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School closures: Friday January 18, 2013
7:10am Friday 18th January 2013 in Latest
The following schools will be closed on Friday, January 18 due to the snow forecast. You can follow latest updates on the weather here
- Arnewood School, New Milton. Except for those sitting public exams.
- Avonbourne & Harewood Colleges
- Barbara Rose Pre School, Bournemouth
- Barton Primary School
- Beaucroft Special School, Colehill
- The Blandford School
- Bournemouth School, Bournemouth. Closed for everyone except for public exminations
- Bournemouth Collegiate School, Southbourne. Public examinations will continue as scheduled.
- Bournemouth Collegiate Prep School, Parkstone. Public examinations will continue as scheduled.
- Bournemouth and Poole College, all exams will be rescheduled
- Bournemouth School for Girls
- Bournemouth University
- Branksome Heath Middle School
- Broadstone Middle School
- Bursted Wood School, Christchurch
- Carter Community School, Poole
- Corfe Hills School, Broadstone
- Corpus Christi Primary, Boscombe
- Cranborne Middle School
- Dumpton School, Colehill
- Elm Academy, LeAF Campus
- Epiphany School, Bournemouth
- Glenmoor School
- Hamworthy Middle School
- Heatherlands First School
- Henbury School, Corfe Mullen
- Highcliffe School
- Hillview Primary School
- Kingsleigh Primary School
- Langstone School, Parkstone
- Linwood School, Winton
- Longham Pre School, Longham
- Lytchett Matravers Primary School
- Mudeford Pre School
- Mudeford Wood Play Group
- North Dorset Children's Centre & Nursery, Shaftesbury
- Oakmead College
- Panda Pre School, Blandford
- Parkstone Grammar School
- Poole Grammar School
- Queen Elizabeth School, Wimborne
- The Purbeck School
- Springdale First School, Broadstone
- St Aldhelm's Combined School, Poole
- St Edwards School, Poole
- St George's Primary, Langton Matravers
- St Ives First and Pre School, Ringwood
- St James First School, Alderholt
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Poole
- St Mark's Primary School, Talbot Village
- St Mary's RC Combined School, Poole
- Talbot Combined School, Talbot Heath
- Wareham Middle School
- Wareham St Mary Primary
- Wimborne First School
- Winchelsea School
- Winton Arts and Media
- Winton Primary School
- Winton Pre-School
Partial closures
- Bishops Waltham Infant School
Comments(62)
mazzg
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7:06am Fri 18 Jan 13
pins82
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7:11am Fri 18 Jan 13
Longspee School, Canford Heath
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afcb85
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7:14am Fri 18 Jan 13
spearchukka
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7:16am Fri 18 Jan 13
mazzg
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7:28am Fri 18 Jan 13
BournemouthMum
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7:30am Fri 18 Jan 13
alasdair1967
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7:31am Fri 18 Jan 13
Jetwasher
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7:33am Fri 18 Jan 13
BournemouthMum wrote:The teachers cant work in these extreme conditions ;0)
So virtually all the schools in the area are closed.because of a bit of snow? I wish they would let us know the day before so we wouldn't get up at 6.45am only to find we didn't need to!
GeorgieL
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7:37am Fri 18 Jan 13
tubsy
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7:39am Fri 18 Jan 13
fin6y
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7:39am Fri 18 Jan 13
Dadof2
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7:47am Fri 18 Jan 13
St Walburgas School said they think they will be open. lol
jeebuscripes
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7:55am Fri 18 Jan 13
alasdair1967 wrote:Yes they do!
Crazy ! Compared to many countries this is a light dusting of snow ,do you see school closures in Alaska,Scandinavian countries alpine regions where snow fall is measured in feet rather than centimetres ?
Go and google "does snow close school in alaska"
Loads of results.
Also, the countries you mentioned are used to snow. much more so than the Brits.
Southbourne Mike
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7:55am Fri 18 Jan 13
tubsy wrote:Corpus Christi is currently still open according to their website this was factual at 07.55
Hamworthy First School and Nursery website has posted that it will not be opening today.
aerolover
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7:56am Fri 18 Jan 13
woby_tide
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8:03am Fri 18 Jan 13
southcoast as it seems the Echo, councils and school websites are all incapable of updating
chris100
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8:04am Fri 18 Jan 13
lemonhead
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8:06am Fri 18 Jan 13
aerolover wrote:I agree with you,now it is any excuse not to go to school,do we see all work places closing down for the tiny amount of snow we have got,no we dont,just the schools as usual,no wonder The UK is a weak nation now.Just imagine what this generation are going to grow uo like,a bunch of lazy soft minded people that will be after compansation if you so much as sneeze near them.
