Family's dream holiday in ruins

[spionfox]

sorry i miss read the post :icon_redf,more what mg put TBH

Didn't quite hear you Newts. Was that a sorry you were trying to say to me?

 

[spionfox]

Get a feckin' room you two

But not in term time.........

Only if Melts can lend us one of his webcams :icon_cool

 

[newtonfox]

Didn't quite hear you Newts. Was that a sorry you were trying to say to me?

NO **** OFF :icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

 

[spionfox]

NO **** OFF :icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

:icon_lol:

 

[Hector]

:icon_lol::icon_lol: their is 78 kids in the school :icon_wink

Perhaps you should enrol as well :icon_wink

 

[newtonfox]

Perhaps you should enrol as well :icon_wink

:icon_lol::icon_lol:

 

[Matt_B]

At the end of the last term neither of my two boys received any educational classes on the last three days of term they were told to bring something in to do/play with or watch DVD's.

My eldest said his form teacher spent hours on his mobile organising a last minute holiday.

I consider the schoold to be good and its OFSTED reports are excellent, but end of term week seems to be a real wind down time for them.

I have a set number of days annual leave but I have to fit in with many others and take it when it the company approves it - we try and work together and share it out but there have been occasions when I could not have any holiday in July or August. I will avoid taking them out school if I can, but I will if I have to.

End of term is not such a distruption, as you mention most classes wind down for the last week. However it is when they return to school (there are 6 people this week in my missues classes that won't return until next week) that it causes disruption. Not only will they have to catch up on the new work she will have to make sure they get all their exercise books, text books etc and it means she has to work extra hours because of it (I don't want to get into the old "teachers only work 9-3 anyway" argument).

 

[newtonfox]

End of term is not such a distruption, as you mention most classes wind down for the last week. However it is when they return to school (there are 6 people this week in my missues classes that won't return until next week) that it causes disruption. Not only will they have to catch up on the new work she will have to make sure they get all their exercise books, text books etc and it means she has to work extra hours because of it (I don't want to get into the old "teachers only work 9-3 anyway" argument).

And have 6 weeks summer holidays plus all the half terms :icon_wink

plus planing days ,etc

 

[bocadillo]

And have 6 weeks summer holidays plus all the half terms :icon_wink

plus planing days ,etc

Presumably these are the days that they fly away on their own holidays.

 

[muzzysgal]

As you don't have a big family that easy for you to say :icon_roll:icon_roll:icon_roll

a normal family holiday for us is anywhere from 5k-6k

anyway we do what we do and don't give a **** if you ,bg,melts ,spion dont like it

Six of us used to go away for a fortnight, half board in the Med., at the start of the main school holidays for around £2k

I wish I had a job that paid as well as yours obviously does to afford such lavish holidays.

I reiterate that there is absolutely no need to take children on holiday during term time citing the reason that it is cheaper to do so.

 

[newtonfox]

Presumably these are the days that they fly away on their own holidays.

Never said that now did i ,plus you OAP'S can have a holiday when you feel like it :icon_bigg :icon_wink

 

[newtonfox]

Six of us used to go away for a fortnight, half board in the Med., at the start of the main school holidays for around £2k

I wish I had a job that paid as well as yours obviously does to afford such lavish holidays.

I reiterate that there is absolutely no need to take children on holiday during term time citing the reason that it is cheaper to do so.

Prove it !!!

we can not go to the med for less than 5k :icon_eek:

has to be 3 stars minimum

 

[spionfox]

And have 6 weeks summer holidays plus all the half terms :icon_wink

plus planing days ,etc

Presumably these are the days that they fly away on their own holidays.

Maybe these are the days that they trim the doors down a bit :icon_lol:

 

[newtonfox]

Prove it !!!

we can not go to the med for less than 5k :icon_eek:

has to be 3 stars minimum

Don't forget in our group there is 2 adult and 5 kids .

we always have to have 2 rooms

plus fly from EMS or BHX

 

[bocadillo]

... plus planing days ,etc

Presumably these are the days that they fly away on their own holidays.

Never said that now did i

whooooosh!

plus you OAP'S can have a holiday when you feel like it :icon_bigg :icon_wink

Sadly I will not be an OAP for a good few years yet, although my free bus travel, Senior Railcard and cheaper seats at the Walkers are not so far away.

I would have thought though, Newts, that somebody with your history would have more regard for somebody who has lost his job and career on the grounds of ill-health. Didn't the same thing happen to you?

 

[muzzysgal]

Prove it !!!

we can not go to the med for less than 5k :icon_eek:

has to be 3 stars minimum

Always just used Portland Direct, no secret way of finding anything cheaper :icon_conf

 

[newtonfox]

whooooosh!




Sadly I will not be an OAP for a good few years yet, although my free bus travel, Senior Railcard and cheaper seats at the Walkers are not so far away.

I would have thought though, Newts, that somebody with your history would have more regard for somebody who has lost his job and career on the grounds of ill-health. Didn't the same thing happen to you?

Indeed it did ,although i now work part time 16 hours as i got so board just staying at home ,i still have the same amount of pain but its more under control now TBH .

 

[newtonfox]

Always just used Portland Direct, no secret way of finding anything cheaper :icon_conf

That's all well and good if you have that amount of cash freely available,where we pay for our holidays weekly/monthly with Thomson in coalville.

Not everybody's situation is the same .

 

[bocadillo]

... i now work part time 16 hours as i got so board just staying at home

Is that full board, half board or just bed and breakfast?

 

[newtonfox]

Always just used Portland Direct, no secret way of finding anything cheaper :icon_conf

just looked for two weeks with them in the med :icon_eek::icon_eek::icon_eek::icon_eek:

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