tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post7110072109394184298..comments2024-02-23T10:53:19.705+00:00Comments on Dare to Know: DfES NOT Suitably EducatedCarlottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-66838040174284282812007-06-28T01:07:00.000+01:002007-06-28T01:07:00.000+01:00"In Holland, families wishing to HE must get an ex..."In Holland, families wishing to HE must get an exemption from school registration for deeply held religious or philosophical reasons. This exemption is very difficult to achieve since the actually law insists that children be schooled."<BR/><BR/>And the joke, of course, is that Holland characterizes its Constitutional provision for "free" compulsory State schooling in the religious tradition of your choice (Oh, goodie!) as "freedom of education."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-59400395701937148632007-06-27T16:12:00.000+01:002007-06-27T16:12:00.000+01:00It sounds like they're trying to get HE kids as mu...It sounds like they're trying to get HE kids as much into the system as they can. If they can get HE kids into school breakfast clubs, then that might be a first step to getting them into school itself, so they're extolling the "virtues" of such schemes. [gags]<BR/><BR/>They are only using breakfast clubs as an example of "structured interaction" for "contact time" though; they're not actually saying HE kids have to join them. And, as Carlotta so rightly points out, "contact time" is not mentioned in any statute anyway.33, 452https://www.blogger.com/profile/05211879747055010173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-44735565872263313232007-06-27T15:49:00.000+01:002007-06-27T15:49:00.000+01:00Are they suggesting home educated children need to...Are they suggesting home educated children need to eat breakfast outside their homes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-675407749247677762007-06-27T10:54:00.000+01:002007-06-27T10:54:00.000+01:00From what I remember from when dh's nephew was for...From what I remember from when dh's nephew was forced to attend one, a breakfast club is one of those initiatives invented to "make life easier for working parents and s** how the kids feel about it".<BR/><BR/>Kids get dropped off at school an hour, or even two hours, early and have their breakfasts there - they call it a club to try and make it sound fun and hide what a hideous idea it is.33, 452https://www.blogger.com/profile/05211879747055010173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-30551209052447799402007-06-27T10:08:00.000+01:002007-06-27T10:08:00.000+01:00But are those clubs where kids meet somewhere to e...But are those clubs where kids meet somewhere to eat a structured breakfast?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-31889588717328230542007-06-27T08:16:00.000+01:002007-06-27T08:16:00.000+01:00"appropriate activities like breakfast clubs where..."appropriate activities like breakfast clubs where there is structured interaction" What is this?<BR/><BR/>I had exactly the same reaction, and am still thinking that it doesn't even seem to fit with provision for excluded children, which some of the rest of the guidance reads like and which probably does contribute to the total confusion, since they appear to persistently apply non elective HE situations to elective HE.Carlottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-89595261444671730792007-06-27T00:13:00.000+01:002007-06-27T00:13:00.000+01:00Isn't Holland the country on top of the pile?Isn't Holland the country on top of the pile?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-62859761278526604752007-06-27T00:06:00.000+01:002007-06-27T00:06:00.000+01:00"appropriate activities like breakfast clubs where..."appropriate activities like breakfast clubs where there is structured interaction"<BR/><BR/>What is this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com