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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - house colonies]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why are teachers who have done free colonies for decades now saying enough?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/kids/why-are-teachers-who-have-done-free-colonies-for-decades-now-saying-enough_129_5735366.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/f9616bc3-6918-49e6-a825-bf8115ce8e17_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1591y909.jpg" /></p><p>These past few weeks, the media have been filled with headlines referring to the reactions and consequences <a href="https://en.ara.cat/society/teachers-who-will-not-go-field-trips-or-summer-camps-in-protest-it-s-way-of-affecting-other-sectors_1_5657581.html" >of the announcement made by some groups of teachers</a>, who have expressed their refusal to go on camps as a measure of pressure to improve the conditions of the educational system.Here are a few as an example: <a href="https://en.ara.cat/kids/going-camp-is-not-our-obligation_129_5705592.html" >“Going on school trips is not our obligation”</a>, <a href="https://en.ara.cat/opinion/teachers-versus-children-summer-camps-are-right_129_5659454.html" >“Teachers against children: school trips are a right”</a>, “Students from Valls refuse to attend class due to the cancellation of school trips [...]”, "The end of the educational contract", “Unease among families due to the threat from teachers”, “Families believe that stopping school trips is breaking the rules of the game”, “School trip centers fear the teachers' strike”, “Warning from school trip centers about teachers' protest: we are in COVID numbers”...It is very interesting to be able to interpret the nuances of these reactions: from <a href="https://en.ara.cat/opinion/teachers-versus-children-summer-camps-are-right_129_5659454.html" >the article published in this same newspaper by the director of relations at Fundesplai</a>, to Ricard Ustrell's apron on Catalunya Ràdio, you can dip bread everywhere. But what I find truly extraordinary is the ease with which these headlines are twisting the issue. Let's get this straight: the teaching teams <a href="https://en.ara.cat/kids/schools-and-institutes-look-for-alternatives-to-school-camps-due-to-the-lack-of-volunteer-teachers_130_5700008.html" >are the group that has most believed in the importance of organizing the colony experience</a> for the children in our schools. We have been doing it for decades without receiving any kind of compensation beyond the gratitude of the families and the children themselves. We have done it selflessly with the conviction that this experience is fundamental for many educational aspects.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Altimir]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 May 2026 05:02:35 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Children of colonies]]></media:title>
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      <title><![CDATA[School camps at risk due to the new time recording: "We should triple the price."]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/0e1b08aa-e786-4fb6-b780-5ca23bf3a365_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1483y680.jpg" /></p><p>The Ministry of Labor and Social Economy has stepped on the accelerator to implement stricter work time recording across the country. The Spanish government expects the text of the regulation, which is currently in the hearing phase, to come into force in less than six months and require all companies to ensure that their employees detail the hour and minute they begin and end their workday, as well as any breaks they take during the day. However, the leisure sector warns that, at least for now, this new regulation has forgotten its specifics, which could jeopardize school and family camps as we know them.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Diana Silva]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 18 Oct 2025 15:37:47 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[A group of colonies in Can Joval.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Leisure companies are demanding that their activities be included in the category of special days.]]></subtitle>
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