The Sixtieth Republic - One half term to go - just need to survive Sports Day and Activities Week!

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Well it used to be all fields round these parts Jan and my dad walked about 10 miles a day to go to school and back so maybe whilst not northerners we’re not soft southerners either?

It’s about 7 miles round the reservoir and a couple of miles to and from it so at least 11 miles. We took all day at it and took food and rested when we liked so no shepherding involved and we didn’t stay together or near teachers. Think it only stopped quite recently, possibly when our catchment changed and we got whiny townies and estate kids who were horrified by the outdoors

In theory you could have just sloped off and as long as you were seen at the end of the day no one would have noticed.

I must admit when I first heard about our school walk I was a bit incredulous too

We do run a minibus round to pick up any genuinely injured which sometimes becomes some having ‘issues’ with the walking

There was a thread the the other day where a poster was asking whether a 15 minute walk to school was too long for a 7 year old.

Fuck me.

There was a thread the the other day where a poster was asking whether a 15 minute walk to school was too long for a 7 year old

I saw that.

Even after virtually everyone said, nope completely normal for a kid to walk that distance. The parent was still wibbling about it.

mistress that isn't too far from me at all. Well, it's a couple of hours in the car, but a doable day trip. Dd and I come up to the zoo most years on the last day of our summer holiday, it's become the traditional "don't want to go back to school" day out.

There was a thread the the other day where a poster was asking whether a 15 minute walk to school was too long for a 7 year old

My 4yo does 4 miles regularly, probably every 2 weeks. We're not afraid of a walk! We have a student whose dad owns a taxi firm. She gets driven the 300 yards to school and back by whoever is passing.

Yeah, I was open mouthed at that thread.

Can some children do it without whining, probably not. But unless there’s a disability, then you should probably be a bit worried if a 7 year old can’t walk for 15minutes.

And people wonder why we have an obesity crisis.

She says. As she contemplated why she hasn’t quite got round to the daily hour’s walk she’d planned in half term....

You need an Apple Watch. Mine buzzes every hour to tell me to get off my arse and has a little firework display if I meet my daily activity goal. Definitely improved my activity levels. I'm a sucker for little firework displays, and now I've got a streak I refuse to break.

My 6 year old has been up Mam Tor and Pen Y Fan. Before covid, so she was 4 or 5.

When she was 4 and 3 months we made her walk up a mountain in the Alps, from 1100m - 1800m. Only one emergency wild poo on the way up too.

If you can zone out the whinging, it's fine. Big 'if' on some days though.

Our school is doing a walking and running challenge for all of summer term. To be honest it's been a godsend to have the option of taking them out on the field for some exercise whenever they're a bit fidgety. We tend to go out for 15-20 minutes at a time but some of them could go a lot longer if we let them.

When I was in school, in the US, we had PE 3x a week. Even at secondary it would be every other day. I really think PE 1x per week like at my school isn't enough.

We used to do the school walk. It involved loads of moaning from kids.

I'd love to take the kids outside more this coming half term.

Tried it a couple of weeks ago with a better than averagely behaved year 7 group. Oh my god. Even without the road traffic noise which was a pain in itself, it just wasn't a good idea. So much titting about; scared of ants and spiders and ladybirds, trying to edge closer to "boyfriends" or "girlfriends..." Needless to say, no other class got to try it.

Someone just put on our local FB page that they encountered two teens having sex under play equipment in a toddlers playground....

Although only about the toddlers playground bit.

All this walking talk has encouraged me to get off my arse and put my walking boots on this afternoon. Just need to decide where to go.

@Piggywaspushed

Someone just put on our local FB page that they encountered two teens having sex under play equipment in a toddlers playground....

Ewwww, that's not nice. I think it's fairly common though. I know I've found a condom or two in the parks when my DCs were younger.

But in broad daylight???

I've been to the gym, done an hour on the treadmill, walked the dog and there's still twats4irrationaltwattishness waffling shite on your thread noble.

The sun is shining here and my brave putting my legs out in the sun and having a glass of cold fizz. I should be marking or cleaning but whatever.

The teenage equivalent of a wild poo?

That is pretty and IMO they should be reported.... but let’s not start a thread!

My dc don't walk anywhere without moaning. Ds' last two sentences to me have been "can you make me a sandwich?" and "you're so annoying, you're not a nice person". Can't be arsed with them today. Hoping can read a book in the garden and ignore them now.

Oh that would be a fun thread though! Imagine the excuses those mummys would come up with!

I blame the teachers. Even at half term. They should be in schools.

(We did once find two kids having sex at school. Bleugh)

Ds's have been, 'For fuck's sake' and 'Why???' Mistressiggi so you're doing better than me. I'm trying to get him to get on with sorting his room out. I don't recommend living with a Bob!

At school??