What is this Norwood school I’ve been hearing about ?

[Lardlizard]

Is it just a school
Putting up online work or something ?

Oakwood isn't it.

BBC Bitesize looks better to me though. The first lessons on the academy were very easy

Oak national academy.

I thought you meant the posh nanny place ')

Oh it must be Oakwood I hear people talking about, thanks

I thought you were talking about the nanny school too

Oak National Academy www.thenational.academy/

Actually, I think the lessons are really rather good, with the caveat that I have only properly reviewed KS2.

My kids enjoyed the lessons. But they'd clearly already covered the content and managed it with ease.

As online resources go though it was good and easy to navigate

My kids enjoyed the lessons. But they'd clearly already covered the content and managed it with ease.

The people who made the lessons can't be expected to know where every kid is at! It's not a differentiated resource. Just bump your kids up a year group if the content suits them better.

The nanny school is Norland

The people who made the lessons can't be expected to know where every kid is at! It's not a differentiated resource. Just bump your kids up a year group if the content suits them better.

No - obviously not, but a lot of it is pitched very low. The reception Phonics lesson was introducing the sound “s” which most schools would have covered in September. The year 1 maths task was to look around the house for things that were taller than you. I can’t think of any 6 year old this is educationally appropriate for.

Well at least the ones that are pitched too low can help those who struggled with the more basic classes, rather than leaving them even further behind.

I don't expect them to know where my child is at. It's a good resource, the kids enjoyed it. They found it easy but enjoyable so we're happy with it.

"The year 1 maths task was to look around the house for things that were taller than you"

Yep, this is one of the tasks I was referring to. Can't really get so enraged about my assumption that all year ones will have covered this already

Maybe KS1 is further off the mark than KS2. They KS2 stuff that I've seen may not be perfect, but it certainly isn't so low it's patronising.

For example Y5 English is retrieval questions- which are of course the easiest type, but the texts chosen, I would say, are spot on for Y5, (The Hobbit and Sky Song).

I love these lessons! I think they’re excellent.

Well at least the ones that are pitched too low can help those who struggled with the more basic classes, rather than leaving them even further behind.

I don’t think any reception child whose been at school since September and still doesn’t know the sound ’s’ will learn it duse to a 5 min video clip!

Who’s and due. Sorry!