tarmac terror

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My kids have been sent home with some books from school with a note for parents to put a protective covering on the books.

I recall as a kid having by school books covered with the most awful wall paper from the 1980's but I would have thought with schools now focussed on responsible citizenship and trying to improve their environmental credentials that un-necessary use of paper would have caused this pointless activity to have ceased years ago.

Can anyone (esp teachers) tell me what the point of this exercise is? Why on earth in the 21st centuary do schools insist on having 'paperback' notebooks covered with some other type of paper covering? My kids have a book case each with more books than I care to count, and none of them have additional covers over that of the manufacturer. None of them are damaged or destroyed beyond the odd turned down or creased page. Totally pointless waste of time, and paper.

RA Dunk

**** me, I remember doing this in the 70's!!

The Trooper 1815

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Me too! God awful flock paper

speedking

Sticky back plastic FTW!

JayUK91

Are they allowed to cover it in what they wish? For me at school we could cover them in posters and such.

This is just the simple psychology of positive association. A child may dislike a subject at school, but the small act of associating that subject with a book covered in their favourite 'thing' goes a long way in improving relations between the child and that particular subject.

Of course, I completely made that all up. It's probably just bored teachers.

alcazar

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Stops them graffiti-ing them.

Throwback to the old grammar schools, hence the stricter uniforms, blazers etc that many parents can't really afford.

But hey-ho...it helps weak parents who can't tell their kids what NOT to wear for school: blame the school.

Get some clear plastic sheeting.

Or buy slip on covers and sellotape them in place.

Rusti

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I thought it was to make them easier to identify which was yours seeing as they are all the same? We had to do the exercise books as well!

zip106

Centrefold from Plumpers Monthly - goes down a storm.

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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Mine were done with Woodchip paper, it was cheap at 99p a roll, and got lots of it.

Made the books bloody heavy though

Dr Hu

yep my daughter came home with hers to cover last week too!
It does seem a bit wierd these days.

wrx300scooby

Are you in Ireland too Dr Hu?

Dingdongler

My son also came home with about fifteen books at the beginning of term that needed covering. We had to do them in clear sticky back plastic, took me all frickin' evening to do.

CrisPDuk

I remember doing this back in the '80s

My mum used to do the book-keeping for a few local companies, one of which made brightly coloured paper, so my exercise books usually got covered in their wastes & seconds

It was an easy way of spotting other kids whose parents worked there too

urban

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Thats what I assumed