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Time out for a family holiday

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Tracey321 · 17/04/2018 08:52

Hi everyone need your help should I or should I not take my 14yr old and 12yr old out of school for a family holiday we have not had a holiday this year and my mum has offered to pay for us to got to the algarve for a week with her and my dad wich I could not afford to take the kids there on my own
So should I or not

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TeenTimesTwo · 17/04/2018 09:01

What year is the 14yo? If y10 I wouldn't. If y9 I wouldn't be very keen either but only you can judge the benefits of a family holiday v having to catch up on schoolwork.
By the end of y9 many schools will have started GCSE syllabus for science so lessons missed now may not be 'repeated'. A quick-learning high achiever wouldn't be so much of an issue, but my DDs would struggle to catch up missed learning.

HRTpatch · 17/04/2018 08:58

No.
Its only April...most people havent had a holiday this year.

RoseAndRose · 17/04/2018 08:55

I wouldn't.

Could your DMum fund a holiday in the holidays?

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