What's the procedure for taking kids out of the UK schools?
Mar 15th 2016, 2:04 pm
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Re: What's the procedure for taking kids out of the UK schools?
Just explain to the local authority that you are emigrating to nz! We have had to do this as we have told them that our daughter won't be taking her gcses. Coming from the uk to Nz benefits them as the schooling is 6 months behind so they will possibly be more advanced anyway. Good Luck
Mar 16th 2016, 5:19 am
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Re: What's the procedure for taking kids out of the UK schools?
Not necessarily, it depends on when your child's birthday is. Some children who finish a particular year in July in the UK, may have to repeat the last term so they finish the same year in December, others will 'jump' forward to the year above so they'll miss 3 terms of schooling.
Mar 16th 2016, 5:20 am
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Re: What's the procedure for taking kids out of the UK schools?
If your children don't return to school, they will miss the opportunity to say goodbye to all their friends.
Having pulled kids from school myself, I know how important it is for them to get closure on their UK lives.
It helps them to cope with the upheaval of leaving and with settling in to their new lives
Mar 19th 2016, 10:09 am
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Re: What's the procedure for taking kids out of the UK schools?
I totally agree. Closure is so important. I'm a counsellor and not allowing children to say goodbye properly can create attatchment issues around future relationships. If you don't want them to return to school how about a goodbye party for their friends?
Mar 19th 2016, 8:58 pm
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Re: What's the procedure for taking kids out of the UK schools?
Pips you're back 😊 How are you getting on?
Mar 19th 2016, 9:33 pm
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I'm doing really well thanks. Just thought I'd pay the forum a visit and see what's happening with everyone. How are you?
Mar 19th 2016, 10:49 pm
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Hope you're ok.
Mar 20th 2016, 6:32 am
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Re: What's the procedure for taking kids out of the UK schools?
my kids left at the end of Dec term so I did a combined party for them both. hired a hall and a entertainer and asked the parents to bring some food so it didn't sky rocket out of control on costs. kids had a great time and also enabled their friends to make them cards to say goodbye. I did small party bags with home made bookmarks with kids faces on and their email addresses.
As we hadn't had our visa's agreed by the time we left so we going over on a holiday visa with a return for 6mths later so we organised the kids to go back into school for a day to update their friends and we also arranged play dates.
As we hadn't had our visa's agreed by the time we left so we going over on a holiday visa with a return for 6mths later so we organised the kids to go back into school for a day to update their friends and we also arranged play dates.
Mar 20th 2016, 12:27 pm
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Re: What's the procedure for taking kids out of the UK schools?
We're planning to leave mid September, so kids will say goodbye to classmates at the end of the school year in July and then we'll probably do a general goodbye party early September for friends and family.
Mrs Fychan, the homemade bookmarks sound like a brilliant idea!
Mrs Fychan, the homemade bookmarks sound like a brilliant idea!
Mar 27th 2016, 3:33 pm
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Re: What's the procedure for taking kids out of the UK schools?
Just picking up on this comment
If your children don't return to school, they will miss the opportunity to say goodbye to all their friends.
Having pulled kids from school myself, I know how important it is for them to get closure on their UK lives.
It helps them to cope with the upheaval of leaving and with settling in to their new lives
If your children don't return to school, they will miss the opportunity to say goodbye to all their friends.
Having pulled kids from school myself, I know how important it is for them to get closure on their UK lives.
It helps them to cope with the upheaval of leaving and with settling in to their new lives
Well, actually, they will say goodbye to their friends at the end of the summer term, then the house gets sold (so we'll have no UK base any more) and we go off to Poland to say goodbye to my rellies over there + a bit of travelling around Europe & come back for our flight to NZ. So there's closure on all fronts.
I know it's a slightly prolonged departure but hopefully the travelling will keep them occupied & broaden their minds.
Our original plan to keep them in school till December has fallen through but tbh I think it's for the better as they'll get to be involved in choosing our new property in NZ and if they miss a bit of schooling I'm sure the whole experience will be much more worthwhile than some missed lessons.
Mar 27th 2016, 3:41 pm
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Re: What's the procedure for taking kids out of the UK schools?
Thank you for your comment. I'm quite aware of of closure as I was never offered any when I moved to the UK and what was initially meant to be a 3 month stay turned out to be an almost 5 year stint. This is probably why I'm a bit screwed up and am absolutely adamant that our kids get to say goodbye to their friends - albeit at the end of the summer term - since we won't have a UK base for much beyond that.
