God I'm organised!!!!

[debih]

Next years hoilday is already booked!!!

Its my mum and dads 50th wedding anniversary next year and they have both said that they don't want a party (they bought a new conservatory instead).

They have just come back from a week away in Happisburgh, Norfolk, with my sister and her partner and my sis rang to say did we all fancy going away next year to coincide with their anniversary. Sis has found a lovely house that sleeps 10 (there will be 8 of us) and takes dogs (there will be 2 of them). It has a ground floor bedroom and toilet (vital for my dad) and a games room (perfect for the girls).

http://www.cottages4you.co.uk/cottages/ ... ouse-19285

To be away on the exact date (4th April) would mean going on 29 March and I was worried about the girls missing a week of school, especially S as she will be chosing her options next year and doing internal SAT's. I rang the school and spoke to the head of her current year and she has looked at the school diary and said that it shouldn't clash with anything vital and as it is a special occasion, and it is only a week, we should go for it and book it. She has put a note on S's "file" to say that I was responsible and rang to discuss it well in advance.

So my sis has booked it. It's pretty cheap going then - £726 in total as opposed to £1200 two weeks later (Easter). We aren't going to tell my mum and dad. My sis will tell them that they have booked to take them away to the same bungalow that they have just stayed in and then we will just arrive at the house - this also means that we can't tell the girls until as late as possible as they are bound to blab!

I'm quite looking forward to a big family holiday.

[Ally]

Faberoony.

[JoM]

Oooh that looks lovely! Is that a lighthouse in the view from one of the windows?

[tonicha]

Looks lovely Debih and how lovely for you all too xx

Enjoy!

[debih]

Oooh that looks lovely! Is that a lighthouse in the view from one of the windows?

It is. The bungalow that my sis and mum and dad stayed at last week was within spitting distance of the lighthouse.

[Kaz]

Fantastic - it looks lovely and what a nice 'present' for your mum and dad too

You are very lucky your LEA lets children out of school in term time...............H's being in Surrey wouldn't even entertain it when we asked, despite H not having anything important going on at the time

[saundra]

looks lovely debnih a nice suprise
kaz my DIL doesent even ask if her two can have a weeks holiday
just tells them her dad is over from the states and its inportant that they see him
i think its rediculoise you have to ask the school for permission
a family holiday is important to children
sorry debnih didnt mean to rant

[jenniren]

A family holiday sounds lovely debih

[Kaz]

Saundra I agree but Surrey LEA say they will refer to the Education Welfare people and take legal action. Very OTT in my opinion

[debih]

In Derbyshire the head can allow up to 10 days holiday but it is not automatic. Neither L or S's school have a problem with it as long as you don't abuse the system and your childs attendance is good and homework is handed in on time, etc.

I haven't applied for the holiday yet - I can't do that until September when it is the beginning of the next term. All I could do was talk to the head of year, explain the situation and make sure that S wasn't going to be missing anything crucial.

Hopefully when I come to applying for the holiday they won't say no (I will be kicking up a fuss if they do!). I doubt they will as we didn't have a problem when we took them out for 3 days to go to Legoland and that was pretty much the same time of year.