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Recent news has shown headteachers and union heads say that children should not be deprived of their schooling by taking holidays in school time.
On Wednesday I see the NUT are taking strike action. Maybe they have forgotten their earlier grouse about kids being excluded from school.
On Wednesday I see the NUT are taking strike action. Maybe they have forgotten their earlier grouse about kids being excluded from school.
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There are new rules regarding taking kids out of school to go on holidays. Head teachers used to have the authority of granting up to ten days absence (based on individual children). This has now been stopped and there is a £60 fine per child, per parent. Some schools are also using the fine if children are persistently late. Holiday companies have...
19:59 Sun 23rd Mar 2014
If a kid goes on holiday the lesson goes on without him/her and they miss the lesson.
If the teachers do not take the lesson because hey are on strike, the child does not miss the lesson because it has not taken place. The lesson can then be taken at a later date.
The same thing happens with training days.
If the teachers do not take the lesson because hey are on strike, the child does not miss the lesson because it has not taken place. The lesson can then be taken at a later date.
The same thing happens with training days.
There are new rules regarding taking kids out of school to go on holidays. Head teachers used to have the authority of granting up to ten days absence (based on individual children). This has now been stopped and there is a £60 fine per child, per parent. Some schools are also using the fine if children are persistently late.
Holiday companies have shamelessly jacked up their holiday time prices this year to take advantage of the situation (all for businesses making a profit but some of the hikes are outrageous and a lot higher than in previous years).
Teachers have the right to strike and so they should.
Training days are used for a wide variety of reasons and the five days used to be part of the teachers' holiday entitlement so the kids aren't missing out on schooling but the teachers have lost five days of their holidays.
Holiday companies have shamelessly jacked up their holiday time prices this year to take advantage of the situation (all for businesses making a profit but some of the hikes are outrageous and a lot higher than in previous years).
Teachers have the right to strike and so they should.
Training days are used for a wide variety of reasons and the five days used to be part of the teachers' holiday entitlement so the kids aren't missing out on schooling but the teachers have lost five days of their holidays.
They also have 5 'inset' days a year; exactly the same amount of days you'd need to take your kid out of school for a weeks holiday in term time.
Why can't these 5 'inset' days be incorporated into the already existing (and lengthy) amount of time they get off school.
Easter Holidays; they are having 2 weeks off and then going back on the Tuesday after Easter Monday. When I was at school both Easter Bank Holidays were incorporated into the 2 week Easter break.
Mixed messages indeed!
Why can't these 5 'inset' days be incorporated into the already existing (and lengthy) amount of time they get off school.
Easter Holidays; they are having 2 weeks off and then going back on the Tuesday after Easter Monday. When I was at school both Easter Bank Holidays were incorporated into the 2 week Easter break.
Mixed messages indeed!
Good answer, sherrardk. Many people misunderstand how inset days are treated. The school year is no shorter - it's the teachers who get 5 fewer holiday days (although i realise that most will have no sympathy!)
The teachers will not be paid for the strike day and many schools will close.
I don't support the strike but I can see why teachers should be allowed to strike.
For those who think teachers have an easy life, I've spent 4 hours (unpaid) today marking work from when I did three days supply cover at a school last week. And I've just spent another hour planning work for the supply teacher who'll be covering tomorrow at that school. Right- I'm now going to plan my own lessons for tomorrow including an after-school revision class.
The teachers will not be paid for the strike day and many schools will close.
I don't support the strike but I can see why teachers should be allowed to strike.
For those who think teachers have an easy life, I've spent 4 hours (unpaid) today marking work from when I did three days supply cover at a school last week. And I've just spent another hour planning work for the supply teacher who'll be covering tomorrow at that school. Right- I'm now going to plan my own lessons for tomorrow including an after-school revision class.
