taking kids on holiday outside of school holidays

I'm just saying what I think. You don't have to like it. What in particular has been contentious?
If you haven't been able to follow the thread you've been getting pelters in all day I'd suggest not taking term time holidays didn't really gain you anything. ;)

Top of my head though:
-Your assertation that having a term time holiday means you're teaching your kid that going to school isn't a priority, it simply doesn't.
-The idea a parent being in a position where they can only take a term time holiday is either feckless and didn't think ahead or is a thickie that should have stuck in at school.
-Thinking that your two year old nephew being able to recite a line of poetry is relevant to a conversation about term time holidays, or even that it's any more impressive than a two year old being able to recite Baa Baa Blacksheep.

There's plenty more but that'll do.
 


If you haven't been able to follow the thread you've been getting pelters in all day I'd suggest not taking term time holidays didn't really gain you anything. ;)

Top of my head though:
-Your assertation that having a term time holiday means you're teaching your kid that going to school isn't a priority, it simply doesn't.
-The idea a parent being in a position where they can only take a term time holiday is either feckless and didn't think ahead or is a thickie that should have stuck in at school.
-Thinking that your two year old nephew being able to recite a line of poetry is relevant to a conversation about term time holidays, or even that it's any more impressive than a two year old being able to recite Baa Baa Blacksheep.

There's plenty more but that'll do.

I don't think it's right to take children out of school to go on holiday.
I think if you do that you are prioritising holiday over school.
I said you can plan these things like a number of parents on here have said. Becs sticks out but there are others and I know plenty.
I said one poster was thick and would have benefited from more schooling than they got as they were posting crazy shit.
My 6 and 9 year old nieces recite complicated and long poems because they love reading and poetry. That is more impressive than reciting baa baa black sheep.

I don't really see a problem with what I'm saying.

You don't like it because you want me to say it is ok to take children out of school.
I just don't think it is.

Don't cry pet I just prioritise education and going to school above practically everything else.
 
I don't think it's right to take children out of school to go on holiday.
I think if you do that you are prioritising holiday over school.
I said you can plan these things like a number of parents on here have said. Becs sticks out but there are others and I know plenty.
I said one poster was thick and would have benefited from more schooling than they got as they were posting crazy shit.
My 6 and 9 year old nieces recite complicated and long poems because they love reading and poetry. That is more impressive than reciting baa baa black sheep.

I don't really see a problem with what I'm saying.

You don't like it because you want me to say it is ok to take children out of school.
I just don't think it is.

Don't cry pet I just prioritise education and going to school above practically everything else.

It's not the ideal but it's the real world for many parents... It's do it or do without.

A two week break as a family unit can be far more beneficial...

As long as they are not behind with general work and have a good attendance record then no harm done as long as it's not impacting key dates

We did it as and when we had to. My eldest got 9a* and an a in her gcses.. far from detrimental
 
That looks fabulous that mind. Can you break the journey up somewhere? My brother travels up here from Kent to visit, but they stop somewhere with a play park on the way. They have a leisurely picnic and the bairns and dog can have a run around. Breaks the journey up.

We could yea, im thinking the idea through but usually I hate to stop even at a garage, I just dont like long journeys so want them over as soon as possible if you know what I mean.

Have a grand parent half way so probably should drop in.
 
We could yea, im thinking the idea through but usually I hate to stop even at a garage, I just dont like long journeys so want them over as soon as possible if you know what I mean.

Have a grand parent half way so probably should drop in.

Just bang it out.. way to do it.. piss and fuel.. nothing more
 
Great idea that, I wish more schools would do it. If they really cared about kids missing school then they would.
This.why have f***ing 6 weeks off in summer? 2 weeks in whit would be good.even swap Easter 2 weeks with Whit week (s).
Anyway it's irrelevant to me, no fucker tells me what to do with my child.
I'll judge how she's doing at school, and if missing a few days school at the end of a term when teachers already have their holiday heads on then that's the way it is.
 
It's not the ideal but it's the real world for many parents... It's do it or do without.

A two week break as a family unit can be far more beneficial...

As long as they are not behind with general work and have a good attendance record then no harm done as long as it's not impacting key dates

We did it as and when we had to. My eldest got 9a* and an a in her gcses.. far from detrimental

I didn't say it was detrimental to exam results.

This.why have f***ing 6 weeks off in summer? 2 weeks in whit would be good.even swap Easter 2 weeks with Whit week (s).
Anyway it's irrelevant to me, no fucker tells me what to do with my child.
I'll judge how she's doing at school, and if missing a few days school at the end of a term when teachers already have their holiday heads on then that's the way it is.

If your child is sick do you ignore the doctor too?
 
I don't think it's right to take children out of school to go on holiday.
I think if you do that you are prioritising holiday over school.
As I've said, thats a valid point of view. However, it isn't the same thing as teaching kids that school isn't a priority.

I said you can plan these things like a number of parents on here have said. Becs sticks out but there are others and I know plenty.
I said one poster was thick and would have benefited from more schooling than they got as they were posting crazy shit.
Myself, and at least one other poster provided examples of when that may not be possible.

My 6 and 9 year old nieces recite complicated and long poems because they love reading and poetry. That is more impressive than reciting baa baa black sheep.
I suggest you go through the thread, you wrote two year old son (or something akin to that) before mentioning 6 and 9 year olds. It's not an issue on my end if you can't articulate yourself properly. Even at 6 and 9 it's only impressive if there is some level of understanding beyond the words themselves. Being able to recite lines of poetry alone is as impressive as being able to recite the ingredients to a packet of skittles.

