Ten hour school day idea in UK

PinkCat86

Hi

I was quite surprised to read an article in the Daily Mail about the British Education Minister considering a ten hour school day. Not sure if this will be a popular idea!

rainbowtrout

10 hours contact time for the students or 10 hour working day for teachers?

PinkCat86

For the students!

goat2

how can they keep the childrens attention for any more than a couple hours, all these hours in school, will cause tiredness for the children and teachers,
children will be too tired to concentrate after the first few hours of the day,
as for hyperactive children, it will do them no good, they need to let off steam, and winter months it is dark early, what is in it for them,
just misery

PinkCat86

I do not see any good coming from this idea I am an unemployed NQT in Ireland

rainbowtrout

When an 8 hour working day is considered the limit for an adult and there is an EU directive on not working more than 48 hours a week, they think children should work 10 hours a day? Completely daft.

ardmacha

When an 8 hour working day is considered the limit for an adult and there is an EU directive on not working more than 48 hours a week, they think children should work 10 hours a day? Completely daft.

it would allow them become junior doctors.

PinkCat86

I agree

Exo

I'm in for 10 hours a day actually, on average.. Monday-Thursday (with the exception of Friday where I finish up just after lunchtime). I'm fine with that, we get 2 solid breaks including lunch daily. Major emphasis on study periods though, my whole time is not spent in class. 6th year student here, by the way.

goat2

are they going to get longer holidays,
where is family time going to go.
the most important time of all,

ciotog8

If the minister could have his own way he have us all in school from dawn to dusk. He is a power driven out of touch middle class nutter who thrives on the expense of others. He is not liked in the UK education system by most teachers. You only have to remember when he came into the post promising the money for schools to build programme and eventually admitting there was no money. Just another Tory full of false promises. Hurry up next year and get this government out ( or Eton out)

goat2

there is no way that i would let a child of mine in a classroom for that long, it would be a cruel thing to do to children,
they do need to learn,
they also need to have fun, and rest, along with family time, there are 24 hours in a day, 8 sleeping, 10 at school, and what fun can they have when they are too tired,

PinkCat86

all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy or so the saying goes