Should school holidays be shorter?

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The head of Ofsted says school holidays should be shorter to give children more learning time. Do children get too many holidays, should terms be longer?

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00:00No, I think they should have more time off, but I think that it should be spread out because

00:05it's ridiculous where so many people have got to go on holiday, and at that time the

00:11holidays are ten times dearer than what they are normally. So why not let the kids be more

00:16staggered? That's my opinion.

00:17I think it's splitting more, because six weeks is a long time. So if you turn round and said

00:23like three weeks, but then again the prices go up everywhere during them holidays.

00:30I think basically, yeah, I'd say just leave it as it is. Because there's no big change.

00:39If they want to learn, children will learn. And if they don't want to, they won't.

00:47Let's face it, the last week in school for any of the kids from our holidays is nothing.

00:52Well, I do think there's too much homework, I must say that. Yeah, I really do. Because

00:55I know the kids have got other things to do in their life in the evening times, haven't they?

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