Long day for 11 year old

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Is this a long day for an 11 year old.
She gets up at 6.15 to leave for 7.15 . Gets to school around 8.00 ish . Then school finishes 4pm mon-thursday. On a Friday finishes at 3.10. Time walks to the bus stop and waits for the bus. She gets home around 4.45 ish . Then she's got home work to do.

Yes and no.

Yes it is a long day however for many senior children there is no other option. We are rural and 1 hour bus journey to and from school is not unusual.

Sounds like my time at Secondary school. It was what everyone did.

I can't quite believe our local school finishes at 2.45...

It is quite a long day but the reality for many kids who travel rurally and across cities for school. 45 mins travel each way isn't too bad, my DC have done that since starting primary.

Does school start at 8 or are the bus times not very convenient?

8-4 is a long school day. Is that including after school stuff?
DS does 30 mins of travelling, but an 8.45-3 school day.

It's almost identical to my DD's day, except that she does after-school sport twice a week, so doesn't get home until 6.15pm on those days. Oh, and sports matches on Saturday mornings, which can mean leaving the house any time from 7.30am depending on start time.

The school day is 8.30 - 15.50, but the timing of the buses means she has to arrive earlier or risk being late if there's traffic.

She doesn't seem to have a problem, just appreciates a lie in on Sundays!

8 am is an early start for the school day - is that including a breakfast club?
Otherwise it's not too bad, travel is long but it's not like they're doing anything particular or tiring whilst sat on a bus! Could they start the homework in the bus to save some evening time?
I used to get the school bus at 8.10 for an 8.45 start. Bus would leave school at 3.30 so I'd get home around 4ish.
Sounds like it's a service bus rather than a dedicated school bus, does she have to get one so early?

Crazy. She must be exhausted.

Does she need a full hour in the morning to get ready? I had that kind of start but my dad had breakfast ready so that helped to speed things up.
It's like being in training. She will adjust but it is a shock to the system at first.
Does she eat well as its a long stretch in the mornings presumably until lunch time so if she was hungry that would really set her back.

That sounds fine and is a shorter day then a lot of private schools

That is a long day, I agree. But manageable for an 11 year old. They have to be super regimented, with early bedtime just so that they get enough sleep to reenergise for the next day.

Currently my 8yo and 5yr old have the same, we leave the house at 7.30 for an 8am start. They finish at 4 and arrive back home at 4.30. When they have after school clubs they finish at 5.30, getting home at 6pm. The time spent at home feels like I'm running a military operation to fit dinner, homework and bathing. Despite the mad rush I always try to enforce a 7.30 bedtime. Any later and it all goes horribly wrong in the mornings 😩

Wow that's a really long day!

Im lucky we live close to ours so its leave at 8 back by 3.30

My 11yo starts at 8am 3 mornings a week, has swim squad the other two when he gets left at school at 6.50am. School day finishes at 5.10pm but he boards once a week (totally through his own choice- we live 5 minutes away, he doesn't need to sleep there) and some weeks has a swimming gala which finishes about 6.30pm.

It's busy, but he loves it and is not exhausted. He just sees school as an extension of home really. He's supposed to have Saturday school too, but he doesn't go because he has a sport that takes up many weekends so the odd Saturday he has free he needs a rest.

It's fairly standard for secondary. Sometimes longer on a day with clubs. Mines been in childcare since she was 6 months old so days were longer until secondary school (7am departure 6.30pm home) so current schedule is a doddle

7m15 - 4.45 wouldnt be standard for any of the secondaries in our area!!!

I don't think it is particularly. DS only just turned 12, twice a week he is up at 6.25am for 7am swim squad training at school, then a full day at school until 3.45pm, followed by after school sport until 5.15pm, back home by 6pm. Once a week he goes to his running club after school sport, so back at 7.30pm. Then homework.

On non swim squad days, he's up at 7am, leaves at 7.40am to walk to school. Lessons to 3.45pm and after school sport until 5.15pm, back at 6pm.

He also has to get up at 8am on Saturday's for school sport/fixtures. I ensure he's in bed by 9pm and feed him well, but he's fine!

Presumabky thats not a stateschool edwin bear?

Lots of people in the local swim club do swim at silly o clock before school but its not attached to school. I can see it would be nice to just drop at school!

Our afterschool sports just run for an hour. So 3.15-4.15 and most people only do 1 or 2 a week.

To be honest it is a long day. But then kids don’t always mind as much. Often if we’ve got an activity after school it’s after 7pm by the time we’re in the door with my oldest two.

But yeah she’ll be shattered on Fridays!

Although I think it’s different with a sport or hobby they’re passionate about and enjoy than a long day commuting and at school somehow.

@edwinbear

I don't think it is particularly. DS only just turned 12, twice a week he is up at 6.25am for 7am swim squad training at school, then a full day at school until 3.45pm, followed by after school sport until 5.15pm, back home by 6pm. Once a week he goes to his running club after school sport, so back at 7.30pm. Then homework.

On non swim squad days, he's up at 7am, leaves at 7.40am to walk to school. Lessons to 3.45pm and after school sport until 5.15pm, back at 6pm.

He also has to get up at 8am on Saturday's for school sport/fixtures. I ensure he's in bed by 9pm and feed him well, but he's fine!

He must be shattered - I bet he doesn't fight bedtimes!

@PileOfBooks and @inappropriateraspberry yes, he's at private, but it actually works, as DH and I both work. DD is Y5 and has a similar day, but even as toddlers, they'd be in nursery 7.30am - 6pm.

Not having to drop at the pool early, then wait around to get him to school afterwards is fantastic! They take them to the 6th form canteen for breakfast after training, so he has a warm sausage roll for breakfast! Surprisingly he does still argue about bedtime, apparently all his friends stay up until midnight gaming, 7 days a week etc etc, but it's a non negotiable.

It's fairly long but I'm sure others have similar days. The thing that strikes me is getting up at 6.15 to leave at 7.15...does it take an hour to get ready?? DD (older) does it in about 30 mins. Home by 4.45 seems around average.

Yes that seems long to me.

My 11 year old insists on doing lots of clubs which means his Monday has a 6.30 am start to catch the 7.25 bus, school until 4, hockey from 4-6 and then scouts from 7.15 - 9 pm.

I think it’s far too much, particularly at the start of the week, but he wants to do it all so I’m on standby to help him reassess if he thinks it might be unmanageable!