In the 50's and early 60's schools didn't close due to a small amount of snow. Kids love it when it snowed but in this age when everyone is afraid of being sued no one wants to risk it.
ctrewyou
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8:23am Fri 18 Jan 13
Jetwasher wrote:The teachers cant get to work in these conditions, or at least some of them. And if a child slipped and broke an arm or something in the playground, you can bet their parents would be the first to sue the school for not supervising them properly. That's the real reason they close, I suspect.
BournemouthMum wrote:The teachers cant work in these extreme conditions ;0)
So virtually all the schools in the area are closed.because of a bit of snow? I wish they would let us know the day before so we wouldn't get up at 6.45am only to find we didn't need to!
And it's obviously such a big problem having to get up at the normal time when you dont have to, Bournemouthmum, it must be a real inconvinience for you.
adriang76
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8:41am Fri 18 Jan 13
GeorgieL wrote:Corpus Christi closed down as found on Wave radio's site
Anyone hear about Corpus Christi Bournemouth? Their website is not working properly.
Derf
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8:42am Fri 18 Jan 13
Austria, switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden all have higher rates of child literacy and numeracy. What do all these countries have in common? It snows quite a lot there.
Teachers should therefore be making even more of an effort to come to work when it's snowing to maximise the benefits snow has on young brains.
chris100
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8:47am Fri 18 Jan 13
fin6y
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8:48am Fri 18 Jan 13
oversixty
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8:56am Fri 18 Jan 13
What must be remembered is that many teachers nowadays live some way away from their schools and therefore there are bound to be teacher shortages in this weather!
woby_tide
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9:06am Fri 18 Jan 13
At least they can revisit their planning exercises for the next time this happens and find a more reliable method...maybe door-to-door knocking would be more use
jeebuscripes
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9:09am Fri 18 Jan 13
Derf wrote:Were you born and raised in the Australian outback?
statistically, snow makes children more intelligent.
Austria, switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden all have higher rates of child literacy and numeracy. What do all these countries have in common? It snows quite a lot there.
Teachers should therefore be making even more of an effort to come to work when it's snowing to maximise the benefits snow has on young brains.
spooki
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9:16am Fri 18 Jan 13
bobby2412
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9:44am Fri 18 Jan 13
i take it later if this snow gets worse parents will get texts ect to pick there
children up early
so parents that work will then have to leave work and rush to the schools
to pick there children up
it makes no sence either there all closed
or all open
sea poole
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10:14am Fri 18 Jan 13
ragj195
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10:22am Fri 18 Jan 13
BournemouthMum wrote:You must be on a wind up or something?
So virtually all the schools in the area are closed.because of a bit of snow? I wish they would let us know the day before so we wouldn't get up at 6.45am only to find we didn't need to!
Or do you really believe the school can announce it's closing before the snow has fallen. Seems like schools are now being blamed for their inability to predict the weather with 100% accuracy.
Afcbpete
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10:35am Fri 18 Jan 13
ragj195 wrote:A little bit of snow and everyone panics and everything grinds to a halt. It's absolutely pathetic LOL... It's ONLY a couple of inches for crying out loud....
BournemouthMum wrote:You must be on a wind up or something?
So virtually all the schools in the area are closed.because of a bit of snow? I wish they would let us know the day before so we wouldn't get up at 6.45am only to find we didn't need to!
Or do you really believe the school can announce it's closing before the snow has fallen. Seems like schools are now being blamed for their inability to predict the weather with 100% accuracy.
RageAgainstTheMachine
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11:02am Fri 18 Jan 13
ragj195 wrote:Our school did,we all had texts at 2pm yesterday to say it would be shut because of the expected snow. Most parents thought the head master was cracked.........
BournemouthMum wrote:You must be on a wind up or something?
So virtually all the schools in the area are closed.because of a bit of snow? I wish they would let us know the day before so we wouldn't get up at 6.45am only to find we didn't need to!
Or do you really believe the school can announce it's closing before the snow has fallen. Seems like schools are now being blamed for their inability to predict the weather with 100% accuracy.
farigola32
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11:46am Fri 18 Jan 13
lemonhead wrote:AGREE! Snow never used to close schools - except in extreme amounts or when the old boilers used to pack up! It was standard to don your wellies and walk to wherever you had to go - enjoying a few snowballs along the way, This increasingly litigious society is removing all sense of backbone and just 'getting on with it'! There - now I guess I've officially qualified for the 'old granny club'.Enjoy the snow all.
aerolover wrote:I agree with you,now it is any excuse not to go to school,do we see all work places closing down for the tiny amount of snow we have got,no we dont,just the schools as usual,no wonder The UK is a weak nation now.Just imagine what this generation are going to grow uo like,a bunch of lazy soft minded people that will be after compansation if you so much as sneeze near them.
