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nath9425
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Yep - A week off already 
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That was possibly the quickest and shortest term I have ever had though - Due to a late start and days closed to snow etc.
Oh well - I'm not complaining..
hock:That was possibly the quickest and shortest term I have ever had though - Due to a late start and days closed to snow etc.
Oh well - I'm not complaining..
43034 The Black Horse
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Yea Half term already. Had today off which was a nice Bonus....
Couldnt come a day sooner, even with snow days.
Couldnt come a day sooner, even with snow days.
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Sadly us university lot don't get any of the one week holidays we only get Christmas,Easter and summer.
Don't know about you, but I'm loving the sound of Uni summer holidays. Break up mid-June and start again in October!
Some people at certain Universities and on certain courses also get 1-week "reading weeks" which is basically half term.
Yep, half term it is. Several friends are celebrating at the Valentines Ball, a.k.a pi$$ up untill 2am. Personally, I prefer sleep!
It has been a short term, but a bloomin hard one, Mock exams, 6th form interviews, parents evening, 6th form choices...oh, and GCSE science modules for good measure!
It has been a short term, but a bloomin hard one, Mock exams, 6th form interviews, parents evening, 6th form choices...oh, and GCSE science modules for good measure!
Nasty, I always hated those science modules - are you doing the multiple choice ones? I did them 4/5 years ago and wonder if they've changed much?
Phoenix
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Yeah I get mid-June till Mid-September so your a little more lucky than me but we only get the one reading week really in October but they still ask us to come in to practice microscope techniques.
MCR247
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I had an inset day today!! 
Bring on half term....
Bring on half term....
D306
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half term. Not relaxing for me. I've got something booked for every day now, mainly a panto but it's great fun
Oh no you haven't
Glad half term is here, time to switch off... Looking forward to Carlisle next week though
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It's not fair, 5 years ago I had my last proper half term break in my last year at school, when I was at college it was called self directed study week!
Well, no studying was done at all as far as I was concerned! :P
Who else thinks half terms should be banned or reduced to one a year?
Well, no studying was done at all as far as I was concerned! :P
Who else thinks half terms should be banned or reduced to one a year?
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43034 The Black Horse
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Well, Got my half term planned. Hopefully fill up my 1000 miles a month regime aswell this week
Or as my flatmates called it: "Fresher's Week; Mark 2". Having 9am starts every day that week and no ID to go anywhere, it pretty much sucked for me :cry:
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There was a big reform of the GCSE Science thing in 2006 apparently. They now do things called ISAs - nothing to do with tax-free savings I don't think!
I had an inset day today!!
I sometimes wonder what the point in scheduling INSET days is, when staff take time off during the main term to go on courses in the name of INSET!
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I have nothing planned really for half term apart from late nights etc..
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Weve had 3 inset days since september with 1 or 2 more coming...
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Weve had 3 inset days since september with 1 or 2 more coming...
Yes, I'm not sure how half term prepares students for the real world, where you will be lucky to get 2 weeks off per year and work 40-50 hours a week plus.
That said, the really out of date concept is summer holidays, which came about through when schools were set up in the Victorian period and far more people (including children) worked on the land. The summer break was in order for them to help with the harvest - not sure much of that goes on any more!
That said, the really out of date concept is summer holidays, which came about through when schools were set up in the Victorian period and far more people (including children) worked on the land. The summer break was in order for them to help with the harvest - not sure much of that goes on any more!
It's also quite bad for those who have switched to the 6-term year (I think it's called that) as that completely changes the school year.
In Buckinghamshire we still had the "traditional" school year but the librarian's daughter went to school in Oxfordshire, and her school had changed to 6-term, meaning that the school holidays never lined up. I've heard stories of where parents have 3 children at different schools where their Easter holidays can go over 6 weeks!
Still, I'd never get rid of the summer holidays, too many good memories from those years ago
In Buckinghamshire we still had the "traditional" school year but the librarian's daughter went to school in Oxfordshire, and her school had changed to 6-term, meaning that the school holidays never lined up. I've heard stories of where parents have 3 children at different schools where their Easter holidays can go over 6 weeks!
Still, I'd never get rid of the summer holidays, too many good memories from those years ago
Yes and no.
The modules we're doing are split into 4:
1a
1b
2
3
1a and 1b are multiple choice, 30min papers but 2 and 3 are short answer, 45min papers.
There's a paper each for Biology, Physics and Chemistry so it actually looks like:
B1a, C1a, P1a
B1b, C1b, P1b
B2, C2, P2
B3, C3, P3
The ones in January were p2, so now I've just got p3 to go!
Tom B
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There should be 5 per year, although some may be taken as evenings.
Unless you're a teacher - in which case it's 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year!
Tom B
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I'm aware and that was slightly tounge in cheek - however, teachers do have PPA time for planning etc, and any hours they may work in the evenings etc go towards their 1265 hour limit.
Yep. My two weeks start from the 2nd of March all the way to the 16/03/'09.
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