What a good idea?
Oasis Academy Lord's Hill in Southampton plans to let pupils finish in time for the
England v Wales Euro 2016 game next Thursday at 14:00 BST.
what a good idea? 
Must email the boss today!
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Corners, may I congratulate you on your Fishing skills
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It's a shocking state of affairs but really just a sign of the times. Academies can do pretty much whatever they like with the school day and holiday dates.
Now, of course, if the school was still under the control of the local authority things might be very different!
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Corners, may I congratulate you on your Fishing skills
. its a service I provide
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I have a view on this ,but i'll keep it to myself
,wouldn't want to be put in a "group"
HD, you'll always be the "Sevenoaks 1" in my mind! ( I don't know the names of anywhere else in Kent!)
Or in other words ..."Billy no mates"
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Corners, may I congratulate you on your Fishing skills
. its a service I provide
And may i say , a very good service
you may indeed
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done a bit more fishing, the school was inspected in Nov 2013 and was deemed to 'require improvment' grade 3, and the previous inspection was also a grade 3, ie no improvment. However within 2 and a half years, in March 2016 it has been classed as good. This is excellent progress is so short a time. many of you won't be bothered to read the newest inspection report but its seems to be down to the head and the staff. Some quotes from ofsted below
Maybe they deserve an early finish?
Under the dynamic leadership of the Principal,
the academy is improving rapidly.
He provides a strong direction for the academy
and is ably assisted by a highly effective senior
leadership team.
Pupils behave well around the academy.
Most display positive attitudes to learning and
clearly want to do well.
From their starting points, pupils make good
progress in their subjects
as teachers motivate them to learn and succeed.
One pupil remarked,
‘I wouldn’t have survived in the academy
if it wasn’t for the help I’ve received. It’s been great!’
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Selective memory K?
I was in Aberdeen during the 1990 world cup and one of the games was Scotland v Brazil and all the children in Aberdeen and I suspect everywhere else in Scotland had the afternoon off to watch the game. I chose to drive home and I guess there was less than a quarter of the traffic than normal on the road all the way to the English Border0 -
Kennine I was in Aberdeen during the 1990 world cup and one of the games was Scotland v Brazil and all the children in Aberdeen and I suspect everywhere else in Scotland had the afternoon off to watch the game. I chose to drive home and I guess there was
less than a quarter of the traffic on the road all the way to the English Bordermust have slipped K's mind?
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It won't have slipped his mind, it's a rarity watching Scotland in a big tournament!
i don't have a problem with the approach to children's schooling being less regimented. Back in my day it certainly was more about a rounded education and less about the school hitting targets and ticking boxes. Holidays in term time never held me back,
nor did a day or afternoon spent doing something less formal in class. Somehow after all that disruption I managed a degree course, a good job and retired at 45, so something went right somewhere! Let the blasted children have a bit of a break, especially
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Selective memory K?
I was in Aberdeen during the 1990 world cup and one of the games was Scotland v Brazil and all the children in Aberdeen
and I suspect everywhere else in Scotland had the afternoon off to watch the game. I chose to drive home and I guess there was less than a quarter of the traffic than normal on the road all the way to the English BorderWrite your comments here...Sorry but Ihave little interest in soccer, So that match would not have registered. I prefer watching proper games like Rugby Union and Rugby League.
Soccer performers are just a load of overpaid primadonnas who should be full members of Equity ( The actor's union. ). The way they take dives when they have never been touched and lie on the ground moaning like babies if someone tackles and takes the ball
off them, is not attractive to watch.No folks I'll just stick to my rugby.
K
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its the euro caravaner of the year Ian
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I see the Principal of the Academy had changed his mind and pupils will not be allowed to finish early.
He is reported as saying it is more appropriate for the pupils to stay in class with the game screened in school time.
They're going to stay in school and watch it on telly!
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its the euro caravaner of the year Ian
Apparantly you aren't allowed to discuss anything to do with the EU.......whether it's political ir not.......
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I see the Principal of the Academy had changed his mind and pupils will not be allowed to finish early.
He is reported as saying it is more appropriate for the pupils to stay in class with the game screened in school time.
They're going to stay in school and watch it on telly!
I hope they don't make everyone watch? not everyone's interested.
What date is England due to play in the final?
hahahahahahahahahahah
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July 1966...
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Does any of the home nations have any proper soccer teams. England, Scotland Wales and Ulster go nowhere in any of the big tournaments.
The only time a team from the UK won anything was as long as 50 years ago and that was just a lucky fluke.
Still I suppose UK soccer fans love continually being known as "the good losers"
K
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K - The OP was about a school's decision to enable pupils to watched the games, not your not so subtle way of slagging of other UK teams
Write your comments here...You will appreciate that my post was about UK national teams competing in International competitions which is in essence what this thread is about. I was fair and equitable about all of the UK teams, not favouring any. .
Unlike the Quoted post which was deliberately written to (using your own venacular) "slag off" a fellow Forum member. -- That is against the forum rules, in case you don't know.
K
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I see the Principal of the Academy had changed his mind and pupils will not be allowed to finish early.
He is reported as saying it is more appropriate for the pupils to stay in class with the game screened in school time.
They're going to stay in school and watch it on telly!
I suspect that parents were up in arms that they'd have to arrange time off work or a 'sitter' to collect the kids or be at home.
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Touché, Bugs
I just think that I'm better off out of these European things.
You mean like the Tour de France & the Giro?
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