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Reducing the school summer holidays
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Muffyxx | Report | 11 Apr 2012 09:42 |
From 6 wks down to 4 ... |
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badger | Report | 11 Apr 2012 09:51 |
The teachers will be up in arms with you Muffy ,there goes two weeks of their paid holiday ,more ammunition for strike action.lol. |
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Muffyxx | Report | 11 Apr 2012 09:53 |
From what I can gather Fred the 2 weeks holiday won't be lost....just moved to make the school year into five terms rather than four...but I stand to be corrected on that one x |
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JackyJ1593 | Report | 11 Apr 2012 10:00 |
I spend most of the 6 weeks doing paper work to finish one year and preparing for the next . But I run a Pre-school and do not work in a school so my paper work load is different to schools. If there were to be changes I would like another week at Christmas. I find with travelling all over the country to relatives as no one near lives nearer than 2 and half hours, Christmas and New Year, I go back to work kn*****ed! |
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StrayKitten | Report | 11 Apr 2012 10:02 |
aw i love the sumer holidays, but then i love any holidays, as we spend most days otu the house doing fun things, |
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JackyJ1593 | Report | 11 Apr 2012 10:07 |
Stray kitten, that is lovely to hear. It is surprising how many parents begrudge holidays and are forever asking for extra days for their child so they can have time to themselves. What a lot they miss out on that can never be recaptured. |
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badger | Report | 11 Apr 2012 10:07 |
.The first part of my post was said tongue in cheek ladies with regard to the already threatened strike action. |
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Julia | Report | 11 Apr 2012 10:13 |
Morning All, hope you are all well. |
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JackyJ1593 | Report | 11 Apr 2012 10:28 |
2 months would be too long! I would forget what my job is! |
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Eeyore13 | Report | 11 Apr 2012 10:30 |
I used to love the summer holidays when I was at school, we lived in the middle of nowhere & were "free range" finding our own entertainment-building dens, falling out of trees, going off on our bikes for the day... that freedom doesnt seem to exist anymore. |
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Guinevere | Report | 11 Apr 2012 10:30 |
I'm retired from teaching in schools now but this idea was first mooted in Warwickshire just after I qualified in 1973. It still hasn't happened around here. |
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Kay???? | Report | 11 Apr 2012 10:47 |
My primary school teacher daughter spends at least the first 2 weeks in paperwork,,,then there is option teacher training days,,,then next term planning,catching up with ever changing policies. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 11 Apr 2012 11:04 |
Can't see why the exam boards are creating a fuss - Public exams this year (and most ) finish by the end of June. |
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Florence61 | Report | 11 Apr 2012 11:20 |
good morning everyone. i work as a pupil support worker in a rural school. in summertime the days are long and light til 11pm.i enjoy having 6 weeks holiday with my children because we use that time to recharge and enjoy being outside. |
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Guinevere | Report | 11 Apr 2012 11:41 |
Detective - some exams are taken in May, which is when some LEAs would like the children to be on holiday if a switch to the 5 term year is made. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 11 Apr 2012 11:53 |
Yes, they do start in May. The earliest I have on my list is the 14th, and the last 24 June. There is a break for half term w/c 4 June. And this is at a school which runs a 5 term year. They can work round it, even if the holidays don't include public holidays. The staff and students have a long weekend like eveyone else. |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 11 Apr 2012 11:58 |
i think if they cut the school holidays |
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Muffyxx | Report | 11 Apr 2012 11:59 |
lol I think that's a fantastic idea Joy !!!! x |
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ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom | Report | 11 Apr 2012 12:13 |
Our teachers do marking, paperwork & planning for a couple of weeks during the summer holiday (and for a % of the other school holidays) They also go in a few days before the start of the new term in Sept to sort out the classroom, finalise lesson plans with their year group teachers etc. |
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Guinevere | Report | 11 Apr 2012 12:20 |
Detective, |
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