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The extended school summer holiday would be abolished and the school year divided into four or five terms with shorter breaks, under proposals to be put to the Government by its poverty advisor Frank Field. Mr Field will make the recommendation - based on findings that long holidays disadvantage children from poorer backgrounds - in the week beginning September 13, 2010. He will also propose that women should be given up to GBP 25,000 in advance child benefit payments to enable them to stay at home to look after young children.
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(who I can't link to the story on because they want to charge £1 so when Mr Field does do his announcement will put that up from the gov sites - anyway will link to Wirral news instead - Birkenhead MP Frank Field calls for school summer holidays to be cut - Wirral News )
I think it is a bloody brilliant idea - we don't have the summers we used to so the 'it's too hot to work' doesn't cut it, its a nightmare for parents finding childcare for 8 weeks, and the kids get sooooooooooo bored towards the end of it.
Not sure about the £25k in advance deal though, I'd just go buy a people carrier lol - and why only women ? durrrr.. be interesting to see what he ACTUALLY is proposing.
The Times | UK News, World News and Opinion
(who I can't link to the story on because they want to charge £1 so when Mr Field does do his announcement will put that up from the gov sites - anyway will link to Wirral news instead - Birkenhead MP Frank Field calls for school summer holidays to be cut - Wirral News )
I think it is a bloody brilliant idea - we don't have the summers we used to so the 'it's too hot to work' doesn't cut it, its a nightmare for parents finding childcare for 8 weeks, and the kids get sooooooooooo bored towards the end of it.
Not sure about the £25k in advance deal though, I'd just go buy a people carrier lol - and why only women ? durrrr.. be interesting to see what he ACTUALLY is proposing.