In the 50's and early 60's schools didn't close due to a small amount of snow. Kids love it when it snowed but in this age when everyone is afraid of being sued no one wants to risk it.
sea poole
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12:18pm Fri 18 Jan 13
isaacworthington
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12:48pm Fri 18 Jan 13
BournemouthMum wrote:Obviously their crystal ball wasn't working...
So virtually all the schools in the area are closed.because of a bit of snow? I wish they would let us know the day before so we wouldn't get up at 6.45am only to find we didn't need to!
Lord Snooty
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1:35pm Fri 18 Jan 13
Repo
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1:44pm Fri 18 Jan 13
Well done Moordown st johns for staying open today. There is a photo on thier facebook page of kids having fun in the school playground. imagine that !
Genius comment, as seen on Twitter earlier: "Teachers, in among your many training days you have every year, why not have a learning to drive in the snow training day?!"
Repo
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1:47pm Fri 18 Jan 13
Lord Snooty wrote:Teachers unions are always generalizing about their own members aren't they? "lets ALL strike", "we ALL want better pensions, more pay, earlier retirement etc."
Not all schools are closed. St Thomas Garnet's is open. Be careful not to generalise about teachers and schools.....
guisselle
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2:16pm Fri 18 Jan 13
and actually was on her way and had to
turn around as roads in Bournemouth were bad!
Lord Snooty
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2:22pm Fri 18 Jan 13
Repo
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2:58pm Fri 18 Jan 13
Lord Snooty wrote:I don't hate teachers. I actually really appreciate the good ones. But they don't do themselves any favors by always towing the union line. I wish the more talented teachers would stand up for themselves and their pupils a lot more.
Blimey Repo.....you do hate teachers don't you? You're desperate to tar all teachers with the same brush. Do grow up!
alasdair1967
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3:56pm Fri 18 Jan 13
farigola32
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4:08pm Fri 18 Jan 13
sea poole wrote:Which 'early days' log books are you referring to? In my memory - and others' it seems - schools didn't close because of a little snow (they did for polling day though) but closed when drifts were up around windows! Nostalgia doesn't come into it - just can't believe we have a few flurries - more or less long gone - and schools close - why not teach younger people including teachers, that you face adversity and get on with it, not let it win. Now there's a 'nostalgic' lesson to teach our children.
farigola32- Never closed...? You've obviously NEVER read school log books from the early days -schools were forever closing -windy weather, heavy rain, snow, fetes in towns/villages/ flower shows. Think you're a little too nostalgic
alasdair1967
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4:17pm Fri 18 Jan 13
sammmymac
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4:28pm Fri 18 Jan 13
alasdair1967
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4:33pm Fri 18 Jan 13
sammmymac wrote:Your argument does not work we had 100% attendance at work today with employees travelling distance to get to in so you can not use that excuse in defence of teachers having to commute distance to get in if other workers can make the journey to work why can't they
You are all forgetting that teachers are merely employees and do not make these decisions themselves. Decisions to close schools are made by local authorities, heads and governors. Teachers have to do what they are told just like pupils. Lots of them live a considerable distance form the schools they teach in and have to set off between 6.30 and 7 on their daily commute. It is rare for a teacher to actually live in the catchment area of the school they teach in. Most schools will only have a couple that do. Could they realistically be left safely in charge of hundreds of children? I think you will find that most teachers are working at home today trying to plan how to fit all today's missed lessons into next week's timetable.
alasdair1967
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4:38pm Fri 18 Jan 13
sammmymac
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4:40pm Fri 18 Jan 13
alasdair1967
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4:47pm Fri 18 Jan 13
sammmymac wrote:The magic word litigation for gods sake teachers and pupils get to school in Scandinavian countries on a daily basis regardless of the weather the only fears I had in my youth going to school on a snowy day was the inevitable snowball ambush its the nanny state we live in ruled by the health and safety nutters
...because their bosses tell them the school is shut and not to come to work! Something to do with the fear of litigation in case of accidents by staff travelling or pupils slipping over in their care no doubt. Teachers don't decide these things, so if you're going to criticise, criticise the authorities not the employees.
sea poole
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6:02pm Fri 18 Jan 13
bucksteacher
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6:02pm Fri 18 Jan 13
alasdair1967 wrote:Because most other workplaces don't have around 1200 over-excited young people crammed into buildings designed for only around 800, with the school field under 3ft of water and out of action for months, which would most likely have resulted in actions by some pupils that would have compromised the safety of others and perhaps resulted in the exclusion of said students, affecting their life future life chances for the sake of an over-excited mistake. A long sentence, but hopefully one that goes some way towards showing that this is not about lazy teachers. The situation above refers to my own school in Dorset, which was closed today for this reason.
