Plans to cut summer holidays in Wales from six weeks to four have been shelved by the Welsh government, so will not take place until at least after the next Senedd elections in 2025. Critics have said the proposals are a waste of time, but the Welsh government say it keeps children engaged in school.
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00:00 Six weeks holiday is synonymous with the summer. It's been that way for decades and parents
00:07 and children know to expect a long break in between school years and that will stay for
00:11 at least the next few years as the Welsh Government shelves plans to change it. They've proposed
00:16 cutting the summer holidays to four weeks down from six in an effort to keep children
00:20 engaged in school without such a long break in between. The plans do not mean less breaks
00:25 for young people though as the two weeks lost in the summer holidays would be added to half
00:29 terms throughout the year. The Welsh Government have said that they will wait until at least
00:33 the next set of elections which take place in 2025 so 2026 would be the earliest that
00:38 we could see it come into fruition. A number of organisations have spoken out against the
00:43 plans with the Director of the Association of School and College Leaders, Cymru, Ethna
00:47 Hughes saying it has been an unwelcome distraction and an enormous waste of time. She said she
00:53 welcomes the decision to push the plans back but hopes it will not come into place at all.
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