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Hols In Term Time, What Do You Think?
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This family didn't save any money! bet they wished they'd paid extra to go in the school hols now!
This family didn't save any money! bet they wished they'd paid extra to go in the school hols now!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Families throughout Europe face the same sort of high costs for holidays outside school term time as those in the UK do but, up until recently, the UK was the only country which allowed parents to take their children away during school time. Thankfully we've now fallen into line with the rest of Europe.
My answer isn't based upon the fact that I'm well-known around here as a Europhile; it's based upon having had, as a teacher, to deal with the problems of kids missing important lessons.
If you're teaching a subject without a clear hierarchy of learning it might not be too difficult to cope with kids who've missed some previous lessons but it's an absolute nightmare if you're teaching hierarchical subjects (like Maths) because you need to know that your pupils understand what was taught last week if they're to be able to make any sense of what they'll be studying this week.
If the class teacher has to spend most of his/her time trying to assist pupils who've missed a week or two of lessons through term-time holidays that means that he/she has got less time to help pupils with full attendance records who might also be struggling to cope. i.e. OTHER PUPILS suffer if their classmates have just taken a holiday in school time
My answer isn't based upon the fact that I'm well-known around here as a Europhile; it's based upon having had, as a teacher, to deal with the problems of kids missing important lessons.
If you're teaching a subject without a clear hierarchy of learning it might not be too difficult to cope with kids who've missed some previous lessons but it's an absolute nightmare if you're teaching hierarchical subjects (like Maths) because you need to know that your pupils understand what was taught last week if they're to be able to make any sense of what they'll be studying this week.
If the class teacher has to spend most of his/her time trying to assist pupils who've missed a week or two of lessons through term-time holidays that means that he/she has got less time to help pupils with full attendance records who might also be struggling to cope. i.e. OTHER PUPILS suffer if their classmates have just taken a holiday in school time
I'm all for term time holidays as opposed to no holidays because it costs so much and a lot of people can't get time off in school breaks. Head teachers used to have the discretion to grant an authorised absence if the pupil's attendance, behaviour etc was up to scratch. My own children have good to excellent attendance and are all achieving way ahead of what they should be so I have no qualms with them missing school. If their attendance was pants or they were struggling then I would think differently.
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In 2012 we went on a two week term time holiday for less than a one week holiday time one in 2011 (similar spec). It's a complete no brainier (and no, I don't expect the holiday companies to keep their prices the same in school holiday times, they are businesses with the sole aim of making as much profit as they can).