Holiday grief
What is it about school holidays?
In the busy run up to Christmas last year, we had a 15 week term - 7 weeks between summer and the autumn half-term, and 8 from then till the Christmas break. Our children were on their knees by the time they finished school for Christmas, what with a hugely long term and the usual raft of Christmas activities. In fact they were only just recovered enough to return to school at the end of the 2 week Christmas break.
This term, the schools in our area broke up for their half-term break after just 5 weeks, and finish for Easter after only 4 more weeks - a total term of 9 weeks. The summer term - exam season - then lasts 15 weeks. What a nonsense!
Surely the school holidays are to allow both pupils and staff to have a rest and get ready for the following term. Why then would they need a rest after 4 weeks at some times and double that, 8 weeks, at others?
Doubtless the current short term is down to Easter being particularly early this year. Yet why do the school holidays need to be attached to Bank holiday periods? In fact, if school holdiays weren't attached to these periods, maybe booking holidays would prove easier and cheaper.
Perhaps someone could enlighten me? Perhaps the people who make the decisions about school holidays could start to think from the pupils' and teachers' point of view
...or am I the only one who thinks this way?
In the busy run up to Christmas last year, we had a 15 week term - 7 weeks between summer and the autumn half-term, and 8 from then till the Christmas break. Our children were on their knees by the time they finished school for Christmas, what with a hugely long term and the usual raft of Christmas activities. In fact they were only just recovered enough to return to school at the end of the 2 week Christmas break.
This term, the schools in our area broke up for their half-term break after just 5 weeks, and finish for Easter after only 4 more weeks - a total term of 9 weeks. The summer term - exam season - then lasts 15 weeks. What a nonsense!
Surely the school holidays are to allow both pupils and staff to have a rest and get ready for the following term. Why then would they need a rest after 4 weeks at some times and double that, 8 weeks, at others?
Doubtless the current short term is down to Easter being particularly early this year. Yet why do the school holidays need to be attached to Bank holiday periods? In fact, if school holdiays weren't attached to these periods, maybe booking holidays would prove easier and cheaper.
Perhaps someone could enlighten me? Perhaps the people who make the decisions about school holidays could start to think from the pupils' and teachers' point of view
...or am I the only one who thinks this way?
posted by Elizabeth Juffs at 3:45 PM
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