Summer school holidays
I came across this article on the BBC website today detailing how many weeks of school holidays the UK and continental countries have. I have to say that I was stunned that we have the shortest summer break - with Portugal for instance having 12 weeks break!
I did think it interesting that even though we have our kids in school so much more - we do not seem to match up to the educational standards of some countries with far longer breaks.
Are our kids too worn out, is what they actually need more time off? Ooh, slightly controversial maybe - I for one do not find the summer holidays all that easy, but have we geared our educational year all wrong? I have often though that longer breaks spaced more evenly through the year would be a far better idea to beat the summer burn out and then September scramble to catch up. Comments?
2 Comments:
Noticed this related link on the Newsround site.
Not that I usually read it or anything...
Hi nicky, I havben't read the article but I think you're right. I find Lydia and eLijha so shattered at the end of every term/half term, that the last weeks before the week break they hardly take anything in. I love the summer holidays and love having the kids at home, but longer breaks more often and equally spread I think might work much better.
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