How long is your 6-7 year old's regular school day?

[SSSandy2]

I'm struggling with the long school day here at dd's new school 8am-4pm compulsory.

It's a long day for the dc and what with travel time and low energy levels doesn't leave much time for anything else.

Do many people's dc have such a long day (maybe with after school club) and if so how do they cope?

That is long. How come?

I thought the standard was 8.45am - 3.15pm.

dd does 8.35 to 3.30 but often stays until 4 or 4.15. We are actually there at 8.15 for ds' start time and she copes well tbh.

Is that a normal state school?

That's a long day for primary.

My 5yo's school day is 8:30am to 3:30pm. DH and DD leave home at 8am, and DH leves DD at 8:15am. I collect DD at hometime most days but once a week she goes to after school club until 5:30pm.

In two years time DD's school day will finish at 3:45pm for a normal home time.

Some of the children in DD's school do very long days from 7:45am (breakfast club) to 5:30pm (after school club).

8.55 - 3.00pm. Not long enough!
Being tired after school has not ever been an issue alas.

Where are you SSSandy2? Is it a Uk school?

8.50 - 3.25 and then onto after school club (potentially till 6, but more likely 5.15 ish)

9.00 until 3.15 here. Am at 8-4. Is that a state school?

Blimey, is that a state school? That's a long day, and I would be unhappy with it.

Dd is 6, and does 8.50am - 3.30pm ... and I think that's too long!

From age 5 to 11 here it is 9am to 3pm with 45 min lunch and two 15 min breaks.

Other areas it is 9am to 3.15pm but they have 1hr for lunch.

I think most state schools in Scotland have these hours.

After school stuff 3 nights
4.30 to 5 then 8 to 9
4.45 to 5.45 then 6.30 to 7.45
4.30 to 8.00 (break for dinner inc)

We're in Germany some schools are from 8-lunchtime, like the one we had before but it was awful with bullying so we changed. Others, like this one we have now, have compulsory attendance for 8 hours. It's SO long. She's just exhausted.

I'm not surprised, poor thing.

Similar to Hulababy, some children at dd's school go to Breakfast club at 7.45 am and then After school club until 6 pm. One of dd's friends who goes to both looks so tired sometimes.

I am trying to give it a go and be open-minded about it but I really don't find it good. However they don't allow any exceptions so you really have to leave them there all day. Today for instance she has a double maths lessons from 2-4pm

Just wondered if most people think this would probably work out or seems too much

In NZ DS's state school hours at primary are 8.50am to 3pm - and we never had the problem of after school tiredness ... playdates were a decent length too.
Now, in Australia his hours are 8.55 to 3.30pm and I can't get over how much of a difference 25 minutes makes. DS is knackered and grumpy ...
But then again I like the length because we come home, do homework, have a play and then straight into the dinner thing ...
Then again, playdates are too short.

Does that help?

dd (5) and ds (7.5) have school 9.00-3.00 then after school club to 6.00. Doesn't faze ds but dd is showing it. VERY grumpy by bedtime. Also, hoemwork doesn't get done at teh after school club so that adds more "work" time on.

Here in Paris state school starts at 8.30 am and goes on until 11.30 am when children either go home for lunch or go to the school canteen. The afternoon session starts at 1 pm and goes on until 4 pm. That is the basic school day that every child has to do. Some children do after school club as well, which I think goes on until 6 pm.

French school hours/terms are fixed by the Ministry of Education and are non-negotiable.

(in scotland) dd age 6 is at school 8.55 - 2.45pm (p1-p3)
she moved from a school that was 9.00 am to 2.30pm for (p1- p3)...

p4-p7 stay until 3.15pm... I think

Forgot to mention - French state schools are off on Wednesdays, so the 8.30 am - 4 pm day is only four days a week. There are occasional Saturday morning sessions.

When we lived in Switzerland ds got the bus at 8 and arrived home at 4, an hour earlier on Wednesdays, from the age of 4. Come to think of it before we moved we left home at 7.50 and were rarely home before 4.15/4.30. Usually her school day has been structured with the academic stuff in the mornings and physical, music and topic based activities in the afternoon.

THanks, trying to get some perspective on it.

We leave home 7.15 and she gets home around 5pm.

I just think 9-3 is about right at that age but it's not the way here.

So should I move again and try a diff monolingual German half-day school and hope it will be nicer than what we had before?

I suspect that half a day isn't realistic , she would get used to the longer times. Sounds as if it is more the travel time which is the issue tbh , not necessarily the school hours themselves. At least you have blockzeit, my friend's dd in CH is toing and foring at odd variable times each day !

8.40 until 3 here. Wouldn't want it any longer. School clubs run a couple of times a week, until 4 p.m., but they are mainly for juniors.

8.50-3.05

Don't forget that in other countries the academic year is broken down differently - so the summer holidays are much longer and the winters are colder so studying is more focused during that part of the year.

I think I would prefer to have 6 months solid hard graft with long hours and then a really long holiday with a bit of schooling.