Do Teachers Really Get Lots of Holidays?

Across Australia and much of the world, teachers are enjoying their well-earned break over the Easter and ANZAC day period — or at least, they’re trying to.

There’s a common myth that teachers get ten weeks off a year minimum. But anyone who’s ever worked in a school knows that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Most of us spend our holidays:

• ✅ Marking assessments
• ✅ Planning the next unit
• ✅ Updating programs
• ✅ Creating resources
• ✅ Trying (and failing) to fully switch off

Over 80% of teachers work during the school holidays — more than any other profession in Australia.

The Break You Don’t Really Get

The truth is, many teachers don’t even start to relax until their holidays are nearly over. The term is so full-on that winding down takes days — sometimes weeks. And just as you start to breathe, the emails start trickling in again as colleagues begin to stress and fret about the return to class.

It’s no wonder the profession struggles with retaining staff. In fact, 30–50% of early career teachers leave the profession within their first five years, and even more in the first decade.

Where Planuva Can Help

If you use Planuva, you can be organised before the break even starts, with next term’s unit and lessons mapped out and ready to go. No more spending your holidays buried in folders or stressing over what you are going to do with your students.

Because teachers deserve a real break, so that you can be at your best in class.

Sign up at https://planuva.com to get your holidays back - one lesson at a time.