Go England?

[alhewison]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Mary Jennings" <macloudt at h...> wrote:
> As some of you may know, England plays Nigeria in the world 
football 
> championships tomorrow morning GMT.  On that note, my daughter came 
home 
> from primary school with a letter to all parents.  Here are 
snippets of it:
> 
> "I am writing to let you know how this school will be operating 
tomorrow 
> morning in response to many requests from parents and pupils.  
School will 
> open as normal for pupils and we expect all children to be in by 
8:50 am 
> [normal opening time]...[w]e appreciate that many families are very 
> interested in the [football] but some are not at all!".
> 
> What follows is a schedule stating that TVs will be set up in 
school so that students can watch the second half of the game if they 
wish to do so.  
> "School staff will supervise the watching of TV until the match 
ends when children will return to class and begin normal lessons.  
Unfortunately we do  not have room for parents to stay".
> 
> EH!?  Parents stay?  What the...
> 
> The letter ends with the headteacher reinforcing that it is a 
normal school  day, so uniforms are to be worn and face-painting and 
hair spraying will not  be tolerated.

Parents at my daughter's school were given letters stating that 
children were to attend school as normal: it would be too disruptive 
for those not watching the football to have other kids arriving 
throughout the morning. And no, no children will be able to watch the 
game in school. This letter was released in response to numerous 
requests to go to school late - and I suspect that alot of kids will 
turn up late anyway! This rulling means that I will miss the end of 
the game though!

Ali
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