Why is it people from all sectors of the working community can manage to make it to work and continue on with there daily work routine yet it is deemed fit to close schools ?
alasdair1967
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6:18pm Fri 18 Jan 13
bucksteacher wrote:Well we all got by in our youth did we not ? So what's different now ?
alasdair1967 wrote:Because most other workplaces don't have around 1200 over-excited young people crammed into buildings designed for only around 800, with the school field under 3ft of water and out of action for months, which would most likely have resulted in actions by some pupils that would have compromised the safety of others and perhaps resulted in the exclusion of said students, affecting their life future life chances for the sake of an over-excited mistake. A long sentence, but hopefully one that goes some way towards showing that this is not about lazy teachers. The situation above refers to my own school in Dorset, which was closed today for this reason.
Why is it people from all sectors of the working community can manage to make it to work and continue on with there daily work routine yet it is deemed fit to close schools ?
bucksteacher
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6:21pm Fri 18 Jan 13
No we didn't, you are being nostalgic. Schools closed far more frequently than they do today, for many more reasons.
alasdair1967
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6:27pm Fri 18 Jan 13
bucksteacher wrote:Rubbish I do not recall a single day throughout my school years that school was closed be it teacher training days or due to the weather and at least during my informative years my parents where not penalised for taking holidays during term time
"Well we all got by in our youth did we not ? So what's different now ?”
No we didn't, you are being nostalgic. Schools closed far more frequently than they do today, for many more reasons.
sammmymac
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7:02pm Fri 18 Jan 13
BournemouthMum
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7:20pm Fri 18 Jan 13
alasdair1967 wrote:Me neither. I lived in London throughout my school years and I don't remember my school - or surrounding schools - ever closing due to bad weather.
bucksteacher wrote:Rubbish I do not recall a single day throughout my school years that school was closed be it teacher training days or due to the weather and at least during my informative years my parents where not penalised for taking holidays during term time
"Well we all got by in our youth did we not ? So what's different now ?”
No we didn't, you are being nostalgic. Schools closed far more frequently than they do today, for many more reasons.
bucksteacher
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7:23pm Fri 18 Jan 13
alasdair1967 wrote:sammymac seems to have a better memory, perhaps alasdair1967 was just lucky (my school closed frequently too). As for taking holidays, schools were not accountable for attendance then as they are now. The attention on schools deflects attention from the government who create the policies and backdrop that lead to these decisions.
bucksteacher wrote:Rubbish I do not recall a single day throughout my school years that school was closed be it teacher training days or due to the weather and at least during my informative years my parents where not penalised for taking holidays during term time
"Well we all got by in our youth did we not ? So what's different now ?”
No we didn't, you are being nostalgic. Schools closed far more frequently than they do today, for many more reasons.
bucksteacher
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8:14pm Fri 18 Jan 13
BournemouthMum wrote:...because you lived in London, where there is far less snowfall than elsewhere. My school closed pretty much every year in the Midlands.
alasdair1967 wrote:Me neither. I lived in London throughout my school years and I don't remember my school - or surrounding schools - ever closing due to bad weather.
bucksteacher wrote:Rubbish I do not recall a single day throughout my school years that school was closed be it teacher training days or due to the weather and at least during my informative years my parents where not penalised for taking holidays during term time
"Well we all got by in our youth did we not ? So what's different now ?”
No we didn't, you are being nostalgic. Schools closed far more frequently than they do today, for many more reasons.
Reader Echo
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12:33am Tue 22 Jan 13
This included snow, lack of heating or the incredible teacher training coffee and cakes days.
How parents can plan their working week around this unreliable shambles is beyond me. It's no wonder that this country is a claim seeking load of wimps.
oversixty
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8:45am Tue 22 Jan 13
Reader Echo wrote:Did you see the Winterwatch programme last week? It was about the big freeze 50 years ago which started on Boxing Day and lasted for 2 months!
When I was at school not one day from the age of five through to sixteen was missed at all.
This included snow, lack of heating or the incredible teacher training coffee and cakes days.
How parents can plan their working week around this unreliable shambles is beyond me. It's no wonder that this country is a claim seeking load of wimps.
My wife says she never went back to school until late February!
One day missed and you whinge about it! What would you have done 50 years ago?
bucksteacher
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7:45am Fri 25 Jan 13
Reader Echo wrote:"incredible teacher training coffee and cakes days"
When I was at school not one day from the age of five through to sixteen was missed at all.
This included snow, lack of heating or the incredible teacher training coffee and cakes days.
How parents can plan their working week around this unreliable shambles is beyond me. It's no wonder that this country is a claim seeking load of wimps.
..this confirms your total lack of understanding of what goes on in schools.
When you were at school, it is likely that your school buildings were designed with enough space. My school has 1200 in buildings designed for 700-800 - difficult on a normal school day, let alone the added complications of snow.
Get yourself into a school and find out what it is really like before making sweeping statements. I don't claim to know all about your line of work.
renea says...
6:58am Fri 18 Jan 13