Holiday or 100% school attendance!!!

[Katyloo77]

Just wondering what others would do in this situation. It has been 3 years since we could afford to take a holiday abroad ( which we did in school holidays). I have found a great holiday for October but would mean that DS needs to take last two days of this half term of school, leaving on the Saturday same holiday is £900 more...! Which we cannot afford. DS talks nearly every day how he wants 100% attendance this year as you get a badge from school...do I support this and miss the holiday or take a family break. DH works away all week and a family break with a bit of sun would be good for all of us. DS is in year 3!

I took DS out once as we had a big family occasion a long time ago. It was year 4. School did not authorise it but we went anyway.

Made NO difference to his education. Seeing as he had quite a few sick days in between y4 and y6 anyway - and I doubt that 'missing' day would made a difference.

But don't lie - because children talk.

If a child continually has 2 weeks off every year up to GCSEs in 2 week periods, then that might well be an issue.

But that's very different. The Government have just decided to tackle a problem of attendance with a big stick.

For goodness sake, save yourself a load of shit and call in sick for two days.

And when they find out they weren't, or the DC say or you come back with a suntan?

Don't lie, tell the truth!

We didnt go abroad that much when mine were in school but when we did was always midweek last week of term as you do save ££s was great school didnt authorise it but thats fine imo