To think that a teacher shouldn't go on a 6 week holiday during term time and on the runup to SATs

[SparklyGothKat]

Ds1's teacher has gone on a 6 week holiday, and the class are having a different sub. teacher each day.. They are doing their year 6 SATs in may....

When I was a very young teacher I had to have a woman-y bits op, and told my Y3s there was some extra tissue that had to be removed - all of them wanted to know how I'd swallowed the tissue, why, what it tasted like, etc.

Seriously, I would have a word with the head about the day to day supply cover, it isn't good.

If she is older she might be having a womany bits op too. The recuperation time for that would be 6 weeks as it like a c-section.

Would also add that it is an op that you can't always choose when you have it.

I agree with the others - it's surely impossible that it's a holiday, no school would agree with this.

It must be a cover-story for something like an operation that she just couldn't face discussing with kids/parents.

PLus the fact that they are struggling to find cover would seem to indicate that it was a short-notice kind of thing, otherwise they would have been able to pre-book a long-term substitute. Must have been an urgent op or something similar.

I think you would do right to raise your concerns about the subs with the head-teacher though - he might be able to explain why they haven't been able to cover it more effectively.

Finally the school are under no obligation to tell you why teacher is absent. You can of course complain if supply teacher is no good.