day off school for family day out

[ghostspirit]

would you let your children have a day of school for a day out?

Haven't you got an INSET coming up? We've got one soon and I'm really looking forward to it!

A lot of kids in DD's school are off for Glastonbury (including one of mine). I really wouldn't worry too much this time of year as long as their attendance is good up to now.

I would. But l don't get the obsession with school education in the UK.

Have fun

Before the law changed I occasionally took mine out for the ballet or county show. Infant school though and no homework to miss out on etc.

I wouldn't do it for an older child.

Haha this thread has really made me laugh. OP please ignore all the posters who say they wouldn't do this... I bet half of them would! Please go and enjoy yourselves. People saying they would only do it if a relative was down etc. . They are still having the day off school, therefore still missing out on school work. If a child is ill, they are still missing out on school work. There are lots of reasons why children may need a day off school, they would STILL be missing out on school work. As a one off, I really would take them. And I know lots of people who would agree with me. I work in education, and also know loads of teachers, quite frankly this whole fine thing and authorising absences is silly. It's all what the head teacher judges as okay. There's no definite answer to what is and isn't a valid reason. To the silly poster who said the op shouldn't have had kids, don't be so bloody ridiculous. And Rhonda. .. your attitude is stupid. op has not made her son choose Chessington, she gave him the choice.
OP go and enjoy and don't bat an eyelid. your children will be fine :) years ago peopke wouldn't have cared . I think most of the people these days just want to compete for perfect parent award.

Your DC can't miss a school trip!!!!! (unless it is to a theme park I don't get why schools do that)

There will be work that will be linked into the trip before the day and after. You DC will be disadvantaged through all that

School trips are a fantastic part of school life.

I would usually be tempted to say I wouldn't do it but I see why people do. But I genuinely cannot see any excuse on the day of a school trip

I would.

I can't believe you're making your son miss a school trip to go on a day out that you could have done at any other time. Kids love school trips, for them it makes all the mundane stuff seem worthwhile! They talk about them forever (so it seems) and do follow-up work at school in relation to where they've been. But hey, if you're desperate for your day out at Chessington...

Yes Nikinaki you know best about everyone, and what they would do.

why does it differ if it is Leogland or Wimbledon? Its still entertainment (for some)

Why would we say No on here and Yes in real life. What a load of rubbish. Mine never had any time of for days out or holidays. It gives a bad example, they do miss important lessons and you have signed up for state education so you stick to their rules-- otherwise home educate.

Iggi. .. I didn't say I know best by everyone. But what I do know, like other posters have said, is that most people in RL wouldn't bat an eyelid. OP isn't giving her child a choice between exams. it's a school trip.

You've booked the tickets already, op haven't you? Unless you'd waste them if the majority of people said you're being unreasonable, there's very little point in asking the question really... Why are you canvassing opinions when you've booked already?

I used to be a "no" person, school is too important etc etc... but am now a "yes".

DD14 has - this month - been off to a university day discussing "green issues", done DofE prep for 2 days, been student receptionist for a day, visited a Science festival - another day out, interschool rounders tournament - another day out, and is helping with the Y6 joiners discovery day - another day out next week The week after next is "activities week" - no "school" all week. I despair in this term, it is the same every year.

Yet this year, Y9, they are supposed to be "getting a head start on GCSE" - ha.. if we had any plans, I would not hesitate.

I wouldn't mind for something worthwhile but I wouldn't cross the road to go to the hellhole that is Chessington. Probably because I live across the road from the hellhole that is Chessington...

Somewhere I would of thought all the things you mention are part of a wider education. School is so many things not just classroom learning.

No I most certainly would not!

Yes, if my dc were in school, I would absolutely let them have a day off for a family day out.

I'm going to say no, because it would involve me using a day's holiday from work as well. I would rather save all my annual leave for the school holidays.

However, we're taking DS to a Rugby World Cup match in September. It's going to be a very late night. I might give DS a day or half-day off to recover.

I think it's OK if their attendance is otherwise good and it's one day every couple of years. You'd have to tell the school it was a family funeral or something though if you wanted to make sure it didn't clash wih something important (like, for some kids, sports day or a trip with the school can be important).

why does it differ if it is Leogland or Wimbledon? Its still entertainment (for some)

Presumably because Legoland is open all year, even throughout the holidays, and Wimbledon is only two weeks each year - in termtime.

I am, my oldest has her birthday on the last day of term, she will be 17. Dd 2 finishes 3 days later. We are all going to Thorpe park on her birthday as as soon as youngest finishes we are all volunteering for five days on a summer camp for disabled children, then oldest is at work every day for the next week and then doing NCS for 4 weeks. It's the only day out as a family we will have all summer.

We did it recently for a Friday wedding ... We had to .. She was a bridesmaid !

Her usual attendance is good , it was only the second day of this school year , first was for a genuine illness .

yes, I would.

I bunked them off school one day last year as I thought it was too hot (30 degrees) and we went to the beach. I find school hideously restrictive, and if I had the guts, I would just unschool them, and may well do so at some point.

nikinaki

Don't judge everyone on your own standards.