 Poster: A snowHead
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Ok usually we go to la ros but finances are taking their toll as is the long transfer time. This year thinking of s/c apartment in austria. Probably near Salzbug / munich is easier flight for us, predominantly easy / beginner slopes for my wife who is a nervous skier and always will be, tolerant english speaking good instruction for wife and children and a little family fun available off the slopes. Budget this year is the decider so we are prepared to wait for last minute bookings.The date is not important to us as we will take the kids out of school....foriegn languages, travel, excercise, geography etc etc more relevant on a trip than in a classroom!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The date is not important to us as we will take the kids out of school.
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but there are still some dates to avoid, like fasching in Austria. I don't know those resorts, but sounds a good destination and the folk who know Austria will know the best dates too. I hope your wife becomes less nervous..... 
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ollski,
Dont mean to hijack you r thread but;
Just curious, do you ask permission for for the kids to be absent? Am thinking of doing this one myself but the boys headmasters are very 'an*l' about having any time off outside holidays......................wondered how you 'pitch it'.
Thanks in advance
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I don't ask permission but I do write a letter saying which dates they will be away. I have been told by heads, governors and teachers that 2 weeks is permissable to the school as a maximum but no more than that. To be honest lots of schools take kids away for a week skiing as an 'educational trip' whilst those who don't go are at school as normal.....don't see how they can argue much.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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ollski, I used to do the same - no point "asking for permission" if you intend to go anyway, but this gives the school the opportunity to record it as an authorised absence, which is what is important to them. There's a lot of "Daily Mail" rubbish about parents being taken to court but in practice if you child has an otherwise good attendance and conduct record, you are likely to escape imprisonment.  I think it's sad that some parents of tiny kids who in most sensible countries wouldn't even be in formal schooling, worry about the effect of a week's absence on their academic performance!
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Mitchell, we take our two boys out of school for a week in January - we write a simple, polite note advising what we are doing and when, and requesting their written agreement (this 'covers' you and them) - as others have said, if your children have good attendance, go to the dentist/doctor etc outside school hours and don't set fire to the bins, the school is unlikely to object. We do sometimes offer to take some reading or similar with us. but it's never been necessary. Good luck 
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In the past we have just filled in a form and the head signs it. This is at primary school and exactly howq much they learn during 5 days as long as they are good attenders normally is debatable. My eldest even got a certificate in the school assembly for being a good skier!
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| pam w wrote: |
| ollski, I used to do the same - no point "asking for permission" if you intend to go anyway, but this gives the school the opportunity to record it as an authorised absence, which is what is important to them. |
These days authorised absence is regarded as the work of the devil; schools are under pressure to help the LEA (or whatever) hit it's 'absenteeism' target, and if they authorise kids to be out of school, the head gets a bollocking. At my kids primary, they gave up authorising absence for anything other than exceptional absences, such as funerals (and round the world trips!). I gave up asking, to avoid embarrassment, and just informed them. Of course, in the 3 years since the kids left primary, the schools may well be going through different hoops with different rules. Now they are at public schools, absence of any kind ist verboten.
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Are you able to fly to Innsbruck. If so, Serfaus is a great family base and only an hour away or so. Totally agree - a week spent in the slopes is far better than a week in (primary) school for the whole experience. We write a letter a day or two before we go away with the kids just out of 'politeness' and the school notes as unauthorised absence. The teachers though are very good and usually saying that they wish it were them going etc. Only takes them a day or two to catch up.
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| ollski wrote: |
| Ok usually we go to la ros but finances are taking their toll as is the long transfer time. This year thinking of s/c apartment in austria. Probably near Salzbug / munich is easier flight for us, predominantly easy / beginner slopes for my wife who is a nervous skier and always will be, tolerant english speaking good instruction for wife and children and a little family fun available off the slopes. Budget this year is the decider so we are prepared to wait for last minute bookings.The date is not important to us as we will take the kids out of school....foriegn languages, travel, excercise, geography etc etc more relevant on a trip than in a classroom! |
Have a look at our area there is a lovely ski beginners ski area in the Hochkell- very easy lifts -you don't have to get a gondola to it and there are 2 slope that face each other . Then in the same area are some reds. Over the other side in the main ski area there are loads of easy blues and a new gondola so no long drag to face. We are 45 mins from Salzburg airport . Any more information plaese PM me.
Nigel
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Now they are at public schools, absence of any kind ist verboten.
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that always amuses me; the more you pay, the more you get told what to do! My husband's family paid a lot of money for him to go to a school where only the most priveleged had doors on the loos, whereas in my state school, doors were free.
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djfletcher - is Muelhbach really good for nervous skiers? I'm considering it myself this year... how busy does it get the week before half term (or the first week in March). Is there easy bus access to other villages nearby (Dienten for example)?.
Thanks, Liam
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You know it makes sense.
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funny you should call yourself ollski - that is wot we call my stepson. real name ollie.
sorry don't know anywhere in austria quick transfer. they all seem to be obligatory 3 hours from one airport or another.
do not go to St Anton - if you read the reviews they all say the slopes are hard. personally thought they were normal, but as colours/ratings go apparently they are harder than normal reds, blues etc.
good luck
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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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| innerspaceservices wrote: |
real name ollie.
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Mine too, though over time I seem to have reverted to my middle name.
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Poster: A snowHead
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You could try Nassfeld, an easy 50 min drive from Klagenfurt (Ryanair), lots of reasonable accomodation on the resort website, and its a good place to take kids (and for adults).
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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FAQ
. Many transfers in Austria seem to be in the region of about an hour to an hour & a half - I can safely say, with hand on heart, that the only places I've had 3 hour transfers is in France. Although of course I haven't been to every Austrian resort.... 
