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Is there a maximum no of pupils you can have in a lesson?

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    Posted by: princessdiaries 07/09/2010 at 18:53
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    Hello, I am just wondering if anybody knows the answer to this or does it purely depend upon class size (the pysical classroom, I mean.) Thank you x
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    Posted by: curlygirly 07/09/2010 at 18:56
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    There is no legal class size limit after FS and KS 1.
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    Posted by: BigFrankEM 07/09/2010 at 18:58
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    princessdiaries:

    Hello, I am just wondering if anybody knows the answer to this or does it purely depend upon class size (the pysical classroom, I mean.) Thank you x

    Scotland has.

     

    England hasn´t.

     

    (A limit, that is.)
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    Posted by: princessdiaries 07/09/2010 at 18:59
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    Thank-you! Smile
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    Posted by: bobvincent 07/09/2010 at 19:45
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    The most I had in a class was 38 boys in a secondary modern boys' school in 1978. A bloody nightmare!

    Why is there no limit in England? Are the English too docile to stick up for themselves?
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    Posted by: curlygirly 07/09/2010 at 19:48
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    Don't know but there isn't! Biggest class I ever taught, was 39 year 5/6s in a modern classroom, designed by an architect who thought that no class was bigger than 20. We had to stagger movement around the classroom. The joy!
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    Posted by: bobvincent 07/09/2010 at 19:50
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    Did you  say anything to anyone about it? Is the a union there?
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    Posted by: BigFrankEM 07/09/2010 at 20:06
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    bobvincent:

    Why is there no limit in England? Are the English too docile to stick up for themselves?

     

    Got it in one.

     

    It´s known as "looking after number one.2

     

    Unions?

     

    Stuff and nonsense !

     

    Solidarity?

     

     

    Humbug !!

     

    "Yes, headmaster. And then I´ll buff the polish off your car. After I´ve supervised 4B´s prep but before I take your dog for its afternoon stroll. Lovely beast.

     

    The dog that is.

     

    Not you, sir.

     

    Though you do cut a fine figure for a man of 49, though I say so myself.

     

     

    Yes I´ll see to the tea a"
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    Posted by: BigFrankEM 07/09/2010 at 20:08
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    ...and biscuits before I go home to do my marking."
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    Posted by: bobvincent 07/09/2010 at 20:10
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    nice sarcasm, but underlying English sarcasm is an unwillingness to do anything about it
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