At the mo in the UK the kids are off on their school holidays. (And I bet their mums are lovin every minute) Now the length of this holiday is six weeks. Ever since I was at school it has always been six weeks. But why do they always have six weeks? I asked this question some years ago and I was told that it goes back to the wartime years. At this time they needed all the manpower for working in the fields for harvesting etc. So they extended the summer school holidays to cater for this. Is this true? Or can anybody give me a better answer? Thank you
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yeah i've heard that too but i just think it's so it fits the holiday requirements in the uk. but at my school (a private school) we get 8 weeks at summer and 3weeks at easter and at christmas aswell as half terms. BUT we start school at 8.30am and finish and 5.30pm (buses leave at 5.40 and i get home at 6.15-30) and we only have a 40 minute lunch and 20 minute brake in the morning- which means the schools day is longer than most adult working days may i add!!!!!! but at my brothers schoold , where they start at 9 have towo 15 minute brakes throughout the day and ahve a 1.5hour lunch brkae and finish at 3pm they only get 4 weeks off at sumemr and the usual xmas , easter and half term holidays. so i think it just depends on what type of achool you go to and where it is.
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