hya, just about to fill in my form from school asking why we are taking our daughter out of school during term time ( it's only 3 days ) and am running out of original ideas for a reason !
Already used 'studying dolphins in tenerife', 'family reunion in spain, where she will be visitng a spanish school' and 'family wedding in cyprus, where she will be observing local religous ceremonies '.
Or should I just put ' cos the flights were MUCH cheaper ! '
Any thoughts, comments and ideas ta,
juby
p.s just to state, my daughter is 7, so will not be missing any exams in case a headmaster is reading this post !
I think the truth...
I personally find the excuses are more of an insult to the intelligence.
Do you really think - to use your examples - that they will be believed?
fwh
I'll leave this open until we reach that stage again, which I trust won't happen.
MarkJ HT Mod
Definately tell the truth. If not for the small fact that surely you would't want your children to think lying is a good thing. Children get their moral values from their parents.
If you have been allocated this holiday from work tell the truth and say you are not given time off during school holidays(I wasnt)I think they will be fine if it is not a regular occurrence.
oops, sorry, didn't mean this topic to upset anyone, it was meant in a lighthearted way, of course I will tell the truth, as were my previous reasons ( kind of ! )
Can't you just put 'Family Holiday'. At my son's school you only have to put a reason if it's not your 'annual family holiday' or exceeds 2 weeks. I know schools differ but why bother going into details?
I would however be interested in knowing how one particular group of people go on with this.
Those who have jobs with "allocated" holiday weeks.
What is the response of the schools in their particular circumstances?
Easy for people to complain that they cannot take advantage of cheaper deals but money is not always the problem.
fwh
Now that is an interesting question to which I would love to read some responses to.
It really does depend on the school, some are fine, some not.
I have 2 children and 1 stepson that lives away and he has completely different weeks off apart from the May and summer holiday, so how does that work
Most people do not want to go abroad in August as it is too hot, we went to Egypt last year and there was no way we were going in July/August
Think I'm going too put down it is too expensive, so if you want us to go in school hols you pay the extra £1000 plus for a family of 5
Jo
Going away to other countries learns them different things as well.
My daughter works for the NHS but is having a career break.I dont know what will happen when she returns to work.
I never ever was allocated school holidays because my husband could take his holidays anytime.The nurses who got the main holidays were the ones whos husbands were tied to school holidays.I only ever had a comment once,when a teacher asked my son why we couldnt take our holidays in the school holidays like everyone else! I sent a note to him saying we would if he didnt mind the hospitals closing for school holidays!
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Jay Trip
16 years 10 months ago
My son's school will authorise up to 10 days in any term but they do have a criteria that you are expected to meet in order for the school to authorise leave.
The holiday can not be within 3 weeks of the start of the new term or in the last 3 weeks of the term
The holiday cannot be during the SATS week in May
The child must already have good attendance and won't be authorised if the child has less than 96% attendance.
My daughters school used to operate a similar policy however they have since introduced a zero tolerance policy- problem was , they didnt inform parents of this , so there was a term or so of illness's around the school.
Say you got the dates mixed up and thought that this would be over a school holiday and are now unable to get a refund on the holiday. Sure they will say yes anyway.
fwh, just to point out, I did state that I had put 'reasons' not 'excuses' on my holiday forms, and went into detail on them to justify taking my daughter out of school to the headmaster and also because he has a sense of humour !
juby
Tell the truth and the truth will stand ........... dont have to keep remembering what excuse has been given , have to have a good memory to be a fibber.
This year the kids will miss 2 days of school and I'll have to go in for a holiday form which I'm dreading - we could have booked Saturday flights which would have meant they wouldn't miss school BUT it was £500 dearer than flights for the Tuesday and for us that's half our holiday spendies and quite frankly it was the difference between us going on holiday and us not going on holiday this year.
If I'm asked I'm going to say it how it is and if they're bothered they can send home homework for the 2 days they'll miss for them to catch up with at home.
Having said that i wouldn't take them of for say a fortnight it would only be a couple of days week maximum.
http://www.holidaytruths.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=97032
And here
http://www.holidaytruths.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=87580
and here
http://www.holidaytruths.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=97929&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=0
also here
http://www.holidaytruths.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=81095
And a marathon discussion here!
http://www.holidaytruths.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=12751
and I get a virtual kicking in the last one. probably deserved as well!
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