Parents of children in private schools

Have you ever had to take your children out of school during the term for leave of any kind?

If yes, what did the school say? Did they allow you to take your child out and for how long were they off school?

TIA

Hi Alibaby,

I'm not too sure what type of leave you mean - but DD has had time off for a range of reasons. Personal family matters, which was a week. The school said nothing - You should provide some sort of explanation to the school. Thats all we did.

I guess if the school has some reason to be curious as to why there was so much time off school there may be issues? Other than that - as long as the school are notified and it is a justifiable reason, there shouldnt be an issue

We took both the boys out for 2 weeks last year so we could go to QLD. They took books so they could write a journal of sorts whilst we were away....they never did it :rolleyes: far to exciting.
The school were absolutely fine with it and actually wished us a great time away

What do you think they would say for 2 children in primary school taking leave for a family members wedding for 3 or 4 days?

I work in a public primary school and we have kids go on leave all the time with no dramas but I keep hearing private schools are very against children going on leave (which I dont really believe to be honest).

I doubt the school would have issues with the kids going away for 3-4 days! Too bad if they did, what are they going to do??

Its not like your children dont attend school on a normal regular basis.

MissM- That is what I think as well. And they will be in primary school. Its not like they are doing their HSC!

Thanks for your advice. :)

Yep, I took DD (grade 6) out of school for a week and a day to attend family wedding interstate. It *was* the last week of term (so not a lot going on anyway) but school was happy with a note beforehand. I checked with the teacher if any work needed to be done while we were away, but realistically, this is primary school.

My DD has attended 3 private schools (she is nearly 16) since 1999. All Anglican Girls' Schools. We've taken her out for several days here and there. Short holidays interstate etc. We told the schools why and there was never an issue. Of course you still have to pay the fees. But I've heard of families taking girls out to go abroad for weeks at a time and never heard anything said against it. I've worked at one of those schools too. I cant imagine why they would ... unless maybe it was for a term... i think if a child is out for a whole term the dept of education has to be notified and a program of set work put in place.

Earlier this year we took the kids out of school to go overseas for 6 weeks and it wasnt an issue at all. We simply notified them in writing a few weekd before hand and discussed it with the teachers. We have done this a number of times before for DD all for holidays (short and long) and nothing is yet to be said. Your school should be fine with it.

No issues with the schools that my girls have gone to. They usually take 1 week a year off early term 3. All we do is advise the teachers in advance and they usually arrange some homework for them to do whilst on holidays.

We never had an issue being out of school for any period. I think extended periods, like weeks on end, are not ideal, but they are employed by you. You tell them what is going on, work it with their teachers, who will either provide work in advance or provide catch up when they return.

I have never heard of anyone having issues at all because of the school being private.

I cant thank you all enough for your replies. Exactly as I thought but just wasnt sure if I was missing something.Obviously its just my dad and step mum being difficult. Seems to be the norm!

lol Ah now it makes sense ;)

Yep you got it Lime! ;)

About to update other thread....

If it's anything like the private school I went to they won't care as long as your school fees are paid lol! I went overseas for a month in Year 11 and no one batted an eyelid. They did give me a fair chunk of work to do though.