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Please fess up, how many hours a day schoolwork are your Primary school juniors doing each day?

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JMAngel1 · 18/05/2020 08:03

Just read a survey on BBC website that said poorer families are only doing 4.5 hours each day with their children whereas wealthier families are doing 6 hours.
My two are year 3 and 5 and we do 1.5 hours in the morning of. maths and english and then 1 hour in the afternoon on their school website looking at history/science/RE powerpoints thatkind of thing.
I thought we were doing a lot!
They do Jo Wickes, creative art time, chores and we go for a walk or cycle so we still fill the school day with activities.

What are your junior primary school children doing each day?

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BearSoFair · 19/05/2020 10:08

DS2 is in year 5, doing around 3 hours. Approx half in the morning and half after lunch. If you include reading for fun then we could stretch it to 4 hours but I don't think he's ever come close to 6!

bedspreadwithflowers · 19/05/2020 10:13

About 3 hrs formal schoolwork max, with breaks! But I don’t regard worksheets etc as the only way kids can learn... so you could say they are learning all day (very much a home education perspective I think). We can’t recreate school at home.

MyHairNeedsASnip · 19/05/2020 10:28

Probably about 20 minutes for my year 3. It's usually times tables and spellings that she chooses. She doesn't enjoy doing it at home and I'm not pushing it.

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