How will it work when schools go back?

[Atleastitssunny]

How do you think kids will be going back? I’ve been thinking about this a lot, we’re working full time and have a baby so homeschooling is just not happening in this house. Bits here and there and encouraging lots of reading but no formal learning... some of the school mums have gone full on teacher mode though.

We haven’t been set any ‘official work’ (primary) it’s just lots of links and suggested learning.

When the kids go back to school, how do you think this is this going to work? Will they reteach the curriculum? Will some kids ever catch up? Will they just have more wider ability sets? Just completely Miss off the learning they would have done?

What do you think?

I wonder this too
I expect them to be off until September when they will pick up the curriculum for whatever year they’re in then
Apart from the kids in gcse and A level years where they will have to work extra - maybe in holidays or weekends/ after school to catch up
Just My guess

I'm a teacher and been wondering this myself. I have absolutely no idea what is going to happen, I'm just desperate to get back into the classroom!

It depends if we go back before or after the summer holidays. If schools are to maintain social distancing, they could not run at full capacity, meaning a phased return, such as starting with a few year groups or pupils rotating between studying at home and school. It could mean staggering break times and putting a limit on class sizes.
Some people argue that primary schools should be the first back. This would help parents and stop disadvantaged youngsters falling behind at an early stage. Others say priority should be Years 10 and 12, who are part-way through GCSEs and A-levels, and Year 6, where children are about to move to secondary school.
And there are other questions around safety. Would children with family members vulnerable because of health conditions return to school? How many vulnerable staff would need to be shielded? What protective equipment might be needed for teachers?
There’s also going to be massive disparities between pupils that the teachers will have to deal with:
Firstly, some children will have had some kind of routine, such as being dressed and breakfasted by 08:30 on weekdays, which will help them adjust when schools reopen. On the other hand some other children who don’t have a routine are almost becoming nocturnal - going to be really late and sleeping TIL lunch.
Then there will be some children who have moved forward with their leaning because they’ve done everything they’ve been set, and engaged with loads of online bitesize programmes . There will be other children who haven’t progressed but haven’t slid back either because they’ve been doing just enough to keep their academic skills ticking over. And then there will be others who actually regress because they’ve done absolutely fudge all apart from pick up their Xbox controller (or who haven’t had access to technology).
Thirdly, is important to remember that school has a social function for children. So again, the teachers will have to deal with massive differences in children’s abilities to communicate and engage with both adults and peers.

Core primary skills are taught in a spiral. They'll pick up where they left off and carry on differentiating. It's what they do.
The first point that matters (11+ aside) is GCSEs. That's a long way off for any primary children, and plenty of time to catch up.
They will need good pastoral care though.

Yes, I agree about the pastoral support. We’re getting some staff trained up to deliver ELSA support.