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2006-09-19T07:24:00.000-07:00

Today We'll discuss this article:

Britain

The Times
September 19, 2006
Alarm over pupils facing a 50-hour school weekBy Alexandra Frean, Education Editor and David Brown
TEACHERS and campaigners clashed yesterday over government plans for schools to offer “wraparound” childcare that would have pupils spending 50 hours a week in school.
All schools will have to open from 8am to 6pm within the next four years in an attempt to give state school pupils the same opportunities as those in the private sector. Beverley Hughes, the Children’s Minister, told The Times yesterday that the initiative was so popular that 2,500 schools had signed up ahead of target.
But as the Archbishop of Canterbury expressed concern about the growing pressures on children at school, head teachers, staff, unions and campaigners questioned whether it was good for children to spend so long in school. Dr Rowan Williams said that children faced too much “pressure to achieve” and had to take too many tests.
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Nick Seaton, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education,said: “This will destroy childhood and deprive children of the chance to enjoy other people or things outside the school environment.”
The longer school day is designed to help working parents and to give children access to activities that they might not otherwise have.
But on the day that the Church launched an inquiry into the state of childhood, education campaigners claimed that sending pupils to school for so long would deprive them of the chance to learn from other situations, and deny them the space to think about and absorb the lessons of the day.
“In many ways it is an abuse of children to stick them for that many hours of the day in school. Children need to get out and see the world,” Mr Seaton said.
The Children’s Society inquiry has been set up because of concerns about the rising levels of depression among children, and Dr Williams said that early research had suggested that pressure in school was a factor. He highlighted “relentless testing” as well as advertisements aimed at children and “family-unfriendly” incentives for working mothers.
“Allowing families to work more flexibly ought to work for the good of a family. The trouble is that very often it is presented or understood primarily just in terms of getting women back to the workplace.”
The Government’s Extended Schools programme is designed to offer children a range of extracurricular activities out of normal school hours, It is intended to enable youngsters to develop new skills and talents and discover activities at which children shine.
“Independent schools have always done this,” Ms Hughes said. “They have given children opportunities to excel by offering them a wide range of activities.
“In the long run it helps build children’s confidence and self-esteem. Their academic results improve as a result.”
Ms Hughes’s remarks coincide with the publication of a new report today, led by Alan Dyson, of the University of Manchester, which has found that extending school hours by offering breakfast clubs and after-school activities can help boost academic performance, attendance and behaviour.
But Richard Thornhill, head teacher of Loughborough Primary School in Brixton, South London, one of the government’s flagship Extended Schools, gave warning that it would not be good for children to spend 50 hours a week at school. “We strongly encourage parents not to leave any child full-time five days a week,” he said. “It removes the opportunity for parents to get really involved with their own children. We cannot replace parents at school. We cannot replace the love and care and nurture they should get from their parents. Giving a child the freedom to have down time does not work very well at school because we have to have rules and regulations.”
David Willetts, the Shadow Education Secretary, agreed that children might suffer from being kept at school for so long. “It’s bad for children who are unhappy at school to keep them there,” he said.
Others welcomed the move. Frank Gulley, headteacher of Temple Sutton Primary School in Southend-on-Sea, which provides ten hours of services each day for children aged as young as six weeks, said: “It would be great if all children went home and had a smashing experience and sat down for a meal with their parents, but they don’t. Many of them just go to a childminder or are sat down in from of the television.
“If we were providing all lessons and no play it would be bad for them. But we provide many opportunities for play, do sport or learn an instrument.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2364182.html

kisses
irii

···SpRiNg!

2006-09-05T06:58:00.000-07:00

Hello, we're bera and iri.
And on the 21st September we're going to Monte Hermoso with all our friends, because it's spring day, all students don't have to go to school, and spend 3 days in Monte Hermoso, having fun and relaxing. We love it.
kisses ;)

good bye

bera & iri

. bASKET balL

2006-08-29T06:54:00.000-07:00

TODAY WE WON AGAINT TURKY, AND DEFEATED THEM!
at school we listened at the las quorter!!

:D

and ofcourse the 7-1 unforgetable!!

for all the cuervoss ;)

,, TASk # 9

2006-05-25T09:28:00.000-07:00

Hiii!
Today I'm writting about someething interesting I did during the week!

On tuesday all the class went jogging to the park! I't was really cool! .
al thought i wasn't tired, I didn't jogg al the way,, i walked part of it with 3 other friend who had diferent problems, (I had a back-ache).

when we finished the two traks to the corse, we stopped an ate sanguches de milanesaaa! :D they were greattt !!!!

jejejej

Then, one of the boys kicked a football into a tube,,, it almost gets stuck there but we could take it out!

