Public sector strikes: what will you tell children?

We ask teachers and parents explain how teachers' strike this week for students

Paul Luxmoore, Director of the School Dane Court Grammar in Margate, Kent

Our students have not experienced a general strike in his life, so I do not think many of them can see beyond having an unexpected out of school. Of course, if it were to continue for an extended period, as it did in the 1980s, they could start to feel very uncomfortable. I expect teachers to use common sense when answering questions from students on strikes. And I hope that some see an opportunity to discuss major political issues: the recession, debt and the collective economy, for example

Colin Goffin, deputy director and professor of media at Benjamin Britten High School Lowestoft

Our students are mostly enthusiastic about the idea of ??an extra day off, but we had some discussions on strikes. In media studies, we investigated how the decision to strike of teachers was covered in various newspapers. I also used as an opportunity to talk to older students on work contracts, asking "What if you have a job and your employer has amended his contract so he had to work long hours different or get money paid less? "

Catherine Bourne, an English teacher

not going to be amazing. I understand why the others are, but in the current economic climate, there are many people in other professions who have a difficult time for him not to withdraw their work. This is exactly what I say to students. I was not teaching for the money - that went into it because I wanted to make a difference in the lives of children. For me personally, there are many more important issues to get excited, like the introduction of the new Ebacc grade and how the government of professional qualifications such as BTEC almost worthless.

Jackie Schneider, a music teacher in primary school at Alamo Elementary School and Santa Teresa in the London Borough of Merton

As in all aspects of education, my principle is to always tell the truth, so accessible. So if the kids ask me what is the strike, I would say that this is a last resort, that teachers are leaving the workforce because they have a disagreement with the government, and after all other means of negotiations have failed, it is their democratic right to strike.