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bluemc1
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i wouldn't mind but all they seem to do in the last week before summer holidays is play games watch films and wear their own clobber
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school unofficial absence fines
- Thread starter brass neck
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We took our son out 2 days before his school finished, so we could be facing a £120 fine when he goes back to school. We rang to say he was sick and these were the only days he missed in the whole year.
I not arsed about the fine as we saved £600 on the holiday by going the time we did instead of going when his school holidays started. What he missed was a trip to Blackpool and a last day no uniform sports day.
It is all a con.
I not arsed about the fine as we saved £600 on the holiday by going the time we did instead of going when his school holidays started. What he missed was a trip to Blackpool and a last day no uniform sports day.
It is all a con.
brass neck
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mcmanus said:Right, holiday companies and travel agents do NOT put the prices up in the school holidays. That's the correct cost. They reduce the price during school term time.
Strange they just don't sack it off during off peak dates then really. I must say it's lovely of the profit motivated companies to up the prices in summer to subsidise the off peak lot.
I was sent a £60 fine because my daughter, who doesn't even live with me, went off on holiday during school time.
Apparently I have two weeks to prove I don't live with her or the fine will be doubled.
Not that I'll be paying it anyway.
Apparently I have two weeks to prove I don't live with her or the fine will be doubled.
Not that I'll be paying it anyway.
nelsons willie
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Shouldn't it be up to them to prove you do.tidyman said:I was sent a £60 fine because my daughter, who doesn't even live with me, went off on holiday during school time.
Apparently I have two weeks to prove I don't live with her or the fine will be doubled.
Not that I'll be paying it anyway.
nelsons willie said:Shouldn't it be up to them to prove you do.tidyman said:I was sent a £60 fine because my daughter, who doesn't even live with me, went off on holiday during school time.
Apparently I have two weeks to prove I don't live with her or the fine will be doubled.
Not that I'll be paying it anyway.
According to their letter, I have never informed the school that I moved out of the address my daughter lives.
The letter doesn't say that I never informed the school I was living there in the first place.
In fact, I'm pretty sure I have never had any correspondence with the school.
mcmanus said:I can't see why parents and teachers just behave like adults and talk. I'm guessing most teachers know roughly which part of a subject they will going through a couple of week in advance so if the parents give them some notice they would be able to sort some homework out. Its better than just taking 120 quid off parents who have saved a lot more.
Yes, because teachers have nothing better to do than to find homework for kids who don't bother to turn up at school.
JoeMercer'sWay
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117 M34 said:mcmanus said:I can't see why parents and teachers just behave like adults and talk. I'm guessing most teachers know roughly which part of a subject they will going through a couple of week in advance so if the parents give them some notice they would be able to sort some homework out. Its better than just taking 120 quid off parents who have saved a lot more.
Yes, because teachers have nothing better to do than to find homework for kids who don't bother to turn up at school.
it should already be planned and ready to be set.
JoeMercer'sWay said:117 M34 said:mcmanus said:I can't see why parents and teachers just behave like adults and talk. I'm guessing most teachers know roughly which part of a subject they will going through a couple of week in advance so if the parents give them some notice they would be able to sort some homework out. Its better than just taking 120 quid off parents who have saved a lot more.
Yes, because teachers have nothing better to do than to find homework for kids who don't bother to turn up at school.
it should already be planned and ready to be set.
Weeks in advance?
I wouldn't have thought so - not if it is done correctly anyway.
JoeMercer'sWay
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117 M34 said:JoeMercer'sWay said:117 M34 said:Yes, because teachers have nothing better to do than to find homework for kids who don't bother to turn up at school.
it should already be planned and ready to be set.
Weeks in advance?
I wouldn't have thought so - not if it is done correctly anyway.
how do you plan a progression through a topic, lessons and term without planning what's going to be done in class and at home?