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Talk of longer school days to help the kids catch up

24 replies

947EliseChalotte · 17/06/2020 23:28

Ministers are apparently talking about extending the school day to make up for missed lessons ..these will be bolted on or after the school day. What do you think?

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nowaitaminute · 17/06/2020 23:32

U.K. school day is too long as it is!! The children will be wrecked!! Here in Ireland the school day is 9.00-2.40!! And that's long enough imo.

Lightsabre · 17/06/2020 23:37

Link please?

Lindy2 · 17/06/2020 23:38

My 12 year old is exhausted at the end of a normal school day. She says she walks for miles going from class to class at Secondary school. She'd be too tired to learn properly at the end of the day.

MarshaBradyo · 17/06/2020 23:39

Where did you see this?

freshcutflowers · 17/06/2020 23:40

www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jun/17/government-to-fund-private-tutors-for-english-schools

PickAChew · 17/06/2020 23:42

That would be no good for younger primary and only work for secondary with a shorter week.

Teaching unions would undoubtedly have a few things to say, regardless.

WhatWouldDominicDo · 17/06/2020 23:43

Back in the 70s secondary school was 8.50 to 3.45 with 50 mins for lunch. We didn't think it was a long day.

StrawberryJam200 · 17/06/2020 23:44

Unions wouldn't be involved as it's not teachers, only tutors.

Many kids are tired by the end of the normal school day and wouldn't cope with more formal learning, perhaps quite intense, stuck on the end of it....

Letseatgrandma · 17/06/2020 23:45

Mine get the consortium bus home from school which leaves at at 3.30. If they didn’t get that, they would have no way to get home! They won’t be able to do this!

Pipandmum · 17/06/2020 23:48

My daughter's school runs 8.40 to 4.30 (to 4 up to Y7). They don't need to catch up though.
Anyway the issue shouldn't be length of day but getting them back in there in the first place!

MarshaBradyo · 17/06/2020 23:48

It gets round the unions I suppose.

MarshaBradyo · 17/06/2020 23:51

Also it depends who it’s for. Is it for the years with no in school provision.

Will see what the deal is

mumwon · 18/06/2020 00:10

where would these tutors come from (I don't mean country I mean where would they source them from) ? what would their qualifications be? How could they afford them considering most schools are struggling financially? What exactly would they be teaching would they be working with/within the schools curriculum?

cabbageking · 18/06/2020 11:49

It is only for some children
You still need key staff in place.
Need more detail but it will mean longer days for some staff so the union will need to be involved.

StrawberryJam200 · 18/06/2020 12:33

If you read the article you'll find the answers to most of your questions.

Appuskidu · 18/06/2020 12:36

As my DS just said-kids don’t turn up to extra after-school lessons run by their own teachers, they won’t turn up to lessons taught by random tutors from an ‘approved‘ agency.

I very much doubt they will be run by qualified teachers.

Looking at who’s on the payroll for these approved tutoring agencies will be most insightful...

MinorArcana · 18/06/2020 12:43

I’d be fine with that for my DC.

ohoneohtwo · 18/06/2020 13:12

Ministers are apparently talking about extending the school day to make up for missed lessons

That's not really what the article said. Before all the 'school day is too long' rants, maybe read it. If you're child fell into the category of needing extra help I'm sure you would be posting in here asking why the government are not doing more.

I'm not a fan of the Gov, but for some people no matter what they do there will always be a moan.

oxydrive73 · 18/06/2020 14:17

I get so annoyed that this is always aimed at kids who have free meals, there are lots of kids on free meals who get great support at home and lots that aren't that don't.

ohoneohtwo · 18/06/2020 15:07

I get so annoyed that this is always aimed at kids who have free meals

Eh?

Hersetta427 · 18/06/2020 15:09

This would irritate me intensely. For a start my daughters school doesn't finish until 3.40 so the day would become far too long, secondly she doesn't really need any extra lessons to keep up with work lost as she has been working really hard during lockdown, in top sets and always in top 1 or 2 in the class in tests and thirdly, and most importantly for her is that normally she is picked up straight from school three times a week to travel an hour each way to train in her chosen sport. She competes at an elite level (England team) and has already lost so much training that neither her or us would be willing to make her stay longer at school and miss even more.

ohoneohtwo · 18/06/2020 15:11

This would irritate me intensely.

Presumably if she fell into the category of children that were so far behind they needed it you would be intensely irritated to find it wasn't there.

It's literally help to catch up. You would expect parents to appreciate that they are offering this to those who need it.

Angel2702 · 18/06/2020 15:12

Mine are already at school 8.25 until 3.15 then two hours of homework every night. It’s too much as it is.

cabbageking · 19/06/2020 17:22

Allow your school to access heavily subsidised tutoring (up to 75% in the first year) from an approved list of tuition partners – they can use the funding above to cover the rest of the costs
Provide schools in the most disadvantaged areas with full-time trained graduates (called 'coaches') to provide intensive catch-up support to their pupils, allowing teachers to focus on their classrooms
The NTP will be targeted to reach disadvantaged pupils eligible for the pupil premium, but your school can decide if tutoring is the right support for each pupil.

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