Six terms - a bad idea?

In our area we have adopted the 6 term school system this school year – initially I saw little difference from the regular three terms but I, and other have been noticing rather annoying differences as we’ve progressed through the year. First thing was that some term end breaks are 1 and a half weeks, instead of the usual one week. Not working myself it just breaks my week up a bit, but I understand that working parents have found it very difficult to cover the extra child care.

Next thing was Easter. Most schools absorbed the Easter bank holidays as their normal end of term holidays, no such luck here though – we had 4 days off for Easter and then the kids went back for 3 and half days before their holidays. What happened was that two weeks of school were disrupted. And I’ve not heard anyone say it was a good idea.

Next week it’s bank holiday, and the school is shut on Thursday for the election – although I can’t really pin that on the six term system, I do object to such disruption to the kids school week – again!