Term time holiday - teacher opinion

[gooddayhey]

Hi, I was just having a convo with one of my colleagues about how when my kids are old enough I might take them out of school during term time for a holiday. Obviously I have no idea if I ever would, it's a play by ear situ, I'll decide what's best at the time. Anyway, my colleague has very strong opinions about this, arguing that it's disrespectful when many people children do not even get the opportunity to attend school etc. And said I was treating school as a joke, amongst other things. One of the points she made is how disruptive it is for teachers and if she were teacher she would hate it. So I'm just looking for a teacher's opinion on this. I already know arguments for and against term time holidays from a parent point of view are mixed. I'm not strongly for or against either way but lean more towards parents being able to make sure the assessment themselves at the time. But do teachers find it annoying and do they notice children struggling when they come back one to week later for example?

I cannot see any child above the age of six being thrilled or motivated by a star chart.

I cannot see any child above the age of six being thrilled or motivated by a star chart
Tell that to my Y9s who bloody love stickers and are all too willing to remind me if I haven't given a sticker for something which qualifies for a sticker.

My Year 6s love a sticker.

“Attendance is reviewed regularly and if sufficient improvement is made, the case is closed. We don’t use star charts, however, as that would be patronising.”
Unlike Attendance Awards?

Unlike attendance awards?

Attendance awards are given to children.

Attendance support meetings are held with parents. So yes, giving a star chart to a parent would be patronising.

I work in an industry where it's very difficult to take school-holiday-time holidays - they're our busiest time. It really isn't as easy for everyone to take holidays during the school breaks as some on here seem to think. When my DDs were school-aged I took them out for a week maybe three years in every four, or we wouldn't have had any time away together. I never lied about it, and all the teachers seemed to approve and thought my DDs would get an enriching experience learning things that can't be taught in a classroom. This was Scotland, though, so no need for HT approval (at least, there wasn't at the time, don't know whether things have changed now). It wouldn't have occurred to me to ask for work to take on holiday (no way would my DDs have done it in any case!!) or ask for special catch-up help.