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it was on the news yesterday that you can not take your kids out of school term for a holiday if you do you get find £50
£50.00 you would save more on the holiday than that.
Heard about something like this before and think it is stupid.
Some people can only get holidays at certain times so have no choice.
When i was at school i was always taken out of school the last two weeks in july before we broke up for the summer because it was the only time my parents could get time off work.
Some people can only get holidays at certain times so have no choice.
When i was at school i was always taken out of school the last two weeks in july before we broke up for the summer because it was the only time my parents could get time off work.
thanks flashy, couldnt find the story on the news sites.... best i can do atm> http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=30084
I've just taken the quote above from a story on the BBC website in 2004. It's nothing new.
I haven't yet had to go in term time, living in the Pendle area the holidays up to 2 years ago were different than standard time anyway, particularly the September one, which was great for prices
Then some tin pot county councillors in their ivory offices decided to scrap them and make everyone have the same term times.
I would consider it but it would depend on what year the kids were in. Lets face it they do bugger all in the last couple of weeks before the holidays anyway
Nice to have a choice when you do go on holiday. Teachers don't.
Thats a choice of vocation though TM. Teachers know that when they take on that career. Some parents don't even get the chance to have holidays during the school holiday time if they are at the bottom of the pecking order when it comes to the holiday rota in the company they work for, therefore they have to take holidays in term time.
I always went on holiday either the 9th or at the latest 10th July when i was at school. Always went to Northern Ireland for the 12th and 13th and went for 2 weeks. It was the best time for dad to go and also to see all the relatives. There was only one year we didnt go and that was because my dad was ill and that was when i was in the 4th year at high school.
No they haven't halved it, I thought that too when it was on GMTV this morning, but I was only half listening - when I heard the full report later on, turns out it's now 50 quid per day that your child is out of schoolOh good they have halved it
Didn't it used to be £100 for the past few years since they brought it in. I think the words 'can be fined' not 'will be fined' spring to mind. Unless pam has seen something nobody else has seen
I didn't say that it wasn't. I merely commented on the fact that teachers do not have a choice as to when they take holidays. I bet there'd be loads of parents complaining if there wasn't a teacher to teach their child because the teacher had 'gone on holiday'.
No, teachers have to fit their holidays into the 11 weeks or so that they get off every year...............must be a real pain.......
Teachers don't get "11 weeks off" - they get 11 weeks not in school but the majority of that time is still spent working.
At present parents can be fined £100 for taking a child on holiday without permission but this year I asked for permission for my youngest daughter to have a week off in order to go on holiday with my s-i-l who booked the week before half term thinking it was half term. This was granted after having been put to the head and the LEA. They look at each case individually and take into account (amongst other things) attendance and how well they are doing at school.
At present parents can be fined £100 for taking a child on holiday without permission but this year I asked for permission for my youngest daughter to have a week off in order to go on holiday with my s-i-l who booked the week before half term thinking it was half term. This was granted after having been put to the head and the LEA. They look at each case individually and take into account (amongst other things) attendance and how well they are doing at school.
I think it would be great all round if we could have more teachers who could have time off on a rota and less school holidays, but don't tell the kids
Really..? remind me to tell the wife .....she must use her ppa time in school very wisely then........and still comes up trumps with ofsted. Oh and i was wrong...its 13 weeks, look at it how you will its still 9 more weeks than the average worker.
Do you mean the average worker who works 9 to 5 and then finishes work, as opposed to a teacher who works 8 to 5 and then still works evenings and weekends?