I don't really see a problem with what I'm saying.
I know you don't love.

You don't like it because you want me to say it is ok to take children out of school.
I just don't think it is.
That's incorrect, I happen to agree that parents should avoid pulling kids out of school for a holiday.

I simply accept that that on occasion it's not possible. At that point it's really up to the parents to decide on whether they should skip the holiday or not.

Don't cry pet I just prioritise education and going to school above practically everything else.
Don't cry? Piss off. :lol:

You don't have kids. You've also said in the thread you never had holidays with both parents growing up (that you can remember).

Given the limits you have in life experience on the subject it isnt surprising that you are broadly going against the grain.
 
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I don't think it's right to take children out of school to go on holiday.
I think if you do that you are prioritising holiday over school.
I said you can plan these things like a number of parents on here have said. Becs sticks out but there are others and I know plenty.
I said one poster was thick and would have benefited from more schooling than they got as they were posting crazy shit.
My 6 and 9 year old nieces recite complicated and long poems because they love reading and poetry. That is more impressive than reciting baa baa black sheep.

I don't really see a problem with what I'm saying.

You don't like it because you want me to say it is ok to take children out of school.
I just don't think it is.

Don't cry pet I just prioritise education and going to school above practically everything else.

I think that was me you called thick , when in fact you know nothing about my life or career. Far from crazy shit it's the real world for many people just because it doesn't affect yourself doesn't mean it isn't a valid problem.

It's a good job I couldn't give a shit what some troll on a football message board thinks about me and my education (which includes a degree and the choice to have a kid in my 20s) :lol:
 
Pay your fines in pennies like this fella


Where to start with that. Firstly he didn't mention the person who introduced this legislation (Michael Gove). I wonder if he can produce any correspondence he has had with him.
Secondly why did he leave the school so quickly,? He must be shit scared of the teachers.
Fancy having the time to find a mate thick enough to film it, getting the money changed and then thinking it's clever to post it.
Bet he loved showing his mates over a few pints in the 'Scratter Arms'.
It's his kids I feel sorry for.
 
I think that was me you called thick , when in fact you know nothing about my life or career. Far from crazy shit it's the real world for many people just because it doesn't affect yourself doesn't mean it isn't a valid problem.

It's a good job I couldn't give a shit what some troll on a football message board thinks about me and my education (which includes a degree and the choice to have a kid in my 20s) :lol:

Glad it's all working out for you. I said you had had bad luck though not that you were stupid.

That was... hmmm Chuckey?
 
We did it as and when we had to. My eldest got 9a* and an a in her gcses.. far from detrimental

Pulled mine out for a fortnight in year 6. The homework he was given by the teacher was "Have fun".

I asked if he was on the backfoot through missing school at parents evening, the answer was "No".

His SATS results were good.

Damn, I'm an awful parent.
 
Pulled mine out for a fortnight in year 6. The homework he was given by the teacher was "Have fun".

I asked if he was on the backfoot through missing school at parents evening, the answer was "No".

His SATS results were good.

Damn, I'm an awful parent.

This is the first year mine hasnt had any time off for holidays, he's in year 8 and already working to a C at GCSE . I'll join yous in that bad parent club :lol:
 
Pulled mine out for a fortnight in year 6. The homework he was given by the teacher was "Have fun".

I asked if he was on the backfoot through missing school at parents evening, the answer was "No".

His SATS results were good.

Damn, I'm an awful parent.

Common sense. The head at the primary would always sign it off to get away a bit early at the 6 weeks holiday as long as maintained the over 90%
 
You learn abundantly more travelling and seeing places than you do in school. My son loves going different places with me.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional. What’s better, sitting in a classroom reciting French phrases... or going to France and using them there while absorbing the culture..?
 
Common sense. The head at the primary would always sign it off to get away a bit early at the 6 weeks holiday as long as maintained the over 90%
They just said it would but down as an unauthorised absence. I just said I'd pay the fine if one landed, it never did.

You learn abundantly more travelling and seeing places than you do in school. My son loves going different places with me.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional. What’s better, sitting in a classroom reciting French phrases... or going to France and using them there while absorbing the culture..?
Sitting at school, I don't want my kid learning from the likes of the French.
 
i dont believe for a second that in the vast majority of cases its either a term time holiday or no holiday. plenty cheap self catering options in the uk, plenty of history and culture here if thats what people are looking for. 9 times out of 10 it will be a pool holiday.

i think parents should be allowed to do it but the school just has to be really clear that they will make no special provisions for take away work or catch up. if the parents are fine with that, let them go for it. its their call if the impact is worth it. certainly the last two weeks of july for a 5 year old, the impact is fuck all. for a kid doing sats/gcse’s, more so.

there is definitely a bit of middle class snobbery in the mix whenever this comes up, term time holidays are much more of a working class thing
 
You learn abundantly more travelling and seeing places than you do in school. My son loves going different places with me.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional. What’s better, sitting in a classroom reciting French phrases... or going to France and using them there while absorbing the culture..?
Fine.
Go in the school holidays then.

Most of my brothers and sisters are fluent in at least one other language. My youngest brother managed to become a professor in a Japanese university without going on holiday in term time.
 

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