Or how should I phrase this correctly? If you’re going to be away during school hours—for example, for a week—you need to submit a note indicating that your child will be absent. What reason should you give? It happened that my husband couldn’t take time off, but now we’ve been told he will be on leave next week. We don’t mind: we’ll go to the seaside; the weather is favorable for now. But which exact reason should we use: 'we’re going on vacation' or 'due to a trip to another city'? What would you write in such a case? P.S. The reason 'for family reasons' isn’t appropriate. You need to write something specific.