Taking the kids out of school to going skiing. Opinions?

I find the eldest is much keener on an activity if we back off and let her do it herself, rather than trying to force her to like what we like.

Did she teach herself to cycle then? Gifted child.

..it’s curious that you find the revelation that half-term holidays cost more to be so startling.

Not so much “startling” as “annoying but avoidable”.

I find your use of the word “sacrifice” instructive.

I find your appetite for martyrdom equally instructive.

Definitely take the children out of school OP. Don’t do it for the price difference do it for the valuable time and life experience.

Little bit of one to one learning while your away and they will come back 3 months ahead of the class.

Teachers posting with their blinkers on by the looks of things.
You should read the whole thread, it’s interesting. 🙂

Did she teach herself to cycle then? Gifted child.

Still on the balance bike at the moment. When she wants help she’ll ask for it.

Not so much “startling” as “annoying but avoidable”.

Yep, you could’ve chosen to not have kids. Or home school.

I find your appetite for martyrdom equally instructive.

Your mistake is to assume I see my life the way you see yours.

For the hard of thinking: it’s not news that half-term holidays are expensive. It’s also not news that skiing holidays are expensive. So if you want to take your kids skiing, cough up, and if that means not doing something else, that’s the way it goes.

Conversely it’s not news that four year olds don’t exactly cover a lot of critical academic ground in five days, especially the ones leading up to half term. Nor is it news that avoiding the half-term break is massively cheaper and doing so means you have a better choice and ultimately a better and quieter holiday for all of the family.

You should read the whole thread, it’s interesting.

Liar! Half of it is you talking complete nonsense 😛

Still on the balance bike at the moment. When she wants help she’ll ask for it.

You’re taking her on a cycling holiday on a balance bike? And this is something she has asked for without any prompting from you?

Your mistake is to assume I see my life the way you see yours.

Actually I’m pretty certain you don’t otherwise we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

If I had children (which I don’t) and they were under high school age, then I would definitely take them out of school.
In a few years we’re thinking about taking our nephew, he’ll be 13 by then, so it’s going to be costly. He had a taster session at Chill factore and loved it.

The head at my sons school has no problem at all with parents taking kids out to do fun interesting stuff. As a school they want the kids to be passionate about all aspects of life and have loads of exciting experiences. Needless to say they still get outstanding SATS as the kids love their learning environment and the culture of the school so pay attention whilst learning.

Did we ever work out if it was ok to take time off school to go to Magaluf?

Can’t see why not as long as the same criteria are satisfied
i.e. the teacher agrees that the kids education won’t be impacted, the parents are prepared to help the kids catch up, and the trip itself is of some benefit to them (though I’d argue any travel and quality family time is pretty beneficial)

Excellent. Well that’s that settled for another year!

We take ours off school fairly often for a days skiing. Scotland so the weather can be unpredictable and the weekends busy. So the occasional bluebird weekday makes up for it 🙂

A bluebird snow day in Scotland should be taken as a divine sign that school and work is cancelled for the day!

I’m sure everyone could cope with missing that one day every three years 😀

😀

I should have added a disclaimer:

*** I have only ever skied in Scotland so my definition of a bluebird day might be somewhat off ***

The head at my sons school has no problem at all with parents taking kids out to do fun interesting stuff. As a school they want the kids to be passionate about all aspects of life and have loads of exciting experiences. Needless to say they still get outstanding SATS as the kids love their learning environment and the culture of the school so pay attention whilst learning.

Is tbis a state school? State schools have very little option with regards to this issue these days.