EURO 2016 - should children watch Eng vs Wales at school

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My football loving kids are distraught that their primary school isn't showing the England vs Wales Euro 2016 match this Thursday at 2pm - apparently for 'technical reasons'. Are any other primary schools showing it /letting kids go home early - or are there going to be loads of kids going home sick this Thursday lunchtime...?

england only play wales once

unless they meet again in the final or something

Both primary schools I work in on Anglesey will be showing it, and the children are allowed to stay until 4pm, everyone is very excited!

I think it's fair enough to give them the chance to watch it at school, I remember watching films at times which aren't for everybody. But it seems very generous to get to go home early for it! I'm not against them leaving early but it's better than I would have expected.

backing are you seriously suggesting this is a male/female thing??

I think it should be shown for all ages, although I think it should be optional for all kids.

I love it when our primary school marks special occasions, like Harvest and Diwali. Those are annual things. This is much rarer than that, in the country's national sport.

This is a historic match, between two UK nations. This is Wales's first tournament for 50 years. And it's unusual that it's during a schoolday. All of the other home nations matches will now be out of school hours.

No, I don't think so. If your country is in the quarter, semi or final then yes, why not, but not for the knockout phase. Certainly far too much going on in secondary schools at this time of year, to consider stopping for football!

Apart from anything else, it won't finish until after the school day has finished, so that means staff will have to stick around when they've got far more important things going on.

I'd love to watch it, because I watch all football, but I'll be at work, so I can't.

It's a pretty historic fixture so I'm happy my kids' primary are showing it in the hall for those who want to watch. Plus I get to collect them after its all over so I don't have to miss any of it
When Wales win you'll here me cheering from here

How could it not be? It's a male dominated game. Run by men. Played by men. Watched by overwhelmingly male audiences.

What equivalent female enterprise would begin to be treated as a matter of national importance as football is? So important that we can interrupt the school day to show it (but woe betide you if, as a parent, you interrupt the school day to take your kids out of school). More points if you can find an example which also features some of the unpleasant violence currently accompanying these matches.

Dd's school has it on too. We can pick them up early or they will be watching it in the hall. They are allowed to bring a book to read if they are not interested. I honestly don't get what the fuss is about, although I do realise that it is a big event for many people. Although I'm not sure why the majority interest should rule.

I'd not be happy about DS1's school showing football in school time. Certainly not if it was compulsory viewing.
I'd much rather they did normal lessons, but then none of us really care much about football.

oh,so its a one off? all games with England or Wales won't get watched?

Also, I'm old enough to remember a similar hullabaloo in the 96 euros. I'm afraid the football industry has a vested interest in manufacturing a sense a) that this is a matter of national importance and b) that we have any chance of winning. The World Cup experience should remind us all - we are not that good and in any case, this is not that important.

Come home and watch it in the evening. It's a hobby dressed up as an internationally significant moment.

I did!! In 2002 when it was the World Cup, my school put on a breakfast club so we could watch it before school. I also got to watch the final (I think) on a residential trip!

It's only a historic/ massive event if your into football. As a non football family it's passing over my DC's heads & it would never occur to me that the school would show any of the matches. The exception being if England made it to the final.

Yes, mainly because I want to watch it too

I would be very surprised if my DC schools were doing this, I've never heard of them watching any telly at school except films at the end of term or educational programmes. I remember watching some of Wimbledon at secondary school though.

Wtaf??
Why on earth would they show a sports match, and not a particularly important one, during school hours? That's bonkers.
They'd better show England vs Sri Lanka cricket that's on at the mo then, or some of the rugby that's going on, or etc etc hundreds of other sports.
Yabu .

It's a game of football not some major event. Not everyone likes it.

My kids school isn't showing it.

So I'm collecting them at lunchtime and heading to the pub, where we will eat pizza, paint our faces and get into the spirit!

I believe it to be an adventure that my footy mad kids will remember forever, so I'm going with it.

Oh fgs, of course football is more a male thing than a female thing.

Wow, absolutely no! Fair enough if they make it further in the tournament, but seriously get a grip people it's just a game! ! I can't believe how many people who are happy to moan at teachers when they are on training days yet think this is ok. I am not paid to babysit your kids whilst they watch a stupid game. I am paid to teach them.

DS's school is going to show it and there will be alternative fun arrangements for those, like DS, who couldn't care less.

DD's girls school, funnily enough, hasn't mentioned it.

There has been a certain amount of mention at work of the dire consequences for IT if 75% of the male employees and 25% of the females try to sneakily stream it on their PCs - the norm will be to let people watch it on the boardroom telly if they make up the time or keep the Guardian minute by minute up while they work at their desks.

NO just NO

As a parent and governor I would be appalled if our school suggested this, and would kick off loudly about it. As a pp says, where does it end? Andy Murray in the French open instead of maths? England v Sri Lanka in place of science? And which countries in our union - all of them til they're knocked out? It's a crackers idea.

Playing sport is educational. Watching it is most definitely not.

Monkeyfacegrace - so irresponsible. It's a shame the fines are on hold.