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If your dc had just started YR1 would you..

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PinkChick · 25/09/2007 19:54

take them on a holiday for a week about 4-5 weeks after they started?

do you think it would cause them problems, settling in/keeping up?

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PinkChick · 27/09/2007 18:31

i asked teacher at home time today for holiday form as it seems there are a few who have already booked without speaking to school, teacher asked receptionist who made a joke about ee, you cant be going on holiday if i cant(did she mean cos shed be working??), she IS lovely tho so no malice taken..grabbed form with both hands and ran as fast as i could past the baying parents

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PinkChick · 26/09/2007 19:47

i bet they did chick, you dont have to convince me! and this isnt something we'd be doing here there and everywhere, we were planning a week in june with friends but because of the schools mess up with hols, dd wouldnt be off that week as she usually is, so its one or the other, we wouldnt do it twice and year after we will just have to save extra hard and go in sch hols

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cheeset · 26/09/2007 16:32

Well done to her! bless her

Taking time off sch isn't a thing a do often, my kids are hardly EVER off sch.

If they feel ill in the morn, I always send them(unless they are sick of course) and say to them see how you feel and I always check by phone to see if they have settled and ask the teacher to look out or call if they need picking up.

This yr, because of financial constraints and my husbands work, we have had no quality time as a family together or any fun/adventure and thats why we went away last week, not just a frivilous holiday.

We had a marvellous time and the kids had fun and learned loads from the places we visited

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PinkChick · 26/09/2007 16:09

i know ..spoke to another mum who im friends witha t school and asked what she thought, she has also spoken to teachers and asked about taking her ds away in may(the week before school hols) and they said same to her, but that she shouldnt go round quoting her

just to show how well dd IS doing so far, shes just got new book from reception, second one since shes been there, basic stuff called Go, go, go..then each page shows and animal and speech bubble say "I..." then what the animal is doing...so we sit down to look through and dd starts reading out the letters, putting them together ( "I...j..u..m..p..I Jump", we got through the full book and i said i was so very proud of her after shed only read book in school today that was very quick learning...she told me she hadnt read the book today, the teacher had chosen them and put them in their bookbags before home time!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO proud

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cheeset · 26/09/2007 16:03

Hi, back now.

Had to do some house wife stuff, starting to feel really guilty about being on mn all day-its addictive! Is it only me who thinks this?

Im just about to start helping dd do some numeracy work, from last week when we were away.

I think life is all about balance, you do what's best PinkChick, mum knows best or why else was that phrase coined?

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PinkChick · 26/09/2007 15:58

i do think it does depend on the individual child as well, one of mindees is off sick at minute from school and me, i know when she comes back to both, she will find it hard and will want her mum.
Shes older than dd and a confident child but things like this 'would' effect her

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madness · 26/09/2007 14:43

Ok, I'm trying to persuade dh to take dd (not ds ) on holidays during the 2 weeks of easter holidays, so she isn't going to miss a week of school. But I don't think it is a problem if she does miss out a week.
But then I don't see (primary) school much as a place to "learn", more a place to have fun/socialise (not mutually exclusive).
Also, at least ds never had a problem adjusting going back to school/missing friends..
I suppose I often missed out in school to visit family abroad and I never did mind.

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PinkChick · 26/09/2007 14:27

Hiyacheeset, not hiding, just got poorly minde today, shes asleep now just in time for school runa dn heavens have opend!

Bozza, if the teacher had said that to me and showed concern for dd's education i WOULD NOT take her out of school, honestly, its only because the teacher has told me dd is doing so well and stressesd that dd wouldnt have prob if she was off that i am feeling better.
Plus the teacher actually suggested i take some books from school so dd can read/work through them while away.

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cheeset · 26/09/2007 13:13

Pinkchick, see the trouble youv'e caused! where are you?{grin}

Right, i'm gonna do some bloomin housework and cook up a veritable feast for the family, before the kids get back from -school- Alton Towers with their uncle Jim!

Only joking!

I know it's no laughin matter!

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NAB3 · 26/09/2007 13:07

No, I don't think there is any need to take your child out of school to go on holiday.

I would say no.

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cheeset · 26/09/2007 12:32

Tep? tempt!

