Schools Shutting Early Today

[Tricky Dicky]

I went to Newlands with Neil Bamber, Mike's son.

I went to Newlands Manor.

 

[Puppet Master]

University of Sussex closed clap: )

 

[Everest]

Newlands?

No. St Johns

 

[LadySeagull]

In all my years of primary & secondary education, my schools never ever shut for snow, not once. Gutted. Today's kids don't know they're born.

You are right...in my day I lived in a cardboard box in't middle of't road and had to get up before I went to bed and lick't road clean wi' tongue...

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Sussex Uni have shut their campus and kicked us out towards a warm pub. Shambles.

 

[1066familyman]

You are right...in my day I lived in a cardboard box in't middle of't road and had to get up before I went to bed and lick't road clean wi' tongue...

Thing is though, all time classic comedy sketch aside, this country really is fast becoming pathetic!

Barely a dusting here and most of the schools closed down at dinnertime. My own work took the decision to start getting people home at midday. As I say, pathetic!

God knows how we'd cope in the event of a proper national disaster

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Sussex Uni have shut their campus and kicked us out towards a warm pub. Shambles.

It may be a shambles, but what a lovely shambles!

 

[JCL666]

Thing is though, all time classic comedy sketch aside, this country really is fast becoming pathetic!

Barely a dusting here and most of the schools closed down at dinnertime. My own work took the decision to start getting people home at midday. As I say, pathetic!

God knows how we'd cope in the event of a proper national disaster

Oh pipe down... "i'll make it into work no matter what" f*** THAT!!

Today's brilliant!!

Get out of going to work. Lark about with the kids sledging, building snowmen and having a snowball fight. That's called FUN

And before you say anything NO I don't get paid when I am not working as I am self employed.

 

[nwgull]

Oh pipe down... "i'll make it into work no matter what" f*** THAT!!

Today's brilliant!!

Get out of going to work. Lark about with the kids sledging, building snowmen and having a snowball fight. That's called FUN

And before you say anything NO I don't get paid when I am not working as I am self employed.

Most definitely this. I'd rather take a day off of work once every year or so than spend £500 on a set of winter tyres and pay more council tax just so that we can cope with the very rare snow days that occur in this country.

 

[1066familyman]

Oh pipe down... "i'll make it into work no matter what" f*** THAT!!

Today's brilliant!!

Get out of going to work. Lark about with the kids sledging, building snowmen and having a snowball fight. That's called FUN

And before you say anything NO I don't get paid when I am not working as I am self employed.

All for a bit of fun and time off work. I'm no martyr to the cause and always go out and play in the snow with my kids... when there's snow on the ground !

As I say, barely a dusting here and still the schools have been shutting down. That is pathetic I'm afraid. As was said earlier, when I went to school they never closed schools. We all went in and had a right laugh with our mates and took the opportunity to lob snowballs at teachers when moving between lessons without fear of reprisal. I can't imagine that would be allowed nowadays.

I'll stop now because I realise I'm sounding like a "world's gone mad" grumpy old man. Enjoy playing in the snow today - if we get enough to play out in here then I'll be out in it with the kids too

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

And how are the trains?

 

[Hungry Joe]

Despite what those with bad memories and rose-tinted spectacles say, schools have always closed due to adverse weather. It is more of a problem now simply because so many pupils travel in some distance. Long gone are the days when most could walk or take a short bus journey to school.

 

[1066familyman]

Despite what those with bad memories and rose-tinted spectacles say, schools have always closed due to adverse weather. It is more of a problem now simply because so many pupils travel in some distance. Long gone are the days when most could walk or take a short bus journey to school.

To be fair, I can remember our school closing for the day once because the heating went up the spout in the middle of winter. Perhaps they did ( it was a long time ago), but I can't honestly remember any of the schools I went to ever closing for snow though. What makes me remember that is clear memories of playing in the snow at school.

One of our kids has just got back from walking home from school now. To his school's credit they stayed open all day. Why the other 2 schools our kids go to felt the need to close really is beyond me - as I keep saying, there's just a dusting of snow here and all the roads, even side roads, are completely clear!

