Term Time Holidays or Visits Abroad?

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Term Time Holidays or Visits Abroad?

• Read this leaflet BEFORE you do anything.

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Did you know....?

• Children spend only 190 days out of 365 in
  school.
• Children who lose time from school do not do as
  well as they could.

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There is never a good time to take children away
from their lessons,
especially......

• When children have important tests and home
  learning to do, for example Y1, Y2, and Y6.
• When they move from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2.
• When they move from Year 6 to secondary school.

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It is not true....

• That they can catch up.
• Research shows that by missing lessons, pupils
  soon fall behind.
• Lessons they miss are NOT repeated
• at a later date.

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It is not true....

• That you can automatically have 10 days extra
  holiday each year.
• Schools are not able to authorise any absence
  unless it is in exceptional circumstances.

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It is not true...

• That for younger children, lost schooling does
  not matter.
• It is just the opposite.

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EVERY school day counts!

• Always check school holiday dates and discuss any
  holiday plans or visits abroad which do coincide
  with these times with us.
• Please put your childs education FIRST

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Parents who take their children out of school
during the term-time without the Headteachers
authorisation or beyond an agreed date.

• Risk losing their place at Malmesbury Park.
• Risk being taken to court and fined or being
  given a Fixed Penalty Notice.
• Risk your childs future through
• Lost learning
• Lower achievement
• Risk your child feeling
• Left behind
• Left out

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Stop and think what it will cost your child....

• Remember, EVERY school day counts.