School to show England match at 7ampublished at 13:00 BST
13:00 BST
BBC Radio 5 Live
Let the children watch, or a good night’s sleep?
Why not both?
Malmesbury Primary School in Wiltshire are doing exactly that by opening up two hours early at 7am so their students can watch the match spoiler-free in full.
Their head teacher Steve Heal told BBC Radio 5 Live: “We didn’t know what was going to happen last night so this plan has formed in our minds this morning.
“Really we’re just going to invite the children to arrive at school at 7am if they’d like to, watch the match together in the school hall, we’ll give them a bit of breakfast, and we’ll be done by 9 o’clock in time to start school.
“That way they’re not going to miss a night’s sleep and they’re not going to miss a morning of school and we’ll just ask their parents to not let them know what the result is if they’re coming in.”
Asked if extra-time and penalties was a concern Mr Heal added: “We can skip over the gaps can’t we when we’re watching it on catch-up? But, we might not actually get started with our learning until 9:30.
“As a one-off I’ll take the Thomas Tuchel route and write them a note making an excuse. It is the World Cup after all. I’m a bit of a Bill Shankly fan on this. Remember he said ‘football’s not a matter of life or death it’s more important than that’.
“We’ll all enjoy it together, or, we’ll all cry on each others’ shoulders afterwards.”
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