 

[Puppet Master]

Sussex Uni have shut their campus and kicked us out towards a warm pub. Shambles.

East Slope made me a hot toddy at my request, that warmed the cockles of my heart

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

I remember my primary school closing one day every December so the teachers could go Christmas Shopping.

 

[Hungry Joe]

To be fair, I can remember our school closing for the day once because the heating went up the spout in the middle of winter. Perhaps they did ( it was a long time ago), but I can't honestly remember any of the schools I went to ever closing for snow though. What makes me remember that is clear memories of playing in the snow at school.

One of our kids has just got back from walking home from school now. To his school's credit they stayed open all day. Why the other 2 schools our kids go to felt the need to close really is beyond me - as I keep saying, there's just a dusting of snow here and all the roads, even side roads, are completely clear!

Each school's headteacher has to make a decision based on their school's particular circumstances with respect to their duty of care to pupils, teachers and parents dropping off/collecting children. One school's circumstances can vary greatly from another's just down the road, dependant on a host of factors. I can guarantee you that it is not a decision any headteacher takes lightly. The thing that annoys me is that a lot of the parents moaning are the same ones who'd be first on the phone to a solicitor if their little darling slipped and broke his arm on school grounds.

 

[1066familyman]

Each school's headteacher has to make a decision based on their school's particular circumstances with respect to their duty of care to pupils, teachers and parents dropping off/collecting children. One school's circumstances can vary greatly from another's just down the road, dependant on a host of factors. I can guarantee you that it is not a decision any headteacher takes lightly. The thing that annoys me is that a lot of the parents moaning are the same ones who'd be first on the phone to a solicitor if their little darling slipped and broke his arm on school grounds.

Yep, and therein lies the problem - blame/suing culture that leaves those in positions of authority pushed into an overly cautious mindset. The whole thing becomes a vicious circle and kids will end up growing up to be precious and everyone's afraid to do anything. I sympathise greatly with headteachers and of course it's their call, but I wish more people in authority would stand up and make bolder decisions at times to be honest. As a society I just can't help feeling we need to 'man up' a bit. Some truly pathetic decisions taken in our town today I'm afraid.

 

[Hungry Joe]

Yep, and therein lies the problem - blame/suing culture that leaves those in positions of authority pushed into an overly cautious mindset. The whole thing becomes a vicious circle and kids will end up growing up to be precious and everyone's afraid to do anything. I sympathise greatly with headteachers and of course it's their call, but I wish more people in authority would stand up and make bolder decisions at times to be honest. As a society I just can't help feeling we need to 'man up' a bit. Some truly pathetic decisions taken in our town today I'm afraid.

There is some truth in what you say. I work in health & safety and am constantly having to battle against the 'elf'n'safety gone mad' perception. However, there is starting to be a sea change in that more and more employers are getting wise to the fact that most threats of civil or criminal action have no sound basis in law, partly helped by the HSE's own 'myth busters' campaign. There was an excellent article in The Independant recently called 'health & safety gone....very sensible' about this. The fact remains though that the world has changed, mostly for the better in terms of safety, and the risks have changed too. More and more people travel further and further to/from their place of work/school, and this has to be taken into account. Parents just tend to see it as a local problem. My brother has to travel daily from Lancing to Cuckfield to teach, and that is not uncommon. Many of hsi school's pupils have to bus in from all over Mid Sussex. As long as these decisions are based on sound judgement with full understanding of the law I have no problem with it. The net result of people 'manning up' is often more people needlessly injured or killed, as was the case a couple of years back with the man killed riding his motorbike to work at Gatwick due to being put under pressure by his employer to come in.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Stanford Road Juniors 12:45pm I heard. Stanford Road Infants stayed open until normal, althought I picked Junior HB&B about 1pm.

 

[Soulman]

In all my years of primary & secondary education, my schools never ever shut for snow, not once. Gutted. Today's kids don't know they're born.

Same here.