To ask how you feel about school holidays?

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Justformenow · 07/04/2025 15:09

Especially if your children are young (reception / KS1 age.)

I am kind of looking forward to mine starting reception but dreading the long holidays as well.

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Playmobil4Eva · 07/04/2025 15:24

It’s how I justify working full time in education. We got so much time off together as well!

UndermyShoeJoe · 07/04/2025 15:22

Mine are older now but even so we always loved the holidays. Even when we where just home. The lack of having to be somewhere to truely just clock off from expectations. Then again I enjoyed lock down with a preschooler/reception and two older.

TeenToTwenties · 07/04/2025 15:20

I used to enjoy them.
My method of managing the summer was to draw a chart up and note down any free events etc. Then we would have our summer holiday and do a couple of big days out, with other cheaper things interspersed. I also recorded what we actually did (to stop DH saying we hadn't done anything!).

Mamofboys5972 · 07/04/2025 15:18

I think the holidays are great year round but the 6 weeks are FAR too long. I think they should be divided between the summer and Christmas holidays. We definitely don't need all of that time off in one big block !

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 07/04/2025 15:17

a week is great- anything longer is expensive to fill- you just about financially recover from one and another is round the corner.

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