Wish you were here…
Posted by Cottontimer on 21 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: London, Schooling
That’s the message we have for parents.
We want to see your kids in school!
Children MUST attend school regularly.
Please don’t take holidays during term time.
Don’t put your child at a disadvantage by taking
your holiday when they need to be at school.
Family holidays in term time are disruptive and
can seriously affect childrens (sic) education.
Unauthorized absence can
lead to prosecution…
ACK! They’re on to me!!
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You underminer of school authority you!
heh
I remember seeing in the Guardian an article about a woman who was jailed and whose kids had to go into care, because they missed a lot of school — not for bad reasons, they would just take a lot of holidays and things during term time. It was ridiculous. In our family, my sister, brother and I combined have missed so much school (Polly often had health reasons but I was just a regular skyver) that if those laws had been in effect when we were children, Mummy would have had serious problems. She has always told us she didn’t believe in forcing us to go if we really didn’t want to.
It does brush me up the wrong way that parents aren’t allowed to be the judge of how much school a child can miss. I’ve missed so much school in my life — I’m sure it adds up to at least a year in total — but I’ve still managed to pass all my exams and graduate!
uhhhh… he’s in preschool, right? What’s the big deal???
Deb L: That’s me!! Rise up against authority!
Rosie: I suppose they’re looking out for kids whose parents don’t give a whit about them. The rest of us who take our kids all around the world think that those kinds of holidays actually benefit them.
river2sea72: It’s a big deal to them and you must obey.
I’m the kind of mom who says “thou shalt go to school”——Charlie thrives better with it. But that’s us!
Kristina, as the very laid back mother who hasn’t forced my children to go when they didn’t want to, (cf. Rosie, above) I would agree that some children, more particularly boys, really are better with a clear structure and discipline. I have had to impose that with Raphael, and from reading bits of your blog, I think Charlie would be very unhappy if he had to make that sort of descision for himself. None the less, deep down I hate obeying rules…just because!
Kristina: I think most kids do better when they know what to expect. That said, a family vacation planned well in advance shouldn’t do kids any harm as long as it’s limited to once a year or two. /ducks head
Snowy: I saw Rosie today!! It was wonderful to give her a hug. Will send you pics soon.
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