Poster: A snowHead
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Hi
Sorry I know I'm looking way ahead, but does anyone know when the main February half term is in 2021? For the last 3 years our school has had half term a week earlier than everyone else so ski holidays are affordable. We were thinking of skipping this year and going in 2021 but I have a suspicion our 2021 half term might be the same as everyone else’s, in which case I’ll convince my husband we should go this year and skip next year instead!
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hampshire is 15 - 19th Feb
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I’m pretty sure the main half term will be the 15th-19th Feb. in 2021. In my experience it’s always been the week that has the 16th Feb in it.
I’d look for any clashes with French half terms before making any decision though. UK half term on it’s own is normally not too bad. It’s when you clash with the French half term weeks that it can get really bad, particularly if it’s Paris.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Worth noting that Fasching falls during the British half term week in 2021.
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Scottish are 6th - 13th
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UK half term ALWAYS coincides with one of the French winter holiday weeks but the two Paris weeks are noticeably the worst.
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Thanks all. In that case the rumours are true, in 2021 our half term is the same as everyone else’s (previously has always been a week earlier meaning cheaper holidays!). In which case I’ll push to go in 2020 and have 2021 off!
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Blimey, just did a quick price check based on this year. £2500 for 3 of us in our early week of half term. £4300 if we went the following week which is everyone else’s half term!! I hadn’t realised the price hike was that bad
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@Lozza1uk, it here’s a price hike, but I think you’re exacerbating it by looking at prices less than 3 months away when some flights and accomodation will already be full. With careful planning, half term can be only £2-300 more than the previous week and certainly no more than £1k extra for the 3 of you.
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have a look on your council website or contract the school directly.
Its not uncommon for different parts of the UK to have different half term weeks.
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Mr.Egg wrote: |
have a look on your council website or contract the school directly.
Its not uncommon for different parts of the UK to have different half term weeks. |
I know, I have looked (I emailed and asked them to release the dates) and for the first time in 4 years our school is going with the rest of the UK in 2021. It’s a good excuse to go this year!
And good point about last minute - I will look early for next year if we don’t go this year.
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@Lozza1uk, +1 to booking early. I booked our half term accommodation at 50 - 51 weeks ahead and found a large number of the more affordable accommodation already fully booked.
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You know it makes sense.
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@Lozza1uk, go when the schools break up in March/April.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Our school is hot on term time absences (the cynic in me thinks it's nothing to do with child welfare but for Ofsted target purposes only!) and their website has 2 years of school holidays on it - most of the other stuff on the website is woefully inadequate! It's w/c 15th Feb and this is a south London borough.
I suspect if you ask your school office they will know holidays for 20/21 even if they don't have them published yet.
Last edited by Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name: on Tue 26-11-19 10:46; edited 1 time in total
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Poster: A snowHead
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Mr.Egg wrote: |
have a look on your council website or contract the school directly.
Its not uncommon for different parts of the UK to have different half term weeks. |
Also worth checking directly with your school and there may be some discrepancies with the general holiday timetable set by the local authority, as I found to my cost when booking a flight for my partner last Christmas.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thanks all. I know when our school has holiday, I wanted to check when everyone else was as we are usually earlier to the masses. Question now answered.
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