I had a great time!

well
nothing moreee

kiisseess
(the picture is mi sister-me-agos-delfi(marti's sister) my face is covered with my hair :P ,, it was a windy day !!
IRii*

* ] ToDaY [ iN ] ThE [ cOmPuTeR ] LaB [ *

2006-05-09T17:48:00.000-07:00

HEYY

THIS IS TASK
7)
AFTER READING WHOSE FACE DO YOU SEE I UNDERSTOOD A LITTLE BETTER THE SITUATION IN WICH A FAMILY HAS TO DECIDE WETHER TO HOLD ON TO ONE OF ITS MEMBERS OR TO LET GO OFF IT.
I LIKED IT, BUT IT'S NO THE TIPE OF READING I'M USED TO. HOWEVER, IT IS GOOD ONCE IN A WHILE TO READ ABOUT REAL LIFE MATTERS.

TODAY IN THE COMPUTER LAB WE LEFT COMMENTS IN SOME STUDENT'S BLOGG, AND TO OUR SOURPRICE WE FOUD IN SOMEONE'S BLOGG OUR NATIONAL HIMN, I HOPPE HE CONTACT US TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HIM.

LOVEE,,

IRii*

AbOuT * wHoSe * FaCe * Do * YOu * SeE

2006-04-30T16:32:00.000-07:00

1.
c.
Looking at the mirror
We see in the left parts of mens’ faces and on the right part’s of two womans’ faces,
all four parts are from faces of diferent people.

2.
The daughter is speaking
Marianne’s parents are having a ruff time because they are having many differences, so she feels like nobody it’s taking care of her, like she doesn’t exist.
She’s at home, alone in her bedroom

3.
We don’t understand

4.
“Hospitals have always made me anxious”
ANXITY
“Surely if you go into a hospital you’ll fall ill and die yourself”
FEAR
“This hospital is different.”
Acceptance
This hospital is warm and smells of disinfectant and boiled cabbage- school meals’smell”
FAMILIARITY

valE & Iri

·wHoSe . FaCe . dO . yOu . SeE ?·

2006-04-18T06:43:00.000-07:00

This is the title of a stORY we'r going to reaD next class.. we were told to discuss with our partner what the story could be about , but my partner isn't here today.. so ..
I
think the story could be about a person who has problems with is/her personality and has trouble finding his/her true personality ..

we'll see if that's true in my next post (:

kiSesS!*

iRii* i valE*

MOVinG wORdS!

2006-04-04T16:33:00.000-07:00

HELoO!
tHiS iS a REaLLY tOUcHiNG FRasE :
"bETTER tO HavE lOvEd aND LOst.. tHaN tO hAvE NEvER lOvEd At aLL"
.·.·.· bY : sAiNt AuGuSTiNE

I cHOsE tHiS FRasE bEcAuSe i tHiNk So ToO.. NOt tHaT I'vE bEeN iN LOvE YEt bUT I' d sHuRe LikE tO FuRtHeR oN..

i LEavE YOu ThE LYRics To a sOnG I LikE :
bY kELLY CLaRkSOn

Seems like just yesterday
You were a part of me
I used to stand so tall
I used to be so strong
Your arms around me tight
Everything, it felt so right
Unbreakable, like nothin' could go wrong
Now I can't breathe
No, I can't sleep
I'm barely hanging on
Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes
I told you everything
Opened up and let you in
You made me feel alright
For once in my life
Now all that's left of me
Is what I pretend to be
So together, but so broken up inside'Cause I can't breathe
No, I can't sleep
I'm barely hangin' on
Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes
Swallow me then spit me out
For hating you, I blame myself
Seeing you it kills me now
No, I don't cry on the outsideAnymore..
.Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes
Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes

kELLY cLaRkSON iS OnE oF tHe winnERS OF AMeRiCaN iDoL
sHE SiNgS sOmE ReAlLy gOod sOnGs
LikE : SiNcE yOu'vE bEeN gOnE, bEcAuSe Of YoU aNd AnD a mOmEnT LikE tHiS !!

nOTHinG mOrE tO sAY .. ^^

kiSs

]iRi!

FiRsT pOsT (:

2006-03-14T06:20:00.000-08:00

Heyy!! my name is irina I'm 14 and I'm from argentina.. and this is the blog I've created for my english class.. it's the first time i've done something like this.. so I hope you enjoy my posts (:
there's nothing much more to say ..

iRina