Bob
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Term time absence legislation is a pain in the backside as far as I’m concerned, it’s stupid to apply to primary age children, mine last week watched Minions and Bambi during the school day, and I’m perfectly capable of sitting them in front of the TV at home thanks!
So I’ve been reading a few articles today and one thing I hadn’t realised is that the rules so blatantly don’t apply to you if you are rich, a local athlete has been granted term time holiday, that’s fine, because the team training schedule is apparently the only thing that matters, though as a business owner and summer being our manic period we haven’t had a family holiday since 2013. We have to take odd days where we can which is tricky when our working week is the full seven days for April-September, our only opportunity for time of is between contracts following periods of stupidly wet weather, we can’t block out a week 3 months in advance to suit the local education authority. Also private school kids are held to a completely different standard as term time holiday rules don’t apply.
Eldest child’s latest career goal is to be a chef, this fad has been around for more than a year, she met Nadia from Bake off and that was that, I’m not entirely convinced that it’s not going to stick. The only thing we are allowed to have on the telly is cooking shows, every master chef from around the world, adults and kids, bake off, some crap with Gordon Ramsy’s daughter that I can’t bear to sit through, come dine with me over and over and over again, I miss when she used to watch cartoons. She wants to cook constantly as we speak she is coming up with a 3 course dinner from what she can find in the fridge, only problem is I currently have at least 3 days of meals and I can see the need to go shopping in the morning because by the time she’s finished I will have nothing to complete a meal for tea tomorrow evening.
So she’s saw an advert for the Good Food Show, OMG MARRY BERRY!!!! She’s so excited, she needs a Mary Berry signed cookbook for her collection (currently standing at 1 with Nadia) she absolute has to go, apparently!
Saturday is sold out, Sunday we have a Christening to go to, my husband is a God Parent, we can’t get out of it. That leaves us with Friday, it’s Hubbys birthday, we can book a hotel and go to Warwick castle before we head back next day, this is educational, the kids will be learning things and more importantly it’s quality family time doing something my daughter is passionate about and fully engaged in and making memories that will last for a lifetime. But the good old rule makers won’t allow it, in a computer says no situation what do we as parents do?
Do we deny our daughters and ourselves of this experience or do we risk irreparably harming their education because they missed a day of learning naff all?
So I’ve been reading a few articles today and one thing I hadn’t realised is that the rules so blatantly don’t apply to you if you are rich, a local athlete has been granted term time holiday, that’s fine, because the team training schedule is apparently the only thing that matters, though as a business owner and summer being our manic period we haven’t had a family holiday since 2013. We have to take odd days where we can which is tricky when our working week is the full seven days for April-September, our only opportunity for time of is between contracts following periods of stupidly wet weather, we can’t block out a week 3 months in advance to suit the local education authority. Also private school kids are held to a completely different standard as term time holiday rules don’t apply.
Eldest child’s latest career goal is to be a chef, this fad has been around for more than a year, she met Nadia from Bake off and that was that, I’m not entirely convinced that it’s not going to stick. The only thing we are allowed to have on the telly is cooking shows, every master chef from around the world, adults and kids, bake off, some crap with Gordon Ramsy’s daughter that I can’t bear to sit through, come dine with me over and over and over again, I miss when she used to watch cartoons. She wants to cook constantly as we speak she is coming up with a 3 course dinner from what she can find in the fridge, only problem is I currently have at least 3 days of meals and I can see the need to go shopping in the morning because by the time she’s finished I will have nothing to complete a meal for tea tomorrow evening.
So she’s saw an advert for the Good Food Show, OMG MARRY BERRY!!!! She’s so excited, she needs a Mary Berry signed cookbook for her collection (currently standing at 1 with Nadia) she absolute has to go, apparently!
Saturday is sold out, Sunday we have a Christening to go to, my husband is a God Parent, we can’t get out of it. That leaves us with Friday, it’s Hubbys birthday, we can book a hotel and go to Warwick castle before we head back next day, this is educational, the kids will be learning things and more importantly it’s quality family time doing something my daughter is passionate about and fully engaged in and making memories that will last for a lifetime. But the good old rule makers won’t allow it, in a computer says no situation what do we as parents do?
Do we deny our daughters and ourselves of this experience or do we risk irreparably harming their education because they missed a day of learning naff all?
