To think you don't go away at Easter if your child has GCSEs in the summer ?

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Even for a few days?

We usually have our main holiday in the summer with a short cheap break at Easter (4/5 days) and sometimes at October half term too. Can't go in October & DS has GCSEs next summer. I'm thinking bad idea to take him away from studies at Easter yet it'll be a long slog to next summer to wait to go away again.

Wondered about February half term but it'll likely be freezing in most places (usually stay in UK). Any ideas? Needs to be budget friendly, about £800-£1k all in.

Any thoughts?

We took ds to Tenerife a week before his A-Levels, his hand luggage consisted for all his files! He done 2 hours (7-9am) in the morning revision, then we went out and about and had lunch, then he done afternoon revision (3-4pm) then we done stuff and had evening food about 7pm, and he revised 8-10pm. He done more than when we were at home! He really got to grips with his English lit too.

I was initially a little apprehensive, but it worked out really well. HOWEVER, I would not do it for ds14- different personalities, he wouldn’t have the same methodical approach as his brother. So I think it depends on the child.

We live in UK. DD's boyfriend (yr13) was taken to Vietnam & other south-east asia places for at least 2 weeks of Easter break. Family holiday.
I got impression he was expected to revise for 1-4 hrs each morning, but otherwise the family all had a great big jolly.

I don't care that his family did that but I am that DD was expected to barely see him AT ALL for the 8 weeks running up to and including his A-level exams period... b/c she "might be a distraction." I know they're 17-18 & won't be together long... still, not nice way to treat his girlfriend. It's the first relationship DD has been in that she felt insecure about.

@lljkk Ds19 has been with his gf since he was 14 and she 13. He’s just finished the first year of university and she is sitting her A-Levels. We’ve had it different in that we will say are you seeing gf this weekend? And he’ll say no she’s revising English or he’s revising Tortes lol. They’ve set not seeing each other rules between themselves, neither we or her parents have said no. I wonder if it’s because they’ve been with each other for 5 years and there’s not that urgency? Lol

I would every time. it would be a break

Another teacher here, another vote for do it! A few days holiday will not make or break their results (should be studying all year blah blah blah) and they need time to relax too. I wouldn't even let him bring any revision stuff with him tbh.

DD got together with this guy late February.
She saw him in person maybe... twice?? between end March & mid June. Was at least a week late to give him his birthday present (he went out with older friends for his actual 18th birthday).

10 week moratorium, I suppose.
Finished with a whole 10 hours together last weekend.
I'm not sure she's seen him in person since.
Modern love is weird!

I am so surprised by the number of people who would and do go away in the run up to public exams. My experience with my friends is that everyone is home for Xmas before mocks and Easter before the actual exams. That’s not to say that the children are revising the whole time at all and not seeing their friends or going out occasionally but I wanted my children home in a familiar environment to study with everything they need around them. I wouldn’t have ever considered taking them away.