Just want to know whether anyone else has done/is thinking of doing this. My DD is 13 and in S2 (equivalent of Yr 8 I think?) and we're doing OK with the online learning although it mainly consists of been given work to go away and do and then minimal comments back on the work that they send in - no Zoom lessons or anything especially interactive. We use Show My Homework/Satchel One and my phone is constantly pinging with notifications of homework being set or notifications that homework has/hasn't been submitted.
Today I had 4 notifications from the RE teacher, setting homework for submission by the end of the school day. It isn't particularly onerous but it is voluminous and I'd much rather my DD spend some time reading a book, or doing some history research, or doing her art homework than having to spend time doing homework for RE.
I'm in Scotland (and will be posting on Scotsnet) but I just wanted to have a wider input on the general principle. My DD is engaged but finding it hard doing all this work without the exchange of chat/ideas/debate with fellow pupils and without the input of teaching from a teacher face-to-face. If I could lessen her load I would because it's hard for her and we're finding it difficult .
We're a non-faith family but I've never minded her doing her 1 hour of RE every week because, in a classroom environment, I can see the value of debate and exchange of ideas. But this doesn't happen in the confines of her bedroom over a computer screen and it just seems pointless.
I'd just send an email to the Head and say can we opt out. I'm not going to get in a barney about it or anything.
Be interested to hear what others think.
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Online learning at home - RE and opting out
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OptOutRE · 18/01/2021 12:07
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