Sun sets on another school term. Another term of schooling at home. The last day of term. Will the school give the kids a fun day?
Warning increasingly ancient person going to talk about ‘in my day’.
In my day, last day of term before Christmas was almost set in stone. All kids were told to bring one game in with them. The teachers would take the register and then leg it to the staff common room. That was it for the morning from them. It was said that it was teacher training and they should not be disturbed. It must have been some training session. The teachers kept going to their cars for wine, beer and mince pies. The teachers reappeared at lunch time after the training. The music teacher would be a little unsteady on her feet and the science teacher would be unusually friendly with the school cook. The teachers would then sit down and the school prefects would have to serve them the Christmas lunch. Once the teachers had been fed the rabble could then be let loose on the food. After lunch the school would wander down to the church for Christmas Carol’s. It’s amazing just how many kids can leg it during the course of a 200 yard walk. So with a much depleted school roster the Carol’s Service would start. Most of the teachers would fall asleep while the headteacher would stand at the church door to stop any further prison breakouts. After an hour even the headteacher would give up the ghost and the remaining children were sent home. The teachers would then stagger down to the pub to presumably continue the teacher training until the early hours.
ZERO school work was ever undertaken.
Will Hawklads school do the same. Will the kids be allowed to have fun with no school work?
Well to be fair one teacher sent an email saying that Hawklads class was watching an cartoon adaptation of a book in her lesson. She sent the link. That counts as zero work. Unfortunately the other classes didn’t play ball. Question after question. Read this, answer that, write this, explain that…. AND then homework was issued for the two week holiday.
Basically loads of work. ZERO FUN.
Sadly this was all completely predictable. But surely for just one school day they can let children enjoy themselves. To create some happy memories. Especially after all that’s gone on this year. Anyway in the words of Alice Cooper ‘Schools Out’ now, hopefully fun is now on the agenda.
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Gorgeous pic! Sorry that the teachers are so scroogey 🙁
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Thank you x
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Sounds like to completely different last days 🙂 It’s crazy to think about what teachers used to do! I went to Catholic school. Getting hit with the yardstick was a true and honest fear. I guess that is why I do whatever anyone tells me to do and I am an ace at my time’s tables and handwriting!
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That makes me so sad. x
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PANTS to school… Alice has it right!💃🏼🎶🌠🎉🌨❄☃️ I hope you get snow for Christmas! You and Mr Cheeky will have a wonderful time fighting over who get to sit on the beanbag🤣🤣💌💌💌
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Gorgeous photo BTW!
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Thank you xx
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Let’s hope we all have a great time xxx
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You’ll have to create your own fun memories.
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We do.
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Bring on the fun! Its always needed and like you said this year even more! I am sure you and your son will come up with something fun! 🙂
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I so hope so x
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Hopefully this will be fun day for all the students!
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Fingers crossed.
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This took me back to the last day of term when I was at school, and made me smile!! My son has school on Christmas Eve!! If we weren’t in lockdown, he would be truanting.
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I would as well.
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Back in my day, the last day a school before the Christmas holidays seemed to be all about exchanging Christmas cards written in slanty writing.
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That’s how it should be.
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Oh we had much more fun in the old days.
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We so did. I bet you have some stories.
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Moi????? I cannot think how anyone would think so., just cos I was the girl with four timetables in her pocket, each one saying different things, subjects I had never taken in my life and who, with absolute impunity wa sable to put one down on the rector’s desk when summoned re not appearing to have never been heard of in certain classes. Ir , after all, the fault of the office. My pal and i were notorious so yeah there were scrapes galore, like the time we needed up on the swimming group. Truly thought we were done for that day but then along came a bus so we just high tailed it over the road and leapt on. We plunked everything except Latin. Latin was like the wild west, you would not miss the fun in there so we used to nip back in for Latin.
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We never did Latin. The Latin class was unfilled as no one was deemed good enough. That was an easy year for that teacher.
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we were offered a second language. This was the select secondary school system where if you lived in the wrong place you may have got there but you still were bottom of the heap and the only way to get up that heap was to take a second language. It was Latin or German and alas given the dad’s feelings on that, having, as a young man been involved in the fall of berlin and certain refugee camps I chose latin.
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The school next to our dumped languages and replaced them with woodwork and metalwork…
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Old geezers’ reminiscences can teach much to those who will listen
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We can just got to remember them….
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I am glad that at least school is out. I am surprised that kids at Hawklad’s age receive homework over the holiday break.
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Quite a bit as well.
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Your old school sounds like fun. No wonder we long for “the old days”!
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We seem to forget that kids should have fun.
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Assigned homework during Christmas break – that is seriously screwed up! But I know you will make sure there are escapades and fun to be had for Hawk Lad.
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The wrong people are in charge.
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I think you’re right. At the same time I sure wouldn’t want to be in their shoes – do you think they’re stressed out and perhaps that’s contributing to the terrible decisions? Hmmm maybe the entire government is burned out. Or maybe they were always burned out? Haha this could go on forever. At any rate, it sure makes life a LOT more difficult for the parents!
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I think some governments are really trying to do the right thing for the common good. Sadly ours is not, it’s all about self interest and self gain.
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May Karma take a big bite out of each of their butts!
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Let’s hope so
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Back when my kids still went to school, the last day was always a half day and the kids would just watch a movie and have a party. Pity your sons school can’t do the same. And homework should be banned!
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It’s all got really screwed up.
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Gorgeous photo and unfair to give homework over the holiday. Hope there is fun on the agenda though.
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Fingers crossed
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Ahh … back in the day (wistful gaze into the beyond)
On a different note, we were informed today, courtesy of the government’s phenomenal organisation and planning, that my youngest will not be going back in on the 5th, but the 11th. The school had no idea about this until yesterday so we won’t know any more until the 4th Jan! Really bloody helpful
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Our school have said they will decide before Christmas xxx
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Enjoy the break. Beautiful sunset❤️
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It was thankyou
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😊Can never get sick of looking at them
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No you can’t
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