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This. As long as you know he has worked the questions out properly, that should be fine.

Or, as a PP has suggested, just do the work a day behind.

Could you download Kami (free!) and edit the worksheet on the device - an ipad from the school if you need an extra one. You can buy a cheap stylos if necessary.

Surely the lessons are recorded and you can download them?

Can't you just screenshot the questions and write the answers on a separate sheet of paper?

I’ve been taking screenshots on my device, using ‘mark up’ to edit and letting my DC write the answers on that document and then uploading that.

Not because I don’t have a printer but because I’m tighter then a Duck’s arse.

They can't be printing off worksheets for every child and having people go in to school to pick them up. It sounds like there are enough people going in and out picking stuff up so they have to draw a line somewhere.
If you can afford a printer, save yourself a load of hassle and just buy one online.

You may be able to obtain a free printer from various sites such as freecycle or nextdoor.

Alternatively, a local business might offer to print things out. That has happened in our area.

My son’s state primary are preparing worksheets every week in packs for collection at set time slots on a Monday according to surname. There are about 30 sheets a week! They are also live teaching most lessons and videos for rest and marking the work.

Don't be a thoughtless person.

OP, I understand and I am a secondary school teacher. I wanted to post out some photocopies of pages from a text book to a group of pupils but was told I couldn’t do this. Not quite sure why, maybe because of COVID and the paper would have to be isolated for 72 hours before it could be looked at.

Anyway, I’d ask the school for an iPad if possible or, if none available, screen shot the pages.

It is so difficult at the moment and I have a great deal of sympathy for your situation.

Printers are really cheap!

YANBU I teach secondary & I have sat and handwritten workpacks for students and posted home. I also upload each sheet to Teams and also Classcharts.

There is a Teams App which I have on my phone and use it to monitor chat while my screen is being used. Could you stream the call on one device and use the other device for the sheet?

I think they should put the worksheet online too so those that write slower can access. It's taking me hours to prep simple lessons for this reason.

I think if they're expecting him to keep up then they need to adapt slightly. I doubt he is the only one too.

@Chessismygame I dont want to worry you but printers and ink are mostly imported from Europe, and post Brexit the prices have gone up. Some models and types of ink are very hard to get, and many sellers are gouging.
So before you buy, check you can get affordable ink for that model. If possible look for a model that you can refill yourself.

Other schools seem to be managing. Why can't yours?

Oh god. You sound EXACTLY like someone at my son's school. Priviledged. Not 'discriminated against' as she likes to bleet. She can't grasp that the teachers are at breaking point, only putting the work together the day before (as they are so busy) and can't just print off shit for every one. They've told them to just write the answers down on the workbooks they've given out. Trouble is she has a spectularly bad attitude to education in general and doesn't think anything is her responsibility and that teachers should be her child's sole educator.

I wouldn't mind but she hasn't a clue about what being disadvantaged is.

I don't have a high opinion of her. For a lot of reasons.

Kid is a little shit. Like proper little shit. Horrid child.

Its been an eye opener for which parents are just demanding and clueless.

yes my dc's school is handing out packs, they're really big on equality to the point that they gave this as a reason for not supplying (much) work in lockdown 1

I'm in the same position as you, but with DC who are younger and using Google classroom which to be honest is rubbish. Asked and got told no, so I'm now having to sit and draw out a load of squares on paper so she can plan out a mosaic. Also, with the stuff they are doing its not always possible to just write the answers i.e match this coin with the amount, label the map etc.

Maybe I'm being unreasonable but I could have sent the kids in under key worker jobs but I'm going out of my way to do my bit, juggling the homeschooling and work and this would really help ease the pressure.

@RedToothBrush hope you're not talking about me I'm having issues coming to grips with the teaching side of things and tend to focus on the target rather than the process.

We had to wait over a month at work for a new printer to arrive. There is a shortage.

The cheapest printers generally have more expensive ink.

My sons school is the same. Personally I can’t see why they won’t print a weeks worth out and we’ll collect them.
The teachers are surely planning a weeks worth of work in advance, and the schools have had the money for supplies 🤷‍♀️

If he has an EHCP that states he writes on worksheets, school have to provide them during remote learning. Have a word with the SENCO.

That's depressing, everyone has an equally bad outcome, not really the sort of equality we want.