Wasted school time

Kim19 I could join you in the singing and GN would be deserted!!

Chewbacca

Like many others, I suspect, I was a member of our all girls school netball team and we often went by school bus to play against the posh high school in the next town. We used to sing Alouette, Gentille Alouette at the top of our voices, whether we'd won or lost! (We were a lot like St Trinians!)

I think I remember you, I was at the posh girls' high school. and in the netball team.

I was the one who wasn't posh

I could sing in French at primary school too:

Frère Jacques
Frère Jacques
Dormez-vous
Dormez-vous
Sonnez les matines
Sonnez les matines
Ding, dang, dong
Ding, dang, dong

My grandchildren have been at home since last Thursday doing home schooling. It’s very challenging for 6 year olds.

I’m not a football fan and they had a lesson this afternoon around football. Apart from discussing who scored the goals a map of Europe was put on line for them to see. They were asked which countries had taken part and were shown via cursor where those countries were situated. Their homework was to draw either an England flag or Union flag and then find out 3 facts about Harry Kane. They then had to wrote 3 sentences about these facts.

It was certainly a learning experience for them.

It just shows how any experience or sport can be transformed into a learning opportunity.

I've been teaching GD, aged 8, to sing The Quartermaster's Song. Not the version we used to sing on the school bus though!

Ayse. Absolutely !

I remember a lot of songs from Primary school. We had a radio programme every Friday morning and a pamphlet with the songs in. It was good fun, except I sing like an old crow and had to sit with the boys.
When I asked DH if he had the same programme he started singing "Yanky Doodle Dandy" and Hearts of oak".Songs he had learned from the same programme.

All the talk of singing at school reminds me of our school song at an all girls grammar school. For reasons that are beyond me we used to sing "40 Years On" the song of Harrow School! I have no idea what we were supposed to make of "The tramp of the 22 Men" and "Follow up, follow up, follow up, follow up" meant nothing at all to us. I'm sure there must have been inspiring songs that were slightly more suitable for teenage girls.

It wasn't a football song or a song about football,it was Sweet Caroline as originally sung by Neil Diamond.The children were enjoying it immensely their smiles were a joy to behold

We sang English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish and French songs at primary school and American folk songs and some in Latin as well at senior school.
And sea shanties - Bobby Shafto's gone to sea

Gaudeamus Igitur!
Oh, Shenandoah

We didn't sing any pop songs.

Nanof3.. I see no harm in sinking this football song, its nice to see children happy. Happiness is the best tonic for a lot of ailments both physically and mentally, kids amongst the rest of us have had a hard time, give them a break. Singing and happy children does my heart good, asking as they're not using extreme swearwords. ??

Sorry for any typos

Callistemon

We sang English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish and French songs at primary school and American folk songs and some in Latin as well at senior school.
And sea shanties - Bobby Shafto's gone to sea

Gaudeamus Igitur!
Oh, Shenandoah

We didn't sing any pop songs.

I went to school with a Bobby shaftoe!

Really Lucca?

Did the girls sing that to him?
Did he join the Navy?

Callistemon

Really Lucca?

Did the girls sing that to him?
Did he join the Navy?

Yes really !

They are 'breaking children in gently', not throwing them in at the deep end of intensive learning. Please believe that teachers know what they are doing...rather than thrusting 'indoctrination' into the midst of childrens education.

We don’t know what went on in the preparation for the performance. Singing is good for wellness and prep could incorporate English, math and geography as well as other topics.

Look at it this way, due to covid the children won't be spending time rehearsing for their musical performance at the end of the school year. Instead the teacher chose a football song to fill the gap. The actual skills the kids acquired doing this are pretty similar, just different content.

Here’s another feel good story for the fun sponges.
Read and weep.

www.sportbible.com/football/community-take-a-bow-news-school-encourages-kids-to-enjoy-england-vs-italy-on-sunday-night-20210708

MerylStreep
Hello,
Here I am, so called ^Fun sponge^

Why do you think I care if children miss school?
My objection was to making children take sides

Irrelevant.

I thought it was brilliant for them to take part especially after all of the restrictions they have had. Music and singing makes people happy and is part of the curriculum, happy children learn more easily. Win, Win for me.

Boris is considering extending the school day, I think this is a good idea, it is now much shorter than when I was at school, not sure why?

We didn’t come out of senior school til 4, children are walking home anytime from 2 here.

I went to primary school in London and we had singing every single day. Farewell Manchester, Welsh National Anthem, Bobby Shaftoe, What shall we do with the drunken sailor, etc etc. I still remember the words today. You can’t read and write and do arithmetic all day long. I regret that they don’t sing enough these days.

My DH's school had a school song that none of them understood until they were older,
One line went" Where Scottish Mary sought the land and Cuthbert sought the sea."
It was about Mary Queen of Scots fleeing to England but the Cuthbert got him for years until I explained they had taken St. Cuthbert's body to the west coast of England to try and get it to Ireland away from the invading Vikings.
Mt funniest memories of singing at school were in Assembly, we were singing "Onward Christian Soldiers" and all the boys started marching on the spot. The other is we sang a lot of Gilbert and Sullivan our music teacher did not have much control and three big lads used to ask to stand up and sing"Three Little maids from school are we", I seem to remember they were the props from the rugby team.
Singing makes everyone happy even if you can't sing. I sang with a very deep voice so was always with the boys.
Years later in digs with some other girls my then to be DH unexpectantly came to see me and I wasn't in. My friends said I had gone out after singing Shirley Bassey's "Big spender in the bath". They said his retort was "Well she isn't looking for me then".

Because they start earlier, or have a 2x20 minute breaks but no lunch hour.
According to
^House of Commons BRIEFING PAPER
Number 07148, 24 March 2021
The School Day and Year
(England)^
The accepted norm in England is 25 hours for primary, 27.5 hrs secondary