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Does your children's school do this?

16 replies

covenoveneer · 19/10/2006 13:55

Tomorrow is an inset (sp?) day and next week is half term. On the day before a school break (eg half term, end of term) school finishes 15 mins early. Is it the same for you? Plus can anyone tell me why they do this?

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lulumama · 19/10/2006 13:56

mine has 3 inset days per year and finished 1 hour 15 mins early at each end of term , not half term....and no, i don't know why!!

FIMBOnABroomstick · 19/10/2006 13:57

No, my dd's school (middle school) doesn't do this. The high school would though.

battybird · 19/10/2006 14:00

our inset is the monday after half term, i know that is a legal requirement that shools have a certain amout of inset days in each school year, but cant remember how many or why. Normal finish time at half term but an hour early at the end of term.

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covenoveneer · 19/10/2006 14:02

I understand about the inset day, I just don't see the point of finishing a measly 15 mins early.

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notasheep · 19/10/2006 14:03

finish normal time,only finish early at end of term

USAUKMum · 19/10/2006 14:05

We finish early at the end of each term. we usually finish 50 min early.

MegaLegs · 19/10/2006 14:09

Do schools have to teach a certain amonut of hours per term? Perhaps they add up all these 15 mins and it means they have covered the required time. Does that make any sense at all?

We also have an INSET day tomorrow and the monday after half term too. Great if you're going away and want to beat the traffic, flights etc. Must be a pain if you work though.

LIZS · 19/10/2006 14:23

we have a half day tomorrow and at end of each term

saffy202 · 19/10/2006 15:15

I have one child off today and tomorrow for inset days and the other off tomorrow. We only finish early at the end of a full term and then it is by 1 hour.

hana · 19/10/2006 15:23

megalegs - yes schools have to teach a set number of hours each year and finishing early on the last day of each term (we never finish early on a 1/2 term) would be accounted for in these hours
there is also a set number of inset days ( training days for staff) that are necessary - these are up to the school to decide when during the school year they would be - lots use them at the beginning before students start back, others to have a 'long weekend' away from teaching, not from work though!

Blandmum · 19/10/2006 15:31

we don't finish early. We do tend to put inset days onto one end of a holiday.

Just as an aside inset, days were always a holiday for the kids. The days were taken from the staff for formal staff training.

We sometimes work late three night on specific projects etc to cover one of the insets

portonovo · 19/10/2006 16:22

No, school never finishes early, at either our primary or secondary schools, regardless of end of terms or inset days.

roisin · 19/10/2006 19:53

The school I work at (secondary) often breaks up early (1-2 hrs early!) on the last day of term; my boys' primary school never finishes early ... although if you go along to watch sports day or the fun run then you are allowed to pick them up from their classroom, usually c.15 mins early!

jampots · 19/10/2006 20:12

nope although sometimes at end of term ie. christmas dd's secondary school may finish at lunchtime - i agree dont see the point of 15 minutes

hauntymandy · 19/10/2006 20:14

secondry school usually finish early at end of term and isnt is 5 training(inset) days?

Blandmum · 19/10/2006 20:23

It is 5, but many schools work late through the year on INSET training in lieu of a full day. So for example we did 3x2.5 hour sessions after school as a whole school training exercise and then had 4 days. Lots of schools do this, not many parents know and just whinge about the INSET they do see

I work in secondary and we never finish early

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