Why can’t parents look at the term dates for DC schools

Why is it ALWAYS other women who are the most judgemental people to other women? We're supposed to support and raise each other up, not put them down for making a mistake!!

people are juggling so much... It's not beyond the realms of imagination that a lone parent might have 3 kids in different schools, with different schedules/end of terms, with 10 different activity clubs, 3 different sets of kids friends all with parties here there and everywhere, dentist, doctors, shoe fitting, uniforms, clothes to buy, their own lives and activities, work and family outings to coordinate.

Your week might look like this;

School 1 has changed the Sports Day to next Wednesday. School 2 is asking for donations to the food bank on Tuesday, which is the same day that School 1 has declared a break the rules day, and School 2 have just cancelled after school club this week, so you need to collect early. The Football club fundraiser is tomorrow, and the Scouts are asking for empty bottles in Wednesday. Hang on no, another email... School 1 made mistake and actually sports day is actually Thursday. Oh and the dentist has just cancelled your appointment and needs to be rebooked, and the parent rep would like to have a meet up on Thursday evening....

Some times they might drop the ball... AND THAT'S OKAY.

😂

I think some people just carry on as normal until they are personally told. There are quite a few people in my DC’s classes who won’t look at or don’t trust the school website. They would rather than someone phones the school and reports back on the WhatsApp group. Such a waste of time, I just do my own admin now and don’t worry about others.

We have five kids, that go to 4 different schools/colleges – two of those schools have repeatedly changed their dates during this year – it’s an absolute nightmare to keep track of!

We create a Google Calendar for every year so that we can work out who’s in school when because it’s so complicated, but when they change it, it makes it impossible to keep track of.

Although we still manage a hell of a lot better than someone else I know who is a stay at home single parent and still has got it wrong twice at schools that haven’t changed the date.

My kid was in the school choir and went to competitions in the town hall. This was usually during the summer holidays and weekends and they had to wear full school uniform. Of course if you didn't have children in the choir you wouldn't know this. This also applies to award days, trips and sports events on non school days. Many kids are school ambassadors and attend events in school uniform on non school days Don't be so judgemental op.

At secondary it's the kids who get all the reminders including spending last day with next year timetable and new classes in DC school saying hello and playing games.

Here all secondary sixth forms wear same uniform as rest of the school - wasn't a thing when I was at school - and they do go in on a quiet day for their induction so school trip day or teacher training. So if they were secondary I wonder if it could be that.

Both primary's mine went to no way a parent could have missed end of school year - so much lead up so many reminders.

I agree lol.

Do you know the term dates for every year group in the school? Do you have kids in the school? If not, I would not make a comment about it, as how could you know? The parents could have very well made a mistake and if they did, so what? Or they could have school and you are not aware of it. In my dc primary school. Half the school got out last Friday. Now half of those left in the school get off this Friday. And the last bit finish the following week. The ones that finish first might assume all are off. Not all schools finish at the same time.

My childs senior school breaks up on the 30th July and returns on the 2nd Sept. We have longer half terms. Many schools are different nowadays.

Training days. Prior to retirement I was a teacher.

We usually started training days at 8.30 in the hall. Huge windows overlooking the entrance.

Every time there were a number of children coming into school and then a couple of minutes later leaving again.

Not a dumb question.
Last day of school is normally a big fuss especially in primary schools. Secondary not so much.

Four families getting it wrong seems very unlikely more likely something else has happened, either miss communication by school or an emergency closure like no water or powercut.

I've had the powercut one, school were told their power needed to be turned off. They gave parents 10mins notice, via twitter, and no power meant not switchboard or phones other than staffs personal mobiles!

Well here South Coast 22nd July,so over a week to go still.Seems mad when so warm here!Mum used to say wisely that often weather seemed to break when Schools out .Shame really I dont suppose it will change now though

If correct, that’s some shit parenting. Poor kids.

With great relish i would imagine

Bollocks. There’s no way a parent doesn’t know that the kid has finished for summer. It’s half day and coming out with all their books and stuff.

They clearly haven’t broken up and you need to get a life.

Lots of secondary schools do a transition day and ask children to wear their school uniform. It may be that these children are transitioning from private primary (which may have already broken up) to a state secondary.

Having said that, SIL is a primary school teacher to some seriously disadvantaged kids in the USA and this happens with her class every holiday.

Maybe they have an induction morning/day or revision activity or reward or some other reason to be in school in uniform?

....yes, Miss. Sorry, Miss...

Were these very young children? I suppose it’s a bit less likely to happen with older kids who would waste no time telling their parents. I’m struggling to think of a legitimate reason why they would still be wearing uniform.
Even if people do check the term dates and are aware of them, people can get their days mixed up in the week and, say, think it’s 5th July when it’s actually the 6th. I would assume though that the last day was a shorter day so they would have known it was the last, unless this doesn’t happen in all schools. Perhaps some kids/families who live chaotic lifestyles where perhaps alcohol or drugs are an issue and maybe attendance is poor, would have a poor grasp of the dates.
Anyway yes I would feel sorry for them. I went to uni once when it was a bank holiday and was sitting in the foyer area of my lecture building wondering why it was deserted….

Er....why exactly was that worth typing?

@nfg I kid you not but this happened to me!! I, grandmother, look after 2 grandchildren who live in my house. I live in one region, one grand child goes to school in another region and the other grand child goes to school in yet another region. each of those regions have different start date after holidays. a couple of years ago the grandson said he started back on the thursday. my region started back on the wednesday. and my grandaughter started back on the following monday. wednesday morning just scrolling through facebook and noticed all those picture of new school starts! thought wow! that is where grandson goes to school. checked website and school started that day, 9.10am grandson is still in his bed and meant to be in school at 9am. school is 30 minute drive from me!! every one of his friends was late for their first day back!! it was easy to get confused!!

They might have been on their way to something that required the children to be more formally dressed. In any case, it's not any of OP's business. Just let them get on with it.

All a bit judgy of a simple mistake, really.

It's the pilot episode of Motherland, they were taking part in an reenactment.