As any teacher will tell you, the school holidays seem to fly by faster each year, you have only just broken up and it seems no time at all until you are due to head back in to start a new term.

The best way to get the most of your school holiday breaks is to plan a few activities to do during the holiday period.

I would strongly recommend not leaving all your planning and marking until the week or few days prior to you returning to your teaching job as this leaves little room for movement should you be ill or have to travel unexpectedly. It can also mean you cannot entirely switch off during the holiday as you will constantly be thinking about the work you have to do. Ideally try and do some at the start of the holiday, a bit in the idle and then the last minute little tasks at the end. Some teachers actually take the first week to complete all of their work then giving them the rest of the time to relax.