We can't afford much for our honeymoon and it would be great to win a competition to win one but because I'm a teacher I know I never will. All the competitions state that the holiday cannot be taken in school holidays and that is the only time off I can have. I know they do it cos that's the most expensive time but it doesn't feel fair that teachers and others who work in education will never be able to take them. Boo! :(
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CommentAuthorRags
Awwww, me and h2b were talking about ours last night and were thinking of a mini moon the year of our wedding, then having a honey moon as our 1 year anniversary pressi
I'm now a married woman
I have a gorgeous husband
Whats to do now
Theres no more wedding planning to do
CommentAuthorhjl2001uk
Mini moon sounds good but will still cost the earth as we're getting married in the summer holidays. may phone in sick for a week in term and come back with a suspicious looking tan!
Can't wait to be the better half of
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CommentAuthorRags
Can't you talk to your head, and see if their is any leyway?? I know my brother can occasionally get fridays if needs be....which makes for a long weekend.
I'm now a married woman
I have a gorgeous husband
Whats to do now
Theres no more wedding planning to do
CommentAuthorsbride
H2B works in a school so we know the feeling. And its so much more expensive in the school holidays. But his boss went on her honeymoon in school time so we have said if its ok for her its ok for us!
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CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
OMG hin i`m with you on this one .....and i know that if i went to the head to ask for a week off in term time i woulf be laughed at....with the line of ......you have enough holidays throughout the year you do not need a week off
Lala that's the response i normally get from ppl. But I'd give up any of my weeks holiday for a fortnight away when the kids weren't off! I also love how people moan that we have too many holidays and our job is easy "finishing at 3 o clock" (as if!) yet when asked if they would do our job the response is always a very quick "Hell no!"
Can't wait to be the better half of
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CommentAuthorNuttytart
Same for me I have to book my leave over 15months ahead.
CommentAuthorjay
iam getting engeged on new year eve we are talk about getting marred in 2012
CommentAuthorSuzie Bear
Same for me! I wasn't allowed 2 days off the other year. My h2b had booked a surprise birthday trip to Las Vegas to see Celine Dion and shows. He wrote to the chair of governors and my head - even offered to pay supply for my cover. They turned him down :0( Gutted wasn't the word when I found out!! Apparently it is not deemed professional! Moral of that story was to have told me first and to have phoned in sick!
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I think I blinked and missed our wedding!! lol
CommentAuthorhjl2001uk
Suzie that's what I have found. I never take sick days, I was back in work 10 days after having surgery, so in the future I'm just gonna ring in sick. When I needed to take H2B to the airport to go to Arizona for 6 months they made it really awkward and said it wasn't professional and that I could never ask again etc etc. I tried to do the right thing and give them notice to get supply but next time I need time off (say for a dress fitting) I'm ringing in sick
Can't wait to be the better half of
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Brad and Angelina eat your heart out!
CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
word of warning regarding calling in sick and then going on holiday .........one of our teachers did that and was sacked ,
also be very careful if you are planning to go for dress fittings etc ,as they will question your sickness if you were well enough to go for a fitting , you never know who might see you or be quick to drop you in it
thats not fair, because the time off teachers get ain't exactly holiday time is it?! My aunts a lecturer and I used to live with her. Even at Christmas holidays she was up til 11pm marking! Could you not get a week off by giving plenty of notice?x
CommentAuthorbagpuss
urgh tell me about it. I used to enter every cometition going but i know there's no point cos even if i did win i couldn't take it!
CommentAuthorKate_B
Same here - when we get down to planning dates etc going to have to sort it out around work as won't be able to do it in term time which is annoying.
CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
mrs mac ......you cant take a week off for holiday during term time ........last year we had to cancell our holiday in the summer as Mr lala had to go to Afganistan ...we booked another for october half term but the dates meant that i would be back 2 days into the new term ...when i asked if i could have those days off (one being a teacher training day) i was told that i could have them due to expectional circumstances .....but the days would be unpaid !!
Agreed! I love all the holidays I get don't get me wrong but they are also restrictive - and expensive!
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CommentAuthormrsquinn2b
I know how you feel hun!! I currently work in a school and it has been hard to plan stuff, but now i have a new job and i'm not restricted on when i can take hols!!! But i do agree that it's unfair for teachers and those in education!! xxx
CommentAuthormym72
I work in education but h2b works for the NHS. It's always expensive to go on holiday because the school holidays are the only time we can go - but h2b has problems actually getting school holidays for us to go away as a family, as a lot of his co-workers (who could take holiday anytime) book school holidays off to 'look after the grandchildren'. He's mentioned that the only time he can have a family holiday is during the school holidays - but his bosses never take this into account. I don't think they realise that if we had a choice we'd definitely take holidays in term time when it's cheaper.
CommentAuthorChrissy
That is absolutely pants and feels like discrimination, what a pile of poop? Poor you xxx
JD is taken so I'll settle for being Mrs Marge :o)
CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
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wouldnt be so bad if our wages reflect the cost of holidays being more expensive
Maybe you should start an online petition and present it to the education secretary, make a stand! I'll sign it for one xx
JD is taken so I'll settle for being Mrs Marge :o)
CommentAuthorMinniemoocher
it's really annoying that we have to plan our weddings around school holidays - I'm worried I'll be shattered at the end of term and won't look my best x
CommentAuthorSuzie Bear
We are shattered by the end of term and are often ill!!! For what we get paid and the hours we put in - Monday-Friday I have to mark and plan for 4 of those nights and have to plan during one night of the weekend. Also for professional development, work have sent me on a 2 year course with evening lectures and essays - all of which eat into the unpaid time!! :0( rant rant rant!!!!!!
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Gotta be pink!!! :0)
I think I blinked and missed our wedding!! lol
CommentAuthormym72
It wouldn't be too bad if we were on the same salary as teachers, but you're right lalabunni - us lowly TA's are on a pittance (especially for what we do).
CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
ohhhhhhhhhhh yeah mym i would love to see teachers survive with out us ......esp when we get ...."oh i just have to........., can you watch the class "
Some of us teachers don't have a TA!!! Wish I blooming did! :0S
is Mrs Suzie Bear!!!!
Gotta be pink!!! :0)
I think I blinked and missed our wedding!! lol
CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
i think it depends what age you teach and what sort of TA you have in your school .........i am a special needs TA so i go to various classes to support different students ( im in secondary)
A good TA is worth their weight in gold. Esp the SEN ones who do a lot of work with the same children in many subjects- they know the kids so well.
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CommentAuthorhjl2001uk
I'm in 11-18 and I don't have a TA but have worked with them and a good one is invaluable.
Can't wait to be the better half of
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Brad and Angelina eat your heart out!
CommentAuthorGoff
We cant have a decent holiday because we cannot take our kids out of school in term time for such.
They would not even let my daughter have ONE DAY off last year to play in a brass band contest - which, IMHO IS educational. We were threatened with a bloody fine!
We have 4 kids between us, and the dictatorship that is now the education system is pants - my youngest daughter does not go back to school until the 10th January, when everyone else goes back on the 4th - now that does not fit in with us whatosever due to us having to be back in work on 4th - maybe i should demand that they take her back and tell the school what they can and cant do - pretty much as they dictate to us what we can and cant do!
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CommentAuthorSuzie Bear
Well said Goff!! x
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Gotta be pink!!! :0)
I think I blinked and missed our wedding!! lol
