opportunities now can only be a positive thing for the future. the idea is to build confidence — notjust academic achievement. but how will ten—year—olds like william deal with the workload? ithink i'll be ok, but if i do get tired, i guess i'd have to get up a bit later or go to bed earlier. that might be welcome news for william's mum, lucy, but the extra hour a day is going to mean changes to the whole family's timetable. it means that i've got to go home with my littlest and then come back to get my eldest. but, personally, that's a small sacrifice to give my eldest child an opportunity to be involved in the provisions. changing the school day will impact on every family's routine but picking up an hour later won't be a huge shift for most. however, the welsh government is also considering changing the school year, potentially doing away with the long summer holidays that have been part of life for over a century. traditional school terms come from a time when some children