School ski trip atranged in term time "to save money"

[Snog]

Y9 have a ski trip scheduled in term time as this is much cheaper than scheduling it inthe schook holidays. ost is £1,000
I am stunned at this. Given that the school see fit to take students out of class in term time how can they have
any issue with parents taking term time holidays?

[Parmarella]

Maybe off topic, but I think school ski trips are unnecessary, obscene really. Can everyone really afford them? In that case, what is this crisis people talk about, kids on subsidised school dinners all a myth? We are actually all wealthy?

Or is the skiing trip just for the lucky few? In which case I think it is shit for those parents who can't afford it. And something more low key could be organised.

What is wrong with a residential To Wales or Scotland ?

Or are our precious teens already too blase for that.

[NotEnoughTime]

I have read everyone's posts and totally understand what everyone is saying.

However, I look at it a little bit differently. There is no way we could afford as a family of 4 to go ski ing but we could possibly afford for our boys to go one at a time with their school (there is a five year gap between them) if the opportunity arises if that makes sense.

[2rebecca]

I can see that, but I didn't go skiing until I was in my mid 20s and wasn't disadvantaged by this, I was never going to be an olympic skiier with 1 school ski trip and yes skiing is fun but so are loads of other things that are much cheaper (and safer).

[gazzalw]

When DS didn't go on his Year 7 trip to Europe, the boys 'left behind' didn't have to study, instead they had a very enjoyable 'challenge week'.

I do however agree that there seems to be one rule for the schools and another for parents. You could argue that a family holiday encompassing a lot of cultural activities in a foreign country might be a lot more useful than a skiing trip....

[tiredaftertwo]

Well quite gazzalw....

I don't care about skiing trips per se in term time - as long as other activities are on offer, which are valued as much (not necessarily in £££ terms). Then the school can hold its head high and say you have a range of exciting stuff to choose from, according to age, inclination, budget, what your family normally does, what your needs are, etc etc - these are enrichment activities and for one week a year are the curriculum - fantastic and I know schools that do this.

What I don't think it can do is arbitrarily say school skiing trips are authorised, family ones are not, some kids get to go on one while everyone else does maths n geography n stuff, considered so important that you cannot miss them to go to eg a family wedding....

The line is the holiday sand is not between educational/non-educational; it is between organised by school/organised by your family. And that is just not sustainable.