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cheeset · 26/09/2007 12:31

alright! well the trip down to the N.H.M. would be on a vintage steam engine and a visit to Buck Pal thrown in and the Tower of London and a nights stay at the savoy!

Come on there must be summut to tep you away from school!!

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ladymuck · 26/09/2007 12:08

But now you're talking about day trips (and the Nat History Museum is free).

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cheeset · 26/09/2007 12:02

Yes Disney maybe not the best example to tempt you out of sch in term time, lets think.......

Ok, what about Trip to the National History Museum; your mum has agreed to take them there as she's won a family ticket but only in term time, they don't get to see their nan much as she lives abroad and it would mean the world to her[

or a trip to the Nutcracket Ballet, kids would love it and very cultural all magical and sparkly n stuff. Only thing is its in term time(they had the best seats on that day and the cast have agreed to meet with you backstage)

well?

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HonoriaGlossop · 26/09/2007 11:58

well said Ellbell!

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Ellbell · 26/09/2007 11:52

LOL cheeset... perhaps NAB3 is like me and would rather gnaw off her own head than go to Disney sodding World... ever!

I wouldn't take my dds out of school unless for some really exceptional reason (e.g. family wedding abroad). I agree that holidays can be (though they are not by definition) educational. I figure that's a good reason to take them out of school time... to extend (not replace) what my dds learn in school.

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ChippyMinton · 26/09/2007 11:34

I agree that UK tour operators capitalise on the UK school holiday weeks, but you don't have to pay their prices if you shop around a bit, book independently, book early.

FWIW I would be happy to take my DC out of school, but DH is set against it.

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cheeset · 26/09/2007 11:31

NAB3 are you sure

really?

Big holiday, trip of a lifetime, kids would never forget it, disney parade, chance to meet mickey n his girlfriend(wife?)visit to Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Typhoon Lagoon, MGM.

YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE?

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PandaG · 26/09/2007 11:29

we did win a holiday (ok would have to have paid flights) to a fantastic apartment in Spain, legit holiday, raffle prize for a fundraiser, but as it was only available termtime we didn't go. I agree holidays are educational, but will not take my children out of school for them. We camp in the holidays instead.

DSIL and partner had the holiday instead, came back on Sat and had a fabulous time!

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cheeset · 26/09/2007 11:25

Bozza, ok well including the really expensive activities and the 5 days holiday I spent well....... 100 pounds in total!

I think thats a bargain, was either that holiday or Centre Parcs

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NAB3 · 26/09/2007 11:23

cheeset I would say no.

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bozza · 26/09/2007 11:16

And pinkchick what would you have thought if the teacher had said to you "well one or two of the children in the top group have asked for time off and I have OKed it because they are doing sooo well, but your DD is still struggling a bit with her reading and numeracy so no I think it would be a bad idea for you to go even though it will cost you £££ more".

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bozza · 26/09/2007 11:13

Right cheeset, so you took your children out in term time because it was much cheaper then spent the whole week doing expensive activities.

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cheeset · 26/09/2007 11:09

Nab3, ok if you won an all expenses paid trip(in term time) to florida Disney World at the Disney World Resort Hotel for 2 weeks, EVERYTHING ALL IN, chance to swim with the dolphins and go on the disney cruise ship you'd say No?

Yeah right!

Pinky, just go to BBC web site or even just Google for school stuff, you'll find loads.

Google 'Education City' you can do a trial period with them it's FAB! they follow the National Curriculum. After trial period you can subscribe if you want.

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ladymuck · 26/09/2007 11:01

Actually I think that you've been put into a difficult position by the teacher to be honest.

There will be little harm to your child missing 5 days of school. It happens, kids get ill etc. Some bugs go through an entire class and you can even have half a class off sick.

But the nightmare situation is to have different children out of the class each week. And once your teacher has given you this mixed message what is she going to say to the next parent who asks for the same treatment: "Sorry your kid is too thick/behind to be allowed to go on a family holiday"?

Will it harm your child - I doubt it. But also think through whether she will be unsettled if her best friend takes the following week off, and then it is half term and after that one of her other friends is off. Certainly I know that my dcs are unsettled when their friends are off school sick.