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Longer hours

Post by funkychick » Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:14 pm

Perhaps must of us on here are past the school run years but lots of us have grandkids at school and opinions even if not

What do you think of the idea of longer school days (9 hours it seems) and shorter holidays?
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Re: Longer hours

Post by boatbuilder » Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:56 pm

I think it is the teachers who should be answering that question FC. :D

However, it doesn't look like a starter based on this report from this afternoon:

No plans for blanket school holiday cut, says Gove source
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Post by Mel » Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:00 pm

I think the shorter holidays would be a good idea and with shorter holidays would come more days at school for the children to further their studies.
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Re: Longer hours

Post by funkychick » Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:48 pm

My grandkids in Ireland start school at 9am and primary finishes at 1.30 and senior 2.30 - 3.00 my granddaughter who has just gone up to high school has all of June July and August off over 3 months I have no idea how they keep their education up to speed as they don't seem to get much homework either
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Re: Longer hours

Post by frankiesays » Fri Jan 31, 2014 12:31 am

If they stopped messing around with the way we teach the primary school children they wouldn't need the extra hours to catch up with the european children.
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Re: Longer hours

Post by funkychick » Fri Jan 31, 2014 9:23 am

Not sure its dead in the water yet

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Re: Longer hours

Post by boatbuilder » Fri Jan 31, 2014 1:40 pm

funkychick wrote:Not sure its dead in the water yet

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Not sure what you mean FC, what's the javascript bit for? :?: :?:
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Re: Longer hours

Post by hookie » Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:09 am

Longer school hours, shorter holidays (with a corresponding increase in work load for teachers) and less pensions as well, will just result in more teachers leaving the profession. The government is always crowing about numbers going into teaching but never about the large numbers who then quit after a few years having found it to be a far too tough and very unrewarding.

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