Article: Education view: Five-term school year best for everyone.(Education)

Article: Half-term special: Is the tide going out for those long, ...
The Independent on Sunday;  May 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... introduction of the six-term school year. Generally, this reduces ... have introduced the six-term year, officially called the Standard School Year. Take-up is voluntary ... tailored to reflect the six-term year. 'We're watching closely ...

Article: DEBATE: Should we change the school year? The ...
The Independent - London;  September 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... CHRIS PRICE YES The school year has an annual rhythm ... commission to study the school year. We recommended ... should be a six-term year. We were conscious ... Organisation of the School Year. He is a former ... suggested a five-term year, parents were ...

Article: Kent pushes for schools to adopt a six-term year
The Independent - London;  April 23, 2002 ;     699 words ... ... to adopt a six- term year from September ... shake-up of the school year for more than a ... traditional three- term year to be retained ... preferred a five-term year and 215 the six ... proposals, the school year would start in ...

Article: LEAs back proposed six term school year.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  December 18, 2001 ;     390 words ... ... radical shake up of the school year in more than a century ... the organisation of the school year. However, the second ... firmly against the six term year, an idea which was first ... term one of the new school year would begin in August ...

Article: Council debating a switch to six-term school year
The Northern Echo;  February 2, 2002 ;     453 words ... ... possibility of schools having a six-term year. The Independent Commission on the Organisation of the School Year has recommended that the school year ... commission has proposed to create a six-term year, with a two- week break in autumn ...

Article: Coming to terms with six-part school year.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  April 10, 2002 ;     651 words ... ... supportive of the six-term year but wanted to move as ... place in the 2003-4 school year and could be complete ... headteachers are among the six-term year's supporters. Secondary ... in the pattern of the school year. 'It will ease stress ...

Article: City wants to try new school year.
The Birmingham Post (England);  October 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... proposals to introduce a six term school year. Coun Roy Pinney, city cabinet ... but we would not introduce a six term year permanently unless it was a national decision.' The new school year, proposed by an independent commission ...