Would you allow your year 6 child, miss the last two days of school, to go on a fab holiday ?

[JennyTals]

I feel so bad at the thought of dc missing the last 2 days
Esp as dc will be leaving the school

Neither do I, so many dramatic posts on this thread. I'd go if my child wasn't bothered by it which I don't think they would have been and would have chose the holiday.

My son wouldn't have been in the least bit bothered missing the last two days of the summer term in Year 6!! He was more than ready to leave. The majority of his friends were going on to the same secondary school as him. I'd be taking the family on the cruise!! I work in a school myself so can't do this unfortunately!!

Go 2 days later instead.

Why do parents always insist on taking their kids out of school. School days are precious.

End of year 6 too..

I missed by last few days of year 6 for a family holiday.
I have lasting lovely memories of the holiday and don't feel sad about my last week at all.
I got everyone to sign my jumper on my last day and said my goodbyes.. I bought a single use camera in and we took loads of pics.
I guess it depends on your particular kid and if they seem bothered

Realistically, not much is going to happen in the last two days of the summer term. BUT the very end of year six, especially that last day is a rite of passage. Couldn’t you do it at the end of year seven instead?

If your child is enthusiastic about the holiday and fine to miss the last 2 days, I'd do it. A 2 week cruise, rather than 1 week for the sake of the nonsense that has suddenly become "a rite of passage " would be an amazing family experience.
And what are the parents sobbing about?

I know my post of crying for 2 days sounds dramatic but as well as all the bad things that went on in 70s/80s schools the metre rule whacks and the blackboard rubber to the head. There were some lovely teachers who had shown so much care and you just never saw them again after being in such a close knit community. Everything was down hill after that!😁

Thanks for the advice everyone, I’ve decided we will go after school finishes even if it means going for a shorter amount of time

going to scape the cruise idea for this year and plan it out better for next time
maybe next year
and this year will go somewhere lovely on land

thanks for your thoughs

God yes! There's more to life than school!

@JennyTals Good decision Op.
I think they could easily regret missing out on the closing chapter of primary. It's not about education its about closing a chapter.
Given kids start primary so young, they can hardly remember life without it.

I think that’s the right choice. Seems odd to miss what could be a few key days just for a holiday - you have alll summer to go on holiday. And all the summers in the future but you only leave primary once. Any other school year leaving a few days early would be fine but not years 6 or 11.

We are being very careful in booking as Dd year 11 and that cohort missed all the year 6 events due to covid. Remember a thread last year of a frustrated mum who had booked a holiday so her teen missed his prom and he was upset. She got quite cross when the majority said she’d cocked up.

Good choice OP

I think that's the right decision.

Not because I wouldn't take the DC out of school for a holiday - I totally would - but because the last day of year 6 was an important one for DD, she said goodbye to her friends and the teachers and as others have said, it was an important rite of passage.