St Georges Day

[STONEISLAND]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

Can we have more bank holidays that are not lumped in around May day and Spring bank holiday.It so messes up the school term around that point.

I reckon sometime between August and Crimbo OR sometime between spring Bank holiday and August.

What ever happens they would be tacked onto school holidays...

But we dont all have Schoold holidays. In fact very few of us have hoildays in school terms.......

[gazzae]

We get St Patricks day off over here, don't see any reason why other countries shouldn't get their respective days off.

[Halcyon]

Any extra holiday day off is a good thing so it gets my vote.

[allieyoung666]

We should get it reallly as he is our patron saint and most countries honnor their patron saint so why dont we or is the goverment being tight wads again!!!

It is generally accepted that the six week summer break for schools is due for reform and can no longer be justified, the whole education year is in need of change even the universities calendar needs to be better planned. As a worn out, semi-retired teacher myself, don't misunderstand me on this, existing holidays for teachers can be maintained in a new academic year, there are models that can be adapted.

There is a case for more public holidays, each nation within the UK can have its national day and perhaps a UK day in late September to balance things out.

Appeals to governments of whichever party tend to fall on deaf ears as the case will be business can't afford it!

[allieyoung666]

Originally Posted by Gogogo

It is generally accepted that the six week summer break for schools is due for reform and can no longer be justified, the whole education year is in need of change even the universities calendar needs to be better planned. As a worn out, semi-retired teacher myself, don't misunderstand me on this, existing holidays for teachers can be maintained in a new academic year, there are models that can be adapted.

There is a case for more public holidays, each nation within the UK can have its national day and perhaps a UK day in late September to balance things out.

Appeals to governments of whichever party tend to fall on deaf ears as the case will be business can't afford it!

I agree why carnt schools do that as then the kids will learn more about the patron saint before they break up and the holidays get nicely spread out, I dread the 6 wks as that is when I cannot work as I am childminding my 2

I am all for another bank holiday...

Bring it on!

[zoombini]

Thing is, from what I heard he never even set foot in England, so why is he our PS?

[Orior]

Go live in the north of Ireland. There we get the Glorious 12th of July so as to celebrate Orange triumphalism.

Originally Posted by Orior

Go live in the north of Ireland. There we get the Glorious 12th of July so as to celebrate Orange triumphalism.

While *locally* the 12th of July parades commerate the Battle of the Boyne, it also represents a wider 17th centurary European issue. Namely religious freedom, and the freedom to worship in whatever church you wished without the treat of persecution. You need to remember that most of the 1600's saw widespread religious wars/persecution in Western Europe.

Oh, and one other thing, Prince William (of Orange) had *Papal Blessing* in his war against King James. Go figure.

Sorry to take it off topic even further.

Originally Posted by zoombini

Thing is, from what I heard he never even set foot in England, so why is he our PS?

I found this: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch...stgeorge3.html

(Which in turn links to http://www.britannia.com/history/stgeorge.html)

[Theodoric]

Originally Posted by ScaredWebWarrior

And Mondays too!

And maybe we should let the Welsh have St. David's?

http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/bankhol.htm

Interesting how they lump England and Wales together - assume things are different in Scotland? They obviously have managed devolution better.

It's all historical. Wales was administratively incorporated into England by Henry VIII in 1536. When the Act of Union of 1707 took place Scotland retained its own laws and suchlike.

Originally Posted by skunk4u

But we dont all have Schoold holidays. In fact very few of us have hoildays in school terms.......

Well for those of us who do I'd like it just for once for a bank holiday not to be tucked into the school holidays...