Labour to extend school day to 8 till 6

[Mud]

What do you think of these new plans to be unveiled

[bundle]

our after school club costs £6 a day, a lot cheaper than a childminder

[bundle]

(and low income families are subsidised)

[Caligula]

But do you get guitar lessons in that price?!

[bundle]

no but there are Advanced Scoubidou Technologists on hand, much to dd1's delight

[Caligula]

And what's the definition of low income?

Everybody always says low income families are subsidise, but ime that simply isn't true. You are only subsidised if you are claiming income support. And you stop being eligible to claim income support between about £8-9K. (I know this because when I was offered my job at £8K, I was eligible for IS, but when they extended my hours and gave me £9K, I was no longer eligible.) So somewhere around a really low level, you cease to be regarded by most organisations (theatres, sports centres, school dinners, council tax, etc. etc.) as "low income" and you pay full whack for everything, just as if you earned £40K. Now it may be that these wonderful new afterschool clubs may be more sophisticated than that in pricing policies (taking account of tax credits, for example) but I won't hold my breath.

[Caligula]

What's a scoubidou technologist? (What is this scoubidou of which everyone speaks?)

[assumedname]

Thin strips of plastic that you tie or plait together. Why, I don't know.

Reminds me of the french knitting craze of yesteryear.

[monkeytrousers]

All the best threads are dead by the time I find them :{

[monkeytrousers]

Oh, Looks like I've come over all victorian!

[BattyBox]

i'm a Teaching Assistant in senior school and as from this coming Sept our school is changing hours to 8.45am - 3.00pm with clubs that are NOT compulseray afterward.

[angie0201]

Is this happening all over the country i work in a nursery school as a teacher and those hours would be fantastic for me would get more of the afternoon with my daughter

[BattyBox]

OUR SCHOOL IS LINKED WITH ANOTHER SENIOR SCHOOL and both schools are doing this. i know there is a wanting of others to follow but i don't know that is going all over the country