When did all school holidays become half terms?
The school year is three terms: autumn (September until Christmas), Spring (January to Easter) and summer (Post Easter until July).
Each other these terms has a long holiday after is, of 2 weeks or more. Christmas, Easter and summer holidays.
Each term has a one week holiday half way through it (October, February, May). These, and only these are 'half terms' as they are halfway through the term.
Someone in the park yesterday was going on to their child about how good the long half term holiday was and it took all my willpower not to say something i may have perimenopausal rage issues.