I'm sure shuffling the holidays around will be the perfect cure to long term critical underinvestment.
this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2024
25 points (96.3% liked)
United Kingdom
4063 readers
162 users here now
General community for news/discussion in the UK.
Less serious posts should go in !casualuk@feddit.uk or !andfinally@feddit.uk
More serious politics should go in !uk_politics@feddit.uk.
Try not to spam the same link to multiple feddit.uk communities.
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.
Posts should be related to UK-centric news, and should be either a link to a reputable source, or a text post on this community.
Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.
If you think "reputable news source" needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread.
Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.
Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
As a parent I'm not opposed to this. My child gets 6/7/8 weeks off and it's going to be an absolute nightmare to sort out childcare when her youngest brother is also at school (currently my partner is off work on the days I work so it's not an issue).
Both sets of grandparents work and we're not really in a position to pay for childcare or any of those holiday clubs. Not to mention that after 4 weeks the kids are bored out of their minds.
Much prefer the shorter and longer half term breaks.
I work in hospitality on the continent and longer, more spread-out half term holidays would be a fucking godsend for all concerned
Worst time of the year, especially if your clients are Brits
First the Tories snatch milk, now holidays.
Incorrect. Just pointing out that the information is in the article if you want to understand more.
England should ditch its school calendar “stuck in place since Victorian times” and replace it with shorter summer holidays and longer half-term breaks to improve the lives of pupils and teachers, according to a new report.
From the first paragraph.
The report on tackling post-pandemic education inequalities, to be published by the Nuffield Foundation next month, is to recommend an overhaul of the school calendar that could see summer holidays in state schools reduced from six weeks to four, while half-term breaks in autumn and winter could each be extended from one week to two.
From the second paragraph.
The call for changes follows proposals by the Welsh government for changes to its school year starting in 2025-26
Are the Tories also in charge of education in Wales? 🤔
No, no they are not, annnnnnnd 6 months and they won't be in charge in England either - not that I'm counting down or anything.....
😂