most schools do allow kids two weeks term time off at the discretion of the head...
I dont like taking my little one out of school...but did do last year for 4 days ..
To me i also think it is quite educational for kids to see different parts of ther world and experiance different cultures..so if ya cant afford to go away other than durin term time then its up to the individual.
Up here we used to have shipyard fortnight- last week in july and first week in August when i was growin up.( not that old tho ..lol) Due to my dad workin in the shipyards we had to have our family hols then . We cud never afford the prices to go abroad during that time...i missed out visiting the places we used to talk about at school and i really dont want my children to do that ...
