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Old 08-10-2021, 01:03 PM #1
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Default October half term holidays.

Why is it called half term?

It's like 2 months on from the summer holidays, making it nearer a quarter of the yearly term than it is half way through.
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Why is it called half term?

It's like 2 months on from the summer holidays, making it nearer a quarter of the yearly term than it is half way through.
This term is sep to Xmas 7 weeks each so this us half term it a bit like prison if some one doing 10 years 5 years is hard there term done
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Why is it called half term?

It's like 2 months on from the summer holidays, making it nearer a quarter of the yearly term than it is half way through.
its 2 months from half term to december, so it's half way through the term
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They should have done away with it this year
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its 2 months from half term to december, so it's half way through the term
Ah, so the pupils do so many terms in 1 school year?
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Ah, so the pupils do so many terms in 1 school year?
There are 3 terms of roughly 3 months each in a school year,
Summer - Christmas,
Christmas - Easter,
Easter - Summer.

So the October break is roughly half way through the Summer to Christmas term.
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There are 3 terms of roughly 3 months each in a school year,
Summer - Christmas,
Christmas - Easter,
Easter - Summer.

So the October break is roughly half way through the Summer to Christmas term.

I wish they just kept it as tattie picking week.
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I wish they just kept it as tattie picking week.
its still referred to as the tattie-howking holiday around here
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