Late School Start Monday

Oh I wish our school did this!

Both our companies have given us the morning off on Monday but we'll still have to be up to take DS to school. I'd just quite like a lie in! Not related to the football lol

It's a cult and you must obey exactly, it's so tedious. Why can't people who want to do things, do them, and leave the rest of us alone!

Yes the one reason to tell people they can stay in bed is so that they don't drive while still over the limit from the night before.

The country is in the final, there’s only an opportunity for this once every four years

These days it's every year. Every two years for the Europeans and Worlds respectively and the same for the women's.

I think some schools did this after the Womens Euros as well.

It would help if it was scheduled a bit earlier. Is there really any need for it to start at 9pm in Germany? I would have thought 7pm would be fine. It's unlikely to go to penalties given it's Spain but if it did, it finishes at midnight in Germany - what on earth is that all about?

Our school is doing 11am. I think it's a bit ridiculous to be honest, but can't be bothered to get that worked up about it. What with Tesco closing early, the rumours of a bank holiday, and now this, all I can think is that they didn't make this much fuss for the Lionesses (who performed so much better), so that says it all really, doesn't it? The messaging is pretty bad, and I agree that the country does not need time to 'recover' from a football match.

My main grievance is that most young kids do not 'sleep in' anyway, regardless of when they go to bed. They will spring awake at 6:30 if they go to bed at 7pm or 10pm, so it's not really a thing.

@IvyIvyIvy I bet it is more about drunken/hungover parents not the children, but school won't want to label it as such. They know there is going to be a substantial number of parents not getting up in time/going to work so know that not all children will be in on time.

Hence, the reason they don't do it for trips etc

I agree with your DH. I get football is important to certain groups of people but schools don't do late starts for other global sporting events or Eurovision or last night of the proms or the election results or the referendum. I get some families revolve around football but we don't. But we revolve around other things and don't expect the world to stop for a late night. If it wasn't England in the final, would it be ok for a kid of another nationality to turn up late for school the next day?

I also agree that it sets a bad example to children that they can stroll into school or work later in life with an excuse like that. If you can't get up in time the next day then you shouldn't stay up.

It's just bloody football.

Even if England win, it's literally just the people running around kicking the ball that actually won.
I hate it when people say 'we won', no WE didn't.

The whole country doesn't need to recover from a football match.

I don't object to late starts in general, our school have done it for legitimately good reasons before, but football is not one of them.

I think that the school should be open, like an after school art club type thing for those who need to put their children in, but it's fine to not take the register and start lessons until 10. It also stops some parents from driving over the limit. Football is our national game. It brings in massive amounts of revenue and in places like Anfield/Everton in Liverpool, it keeps businesses open and provides a lot of jobs. Even if you aren't into Football, you should appreciate the industry. I partly think that flowers are a waste of money but people need jobs. My GC school has used the football (and will the Olympics) to teach flags and other things. There's worry about WC boys not engaging with education, events like this are useful.

I think it's a nice thing to do, my daughters school are also doing this, though she'll be in the normal time as isn't interested in the football

Didn't we get a holiday for the Coronation? I think we did so not always football.

It's a cult and you must obey

Why does togetherness only have to be about football?

What about other cultural activities? Cult

Don't spoil their fun with a bit of logic.

Haha I stand corrected. Maybe it's just me who's unlucky! 😂It never happens - DS is like the household alarm clock.

its only a football game , don’t understand the big deal about it , school should start at usual time.

My 10 and 8 year olds love a lie in! If they go to bed later than usual, they wake up later than usual.

How is it for the benefit of the teachers? They will still be going into work at the usual time.

We haven't heard anything from DS's school, but honestly, this makes me laugh. I do not recognise these primary school kids that enjoy a lie in. DS has no interest in watching the game, but even if he did, I could guarantee he would still be up at 6am the next day! We'll be going to work as normal, so no change for us.

DH also told me that as a kid, he used to regularly attend night games for the local team on a Tuesday night and manage to turn up to school on time. He has nice memories of it and didn't need a lie in the next day.

I find all of this quite stupid. Surely this is a pain for the teachers, too? In the week before the Summer holidays, maintaining some sense of calm must be hard enough without having staggered start times to deal with also?

It's cute to watch a whole country have a total breakdown because you might finally win something, though. Let's just hope you have the VAR officials on your side again - they seem quite fond of Spain, too.

Perhaps the viewing figures would be higher for other sports if they were given as much cultural importance as football.

The football obsession is unhealthy in this country. I think a lot of men love it because they think it could/should have been them. Success by association.

And domestic violence increases when England loses

There is a lot of overthinking here and I don’t really understand what the problem is. Take your daughter on time or take her in at 10am. Let her watch the game or don’t let her watch the game. We are not a football family so unlikely to watch it, but this is a big thing for this nation and a great positive for everyone. I really don’t see why anyone would make this into an issue.

Ds is very smug that he has a free Monday morning so doesn't need to be up. (He's 6th form)
I suggested that he goes to bed really early and wakes at 6am and watches the highlights. His look of horror was very funny. Apparently my jokes aren't funny. 🤣

If school is open at normal time, they are just closing registration later, teachers will have to be at usual time

In what way do teachers, who have to be in at the normal time, benefit? I'd much rather have everyone in than children arriving in dribs and drabs. This is classic criticism of teachers without stopping to think for just a moment about the actual situation.