Planning the Summer holidays
This is the first year when we had to cope with school holidays and we seem to have negotiated the half term holidays fairly well- a little bit of trial and error here and there but no big disasters. Baby's summer holidays start in 3 days. Yes, that is much earlier than most other school children; lasting 9 weeks, it is also much longer than summer holidays enjoyed by most school children. However, Baby's school days are longer so he does in fact attend school for the same number of hours as other children. Having done more each day, the children at his school are given longer holidays. This works quite well as it allows parents to work normal working days, and also results in holidays that are slightly staggered from the rest of the school children and often means we can take advantage of cheaper travel deals. I am happy with this arrangement, which is why I chose the school, but it is daunting to plan activities and childcare for 2 months. Fo...