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| Do you agree with the term-time holiday ban? Join our live look at the week | Do you agree with the term-time holiday ban? Join our live look at the week |
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| Here’s a specific point in response to the poll – do share yours below. | |
| Also, just a quick comment on the poll - I disagree with both questions, tbh. It ought to be at the headteacher's discretion as it used to be. If the school are ok with it then it shouldn't be anyone else's business. | |
| (And here’s the reader’s example of that idea of headteachers exercising some discretion.) | |
| I've taken my children out of school for two or three days every year for the last three years - we go to London and go to museums etc - and have every intention of continuing to do so. The school head has a very sensible policy of ignoring short absences provided attendance and attainment are otherwise fine. | |
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| Term-time holidays – a poll | |
| Here’s a poll on the issue we’ve been discussing. It’s not binary – maybe you’re somewhere in the middle and feel there should be lenience for parents. Perhaps you agree that term-time holidays should be banned but disagree with the fine. We think this should give an impression of what some of you are thinking, but do tell us about which way you voted, and why, in the comments below. | |
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| Here are some of your views so far – do get involved in the comments below. | |
| First, a point on where you go on holiday: | |
| He took his daughter to Disney World, so the Supreme Court has a point, but what if she had pleaded to go on a 2-week trip to Greece to study the classical monuments with expert archaeologists and follow an intensive 4-hours a day course in Modern Greek that only took place during those dates? | |
| And this reader talks about extra effort needed on the part of the school to catch the child up. | |
| The problem with taking children out of school for two weeks in term time is not that each individual child misses out on crucial, life changing parts of their education in that time, but that schools have to put in additional effort to catch them up. | |
| That's OK for one of two children, but a ridiculous amount of extra effort when it applies to hundreds of children. | |
| But aren’t there learning opportunities on a holiday, to? | |
| Holidays for most children are extremely memorable, senses are heightened, every day is approached with the enthusiasm a school could only dream of. I suspect the things learned on a two week holiday, no matter the location, would be equal too if not above those things learned in a two week period at school. The concept of education is far too narrow. Most people learn far more out of school than in. | |
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| Should parents be allowed to take their children on holiday during term time? | Should parents be allowed to take their children on holiday during term time? |
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| To take your children on holiday during term time, or not to take your children on holiday during term time? That is the question. Or at least it’s one that has got people talking of late, after the supreme court ruled in a case about the legality of term-time holidays. | To take your children on holiday during term time, or not to take your children on holiday during term time? That is the question. Or at least it’s one that has got people talking of late, after the supreme court ruled in a case about the legality of term-time holidays. |
| The case involved Jon Platt, who refused to pay a £120 fine after taking his daughter out of school to go on holiday. The high court ruled last year in favour of Platt, but this Thursday the supreme court came down against him. | The case involved Jon Platt, who refused to pay a £120 fine after taking his daughter out of school to go on holiday. The high court ruled last year in favour of Platt, but this Thursday the supreme court came down against him. |
| The ban and fine were upheld, with deputy president of the supreme court Lady Hale saying: “Any educational system expects people to keep the rules. Not to do so is unfair to those obedient parents who do keep the rules, whatever the costs or inconvenience to themselves.” | The ban and fine were upheld, with deputy president of the supreme court Lady Hale saying: “Any educational system expects people to keep the rules. Not to do so is unfair to those obedient parents who do keep the rules, whatever the costs or inconvenience to themselves.” |
| What do our readers think about this? We are keen to hear more of your views. | What do our readers think about this? We are keen to hear more of your views. |
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| Welcome to our weekly social | Welcome to our weekly social |
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| Hello everyone and welcome to our social, where we will talk about the best and most discussed news and comment of the week. Today we will take on everything from term-time holiday bans to potato-peeling workshops. If you have anything specific that you want to talk about, email us: sarah.marsh@theguardian.com and matthew.holmes@theguardian.com | Hello everyone and welcome to our social, where we will talk about the best and most discussed news and comment of the week. Today we will take on everything from term-time holiday bans to potato-peeling workshops. If you have anything specific that you want to talk about, email us: sarah.marsh@theguardian.com and matthew.holmes@theguardian.com |
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