I already have to do homework after school, I don’t want longer school days

I'm in half half but more yes why? For Yr 5's have to take tests to get into other schools no for we miss a lot of doing things we like!

I think that longer days would help with work because longer days means more lessons and more lessons means more knowledge

i'd become distracted and i'd want to be outside

Personally, by the end of the school day, I am usually too tired to pay much attention. What i think would help would be if the school day started at a more resonable time and ended later as waking up at seven and still being late to school is a pretty rubbish start to your day and makes you less likely to have the enthusiasm to learn.

At the end of the school day, I often feel tired so I would not be able to pay so much attention in later lessons if school was extended.

Well, if you think about it, longer school days won't really help us. We would have less time to do homework and other tasks we need to do, but more time to do things that are not really beneficial to us. We would feel more pressurized with all the school and extra work that it would not be good for our wellbeing and mental health. Maybe optional after school learning for children like us, if they feel behind. Extra curricular activities will be able to take place and our wellbeing will be better.

No! It sounds like it would make work worse! School is long enough as it is, personally I think school should be shorter! The longer school is the more bored you get, the more bored you get the less you concentrate, the less you concentrate the less you learn, the less you learn the less paths you can take etc.

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It really depends on how long the day would be. School is so important but one of the fundamental things about school is enjoying learning. Having longer days may afect how much enjoyment is taken out of it.

I don't think they would learn because normally you get really tired and stressed when you have longer days at school. Normal school days are fine with me. You also might not learn because your brain always needs refreshing.

I think school is already long enough and if anything the hours should be shortened. I would just get really tired and bored for more than 6 hours. Also by the end of 6 hours at school I am already bored.

I am split in half. They wouldn't be helpful as honestly, I do not believe children can focus when they have already had six hours of work. But what really persuaded me that they would be helpful is that children like me must be prepared for the stressful world ahead of them. They cannot go from six hours to, for example, long doctor shifts. Plus, it makes them more clever. They will become more focused after, let us say, the first two weeks. They would be more helpful, I believe.

I think that longer school days will be unpopular and disruptive with after school activities such as swimming lessons or meeting your grandparents. However, I think a max. of 30 mins of extra school is not that bad, as long as we get extra breaktime to make up for it!

No, definitely not. They wouldn’t help, in my opinion, they would just make kids, like myself, more tired and sometimes stressed. We’ve already gotten used to the length of our school days now and if that’s changed then it’ll mean having to get used to longer days and less time at home. We’ll spend less time with our family and less time just to relax and take a break.

If we have more playtime and no homework thats good.

I am home-schooled but if i had to do longer days i wouldn't have time to do homework and have time to myself as i am a full-time competitive swimmer.

When school ends I’m not focusing well so I just want to get home, do my homework, then relax. Adding on extra time would just make me more tired and unfocused

Wow Keyas123. What a great answer!