Page 3 | It's not bloody half term!

OkPedro · 26/03/2024 20:39

Wexone · 26/03/2024 20:34

no teacher or parent should be calling it mid term. if so we need a good long hard look at our education system. sweet lord.
most of my friends are teachers- as you know in Ireland 2 or 3 months summer hols. not one of them calls it mid term

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I don't call summer holidays mid term and don't know anyone who does..Are we really questioning the education system because some teachers might call Easter holidays mid term?!

Wexone · 26/03/2024 20:34

OkPedro · 26/03/2024 20:22

Ok well where I live in Ireland we call it mid term.. teachers parents and children.. that better?

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no teacher or parent should be calling it mid term. if so we need a good long hard look at our education system. sweet lord.
most of my friends are teachers- as you know in Ireland 2 or 3 months summer hols. not one of them calls it mid term

DoughBallss · 26/03/2024 20:33

My 3YO spent the first two days CONSTANTLY asking when we’re going on our easter holidays (thinking it meant we were going on holiday) so I kinda just wished we called it half term 🤣

Wexone · 26/03/2024 20:32

OkPedro · 26/03/2024 20:28

It's like some people use the terms mid term/ half term/ holidays in different ways 🤷🏻‍♀️

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If its the teachers saying it then I ne worried about what their teaching.
mid is short for middle there are 3 terms of school. so therfore mid term is half way through the term. we have no finished the second term so therfore term has finished and we have Easter break. when go back it will be a new term. its not about being different its about using the word mid correctly. if a parent says it they will be quickly corrected. God what are they teaching their kids if they can't use the language we speak properly

OkPedro · 26/03/2024 20:28

Wexone · 26/03/2024 19:39

Since when ? everyone here is calling it Easter holidays. mid term is not till mid May for primary schools. secondary schols will have 2 days mid term as they finish the end of May. we had mid term in February

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It's like some people use the terms mid term/ half term/ holidays in different ways 🤷🏻‍♀️

OkPedro · 26/03/2024 20:26

Marchintospring · 26/03/2024 19:34

Most people aren’t religious though. We don’t worry about using Mercury and Jupiter because we don’t believe in Roman gods.

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That's exactly what I thought a staycation was.. I started hearing about staycations after covid, encouraging us to holiday at home rather than going on a sun holiday

StarbucksQueen1 · 26/03/2024 20:23

Why do you care so much? Hardly effects your life does it!

OkPedro · 26/03/2024 20:22

TheYearOfSmallThings · 26/03/2024 19:49

No we don't.

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Ok well where I live in Ireland we call it mid term.. teachers parents and children.. that better?

Harls1969 · 26/03/2024 20:06

I thought it was just me. It annoys me, I know it's probably a ridiculous thing to get annoyed by. I also get annoyed when adults don't know that the clocks go forward the last weekend in March and back the last week in October - every bloody year. Or moan about the frequency and length of school holidays when this has always been the case.

ICanFeelItComingInTheAirTonight · 26/03/2024 20:04

DSs school calls them 'end of modules' 🙄 not even X holidays or X half term!

TheYearOfSmallThings · 26/03/2024 19:49

OkPedro · 26/03/2024 19:27

We call it mid term in Ireland except for summer holidays

No we don't.

IpsyUpsyDaisyDoos · 26/03/2024 19:45

I'm not sure it matters? It's a break between different terms or part of the terms. Call ot what you like and just nod along while others call it what they like.

Wexone · 26/03/2024 19:39

OkPedro · 26/03/2024 19:27

We call it mid term in Ireland except for summer holidays

Since when ? everyone here is calling it Easter holidays. mid term is not till mid May for primary schools. secondary schols will have 2 days mid term as they finish the end of May. we had mid term in February

Marchintospring · 26/03/2024 19:34

RecklessGoddess · 26/03/2024 18:49

Although I agree with you to an extent, regardless of the UK being majority Christian religions, the UK is far more diverse now than it used to be, so realistically it should be called half term now to include all religions.

Most people aren’t religious though. We don’t worry about using Mercury and Jupiter because we don’t believe in Roman gods.

OkPedro · 26/03/2024 19:27

We call it mid term in Ireland except for summer holidays

Harmonypus · 26/03/2024 19:21

@Bluevelvetsofa

I think people get annoyed because it’s an inaccuracy that becomes the norm, like so many other things.

I totally agree with you, it's even worse when people say they're having a '"staycation" when referring to a holiday within the UK, as opposed to going abroad...
AARRGGHH!!! That's NOT a "staycation", the true definition is spending your break at home (in your own normal, everyday home) and doing a couple of days out

1974devon · 26/03/2024 19:16

I hadn't realised it was a national thing
I've heard it loads the last couple of years and it annoys me too. Half term breaks up a term. It's not hard is it :(

ThePenguinIsDrunk · 26/03/2024 19:15

YES! 3 terms split in half by a halfterm with a holiday in between - in next week's case the Easter holiday.

fetchacloth · 26/03/2024 19:15

I agree it's annoying and it really grinds my gears to hear Christmas referred to as the 'Holidays' or 'Winter festival' or some other virtue signalling title.
We have traditions and we should stick to them for those that want to take part.

Snowflakeslayer · 26/03/2024 19:13

Dotdashdottinghell · 25/03/2024 08:13

Why / when did every school holiday become half term?

The half term holidays are February, Whitsun and October, not Easter, Christmas and thr summer.

People keep saying "Happy half term" or "Enjoy the half term" etc. Why is this an accepted thing?

I don’t think people really care, because it’s relatively unimportant!

soupfiend · 26/03/2024 19:04

Someone said 'half term' in a meeting today about the holidays just coming up. I didnt correct her, I knew what she meant, everyone in the meeting knew what she meant.

Whitsun? What the hell even is that, what is that word, who speaks like that

School holiday

canyouseemyhousefromhere · 26/03/2024 18:54

I have never heard of Christmas or Easter holidays referred to as half term. The October February & Whitsun & ones fall (roughly) in the middle of Autumn, Spring & Summer terms.

soupfiend · 26/03/2024 18:52

I say half term. Its just short hand for 'school holiday'.

It also means I dont have to keep remembering all the names of the terms that different schools use.

I work with kids and have a lot of meetings with schools, interesting that Im probably making them inwardly curse me when I keep talking about 'the half term', lol

Who cares, its a school break, holiday, week off, half term, end of term, easter, christmas, summer whatever. The kids are off

MumTeacherofMany · 26/03/2024 18:49

But every 6 weeks or so is half a term... I work in a school & we all call it half term lol

RecklessGoddess · 26/03/2024 18:49

Although I agree with you to an extent, regardless of the UK being majority Christian religions, the UK is far more diverse now than it used to be, so realistically it should be called half term now to include all religions.