Teachers - time off for "activities"

[Katymac]

DD has started competitive Ballroom dancing

She is competing at Blackpool (I am not sure this is a good idea)

I am determined that she will NOT miss school

I am being told that it is a learning experience and that I am being unreasonable

Am I?

Are "activities" a good reason for absense fro school

DD will be in yr5 btw & it is in Nov (if that makes a difference)

I agree Lilolil'

My DD does an hour in class on a sat am plus 3/4 private lesson on one evening

She also dances round the kitchen/garden at any opportunity

(I also refuse the make-up/fake tan/lacquered hair stuff 'cos I want her to look like the 9yo she is)

DD does dance but not the competitive stuff, so far we have only had one day off a year for her ballet exam.

I was considering letting her audition for the local panto, but there will be lots rehearsals and at least 26 shows, far too much for a 9 yr old, so we will leave it for a few years at least. She does shows at her dance school but they don't interfer with school.

I agree 26 shows are too many.....way too many

Considering dd is 7 and not 9 def too much, sorry had a brain fart.

S'OK DD was a DS yesterday

There is a saying which goes "do a job you enjoy and never work a day in your life".

Competing will be hard work (most of which will be done as WELL as school), it's great that she will enjoy it as well as a bonus.

I don't think that by agreeing you are saying it is more important than school - you are saying that the competition is once a year on those days, and that she will have to catch up her school work in her own "leisure" time. She's missing school - not education.

Ok

You have all convinced me (esp twentypence)

She can go (as long as her teacher agrees)