Early School Holidays
Keep children off school till the end of May. Start their holidays running from the start of June through to the middle of July. Children return to their current setting, class, teacher. Then move up to their new stage middle of August as usual.
Why the contribution is important
Children need to be allowed the time to finish their school academic year before transitioning to ANY stage in their learning. The person who knows them best (in a primary setting) should get the opportunity to tie things up and allow the children to ease themselves back in with someone familiar, before moving to a new teacher / setting.
Children with ASN are of paramount importance here and cannot be expected to transition from a primary setting to a secondary setting without support.
Children with ASN are of paramount importance here and cannot be expected to transition from a primary setting to a secondary setting without support.
by CJA18 on May 05, 2020 at 02:22PM
Posted by ImranL May 05, 2020 at 14:29
It will be detrimental to children and wider family members to expect children to remain of school until end of August. Many households will not survive such an arrangement
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Posted by POLOPARKJ May 05, 2020 at 14:31
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Posted by emartinedinburgh May 05, 2020 at 14:31
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Posted by Jomccolgan May 05, 2020 at 14:34
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Posted by stukni May 05, 2020 at 14:35
No-one will be having any of their booked holiday or travel this summer anyway so there should be no impact there. Doing this would bide time while allowing some semblance of normality to return to peoples schedules - which very important for everyone's wellbeing.
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Posted by LydiaRoss May 05, 2020 at 14:47
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Posted by dp123 May 05, 2020 at 14:48
It also created a situation where we are making decisions earlier than necessary limiting the amount of up to date scientific data available to support successful reopening in August (or whenever appropriate).
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Posted by vRam May 05, 2020 at 14:48
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Posted by Dogsbody May 05, 2020 at 14:50
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Posted by ABM May 05, 2020 at 15:47
Restart the new School session at the start of August to give 1 or 2 weeks more teaching in August.
Repay staff and pupils with a 2 week October break to avoid a very long Autumn term (and, if required an extended Christmas break).
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Posted by Kenny36 May 05, 2020 at 23:35
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Posted by Kirklistonjohn May 06, 2020 at 02:21
This would take the weight of parents especially key workers and those working at home and tap in to the vast teacher at home resource.
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Posted by HPorter May 06, 2020 at 15:25
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Posted by ProudBIL May 09, 2020 at 19:56
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