Saturday Detentions . Cant work out if its a good or bad thing .

[wakeupandsmellthecoffee]

This is at a normal state comp .
At Xxxxxx, we are constantly aiming to develop and improve. It is clear that the more time students
are in lessons, the better they achieve.In the past , if a student has repeatedly failed to attend
detentions set for incomplete coursework or homework, they have been sanctioned with a day in the
Inclusion Room. Although this solution has enabled them to catch up on work they should have done
already, it has meant that they have fallen behind in work from other lessons during that day
To prevent this happening, while also ensuring students complete all work expected of them, we have
decided to trial two new sanctions. Students who have not completed coursework or homework for the
required deadline and who have not attended detentions set by their teacher,and then by the Head of
Faculty, will:
· Be put into a two hour detention on a Saturday morning when they will be required to complete
the missing work. One week?s notice will be given of a Saturday morning detention; or
· Where it is deemed appropriate, parents/carers will be asked to attend an after school session with the student in the Learning Resource Centre to supervise their son / daughter completing the missing work .
We will monitor the success of these measures in ensuring students meet coursework and homework
deadlines.
This new system will be implemented from Monday 21November 2011, with Saturday detentions
beginning on Saturday 26 November.
Yours faithfully

Mrs B OSS LADY

To be fair this is a final result . And many things seem to be put in place befor this happens ,ie warnings , checking that nothing is going on elsewhere that would prevent them from completing their work .
Also what about the poor teacher having to supervise it .

Feel like shit for the poor teacher - but I have a feeling that it will ensure attendance at the weekday detentions...no teenager wants to lose their Saturday morning lie in or meet with friends...in fact, I think ALL schools should do this. The mere threat of losing their Saturday morning would MAKE 99.9% of the dc attend the weekday detentions - and the risk of getting a ranting at by their parents if their parents are forced to attend an after school session to watch their dc complete the missing work would probably weed out the other 0.1%...

Sounds like a bloody excellent idea for all except the poor teacher that draws the short straw - unless they are getting paid extra for doing it...

Three words: The Breakfast Club! It could be life changing (as long as I'm not supervising...) :)

Sorry, nothing useful to say, other than I have visions of The Breakfast Club

Gotta love a good xpost

WTF is an Inclusion Room?

Oh and could they enforce this - the Saturday morning thing. Surely a child who has repeatedly refused to do the required work and ignored other sanctions is unlikely to just shrug and say "It's a fair cop" and go in on a Saturday.

Ha ha seenbutnotheard I do a saturday detention if I was guaranteed an 80s brat pack experience :)

But how is that "including" then in anything? I just don't get the name

I think Saturday detentions are commonly on the list of sanctions at independent schools, though I doubt they actually take place very often.

Stranded - why wouldnt you allow you DD to go?

What about kids who come in on school transport.how do you expect them to access Saturday detentions?
I am a bit about the idea of what is effectively attempting to put parents in detention too. Will any parent comply with that? Very much doubt it!

In fact what do schools do when kids are coming in on school transport and hve no means of getting home from an after school detention?

If my child had got far enough through the disciplinary process to warrant a Saturday detention theN I most certainly would drive him to it (we use school bus, no public transport available)

So I wonder what happens then if you dont show up on a Saturday . Surly this is just backing themselves into a corner so to speak .

My dd1s school do Saturday detentions. But it's a last resort. The child has to be really bad to warrant it. I would drive dd1 there if she got one.

Dairyfairy - school I attended gave lunchtime detentions only. After school not possible due to transport issues.

re school transport two school busses are run .One at 3.25 ands one at 5.30 .

Mmm, great idea, make the worst trouble-makers and 'don't-cares' in the school become good'uns by making their parents come in. Yes, coz children like that routinely have such excellent parents who are just dying to support the school Children who won't go to an afterschool detention definitely won't go to a Saturday one.

I think re the transport and the parent supervision at detention, the whole idea is to make it as inconvenient to parent and child so as to motivate them to do the work that they should have done in the first place.

I'd wholeheartedly support the school in doing it

There are too many pitfalls in this.

Families have commitments at weekends, and parents cannot necessarily turn up for after school sessions (work, care of siblings). This is especially true if chronic illness or disability is part of family life, or if public/school transport is required.

What would be the sanction on those who do not show up after school hours?

And is it fair in terms of wider disciplinary policy and fairness within the school if some children are punished by method A, whereas some cannot be because of extraneous things like their address?

i'm in training to be a teacher and I'm fucked if I would be giving up my precious weekend to go and supervise bratty teens in detention unless I was paid handsomly for the inconvenience.

My old school did this. It was with the head. It was only ever given out and enforced once... Once pupils know it will happen it's the ultimate deterrent.

Snape - read back your last post. Think about what's wrong with it as someone who's meant to be the future of education.

Wow snapes our children have so much to learn from you in the future

Snape you are a harsh woman . lol