, but I will respond to your comments:
On the same token that a course provider will have prepared notes/handouts during their planning (or a good one at least), I’d hope that by that point teachers will have done the same. If you can’t say no, that’s your issue. You can’t blame the parent for asking. Perhaps manage your response a bit better. I’m sure you’ve had more difficult conversations with parents than that. |
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