Schools across the country are reopening. Katherine Ryan's recently commented that taking kids out of school for holidays is "definitely right." The comedian's remarks have sparked debate. Some agreeing that family time is more important, while others worry about the impact on education.
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00:00As a retired headteacher, I totally, totally disagree with taking children out of school
00:09during term time. It's difficult, I know, financially for parents, but I think the education
00:22that they lose. I remember vividly parents that didn't return their children in the autumn
00:31term on September the 2nd or the 3rd because they'd got cheaper holidays. Those children
00:36that were out of school for 10 days never, ever caught up and they had socialisation
00:41problems because they went in the class that they were with in the first 10 days of school.
00:48My family were part of it. We used to, you know, take some time out of school. I think
00:51it's important to experience a lot of different things in life, especially outside of school.
00:55I don't think school measures people properly. I don't think grades are any good. I think
01:01it doesn't teach anybody anything in life. Yeah, I think it's only a week or two weeks
01:08that they're missing of schooling so they can catch up and it's because they push the
01:13prices up out of term time. So, people are happy to pay the fines, really. So, I'd say
01:22they get permission, try and get permission. No, I don't support her comments. I think
01:29education is incredibly important. Time that children spend outside of school and, you
01:35know, you've got, I appreciate the holiday, I've got a daughter, I appreciate holidays
01:39cost far more, you know, outside of the school, within the school holiday periods. But no,
01:44yeah, they do spend time in school, particularly sort of children of my daughter's age where
01:50they've already missed so much with the pandemic and things like that. I think it's actually
01:53more important now than possibly ever that they're in school.