It's not bloody half term!

Ok, I'll make this even simpler for those that are struggling.

There are 6 terms. At the end of each term there is a one week school break. Except at Christmas and Easter as these also incorporate the extra 2 days bank holidays at these times. Therefore there is a 2 week break for schools at these 2 times.

The end of year is a long break - 6 weeks.

Why are people finding this so hard?

Ok, I'll make this even simpler for those that are struggling.

There are 6 terms. At the end of each term there is a one week school break. Except at Christmas and Easter as these also incorporate the extra 2 days bank holidays at these times. Therefore there is a 2 week break for schools at these 2 times.

The end of year is a long break - 6 weeks.

Why are people finding this so hard?

Ok, I'll make this even simpler for those that are struggling.

There are 6 terms. At the end of each term there is a one week school break. Except at Christmas and Easter as these also incorporate the extra 2 days bank holidays at these times. Therefore there is a 2 week break for schools at these 2 times.

The end of year is a long break - 6 weeks.

Why are people finding this so hard?

Schools get two weeks off. Everyone else gets 2 days. It is therefore a school holiday.

The two week break is the half term (in old money) that just happens to fall at Easter so the two are combined - hence a two week holiday. It's the same at Christmas - 2 weeks for schools to combine the Christmas bank holidays plus the end of term. Every other school break is one week with exception of the school summer holidays.

Makes perfect sense to me.

Could it be a wind-up?

I've not heard the term used for Easter, nor has my OH and at one of our children's places I asked our son and his wife if they have as they have kids at school - they all said no and our grandkids lol and said its' "Easter holidays"!!!!

I may be wrong but I feel the OP was seeking a reaction.

Anyone else here as OP has left the thread that can tell me where this term 'half term is used in place of easter hols ??Its not London nor Kent that I know of

Schools get two weeks off. Everyone else gets 2 days. It is therefore a school holiday.

The two week break is the half term (in old money) that just happens to fall at Easter so the two are combined - hence a two week holiday. It's the same at Christmas - 2 weeks for schools to combine the Christmas bank holidays plus the end of term. Every other school break is one week with exception of the school summer holidays.

Makes perfect sense to me.

But it's not "Easter school holidays", it's just "Easter holiday". Why do schools claim every bloody holiday as theirs?!

To add I just searched the word "half" in our class WhatsApp group and found two separate people referencing the "Easter half-term" just in the last couple of weeks.

because when most of us were growing up there were 3 terms in the school year and each of these breaks marked half a term or end of term. It';s just beasier to say 'can't wait till half term', than 'cant wait till the easter school holidays'.

I'm in Kent and yes, multiple people have referred to the upcoming holiday as half-term. I have even once heard the summer holiday referred to as half-term.

Could it be a wind-up?

I've not heard the term used for Easter, nor has my OH and at one of our children's places I asked our son and his wife if they have as they have kids at school - they all said no and our grandkids lol and said its' "Easter holidays"!!!!

I may be wrong but I feel the OP was seeking a reaction.

Anyone else here as OP has left the thread that can tell me where this term 'half term is used in place of easter hols ??Its not London nor Kent that I know of

I've never heard anyone say half term.

It's all 'Easter hols'.

There's a whole slew of them.

Nonplussed caught me out last week. I thought meant confused/gone out /not sure how to react - Dh recently used to mean unfazed - taking it in their stride. Led to a very confused cross purpose conversation till I asked him what he'd meant.

On-line dictionary
nonplussed
/nɒnˈplʌst/

adjective

1. 1.so surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react."Henry looked completely nonplussed" Similar 5.confuse,bewildered, bemused, puzzled,perplexed,baffled, stumped,mystified, stupefied, muddled, befuddled, fuddled, dumbfounded,at sea,at a loss, at sixes and sevens,thrown (off balance),taken aback, disoriented, disconcerted, discomposed ,troubled etc

2.INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
not disconcerted; unperturbed.
"I remember students being nonplussed about the flooding in the city, as they had become accustomed to it over the years"

We are both UK British but DH was adamant I was wrong and it had always meant the second - he watches' a lot of american you tubers so I think he's picked it up there - were as I read a lot - often British often classics. Ironically he was driven to complaints about staycation meaning changing form staying at home and doing day trips to be UK holidays by media.

I did think teachers and school staff had started referring to it as half term break - as pretty sure that's where my DC are picking up the usage.

Can’t believe how many people are annoyed by this! I call every holiday half term have two primary aged DC think it’s quite normal.

1/2 term isn't a concept, it's a fact. It has been used to define the break around the middle of a school term likely since forever that break has occurred.