A couple of the familes here have been fined for taking term time holidays. It seems that they work on the percentage of attended days so if you go on holiday in September you get fined but if you go in May or later, you're not fined, because you have built up a bigger percentage of attended days. One mindee told me today that although she has a bad cold and cough, she has to go to school because they are going on holiday in May and are going a day before school breaks up. This explains why the schoolies here are all turning up unwell and still off to school, but passing on their germs to us all including me. I have now reminded parents that children that are sent home from school unwell will not be collected by me. I'm feeling very sorry for these children at the moment with their coughs and colds. It seems so unfair that they have to struggle on so they can go on holiday next year (Rant over)