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Are you doing any homelearning?

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947EliseChalotte · 12/06/2020 18:05

My son's teacher has been setting school / home learning work, we have been doing some but I'm getting behind not managing to complete it all. How much home learning are your child/ children doing? Im just finding things stressful these last few weeks xx

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Oblomov20 · 13/06/2020 08:00

No. I'm working more than my contracted hours, unpaid, just to keep up!

I haven't even looked at the work ds1 or ds2 has done.
Both have completed everything they've been given. We have a house rule: no x box till all school work has been done.

Camomila · 13/06/2020 08:03

Only a bit as DS is 4 (due to go up to reception)
I do it sneakily though eg, get him to do some adding up when we play hopscotch, or get him to draw/write his name in birthday cards.

CoronaIsComing · 13/06/2020 08:03

Yes, year 6 DS is doing around 4 1/2 hours a day including the work set by school plus extra high school work and reading. I won’t let him get behind.

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Charles11 · 13/06/2020 08:12

We have a routine and dc know that ‘school’ finishes at 3 so they work in between breaks and lunchtime til then.
Yr 2 dd does get work from school which she gets done. They do a good selection of maths, English, science, topic work and arts.
She does maths factor and lots of reading too.

BasinHaircut · 13/06/2020 08:14

I retired from my enforced teaching role on Wednesday as it was just getting too stressful. DH and I are both trying to work from home full time and it was just becoming such a battle to get DS to do even a bit of maths each day so I quit.

We do read every day anyway as DS loves a book, we encourage him to write and draw. We bake, do PE with Joe Wicks and do gardening and I’m now trying to steer him towards some more educational things on TV . He still wants to do his maths-type online game thingy (sumdog) that they use in school so that’s it from us now.

GeriGeranium · 13/06/2020 08:17

DS1 is reception, and we’ve given up for now. It had become very stressful and a constant battle. We’re taking a couple of weeks off to have a rest and reset, and then are starting up again with a different approach.

daisybrown37 · 13/06/2020 08:17

No. I am back at work (support staff at school) so not around to support them (Year 2 and Year 5). DH is working from home, he does the online exercises the school has set and I leave spellings and timestables grids for them to complete.

Both have learlbing difficulties so can’t work through school books on their own.

They could go to school as Keyworker children but DH would have to take them by bus as I have the car. I have managed to get a day WFH next week, so might be able to squeeze a bit more in.

MissSueFlay · 13/06/2020 08:21

For those people whose school is not setting any/much work, have you had a look at the (free) Oak National Academy? They have actual teaching which we've found helpful. Does require a tablet/PC/phone but we just plug DD (yr3) in and off she goes for 30 minutes!
We're also using The Maths Factor which is free at the moment. Really getting a lot out of that one.

Mumkins42 · 13/06/2020 08:21

I started doing loads, now about 1 to 2 hours a day. My child is 8. I'm not worried about it at all now. You'll be doing just fine and I imagine the majority are doing the minimum. Focus on maths and English maybe and congratulations for just staying sane I say tbh x

kitschplease · 13/06/2020 08:23

My dc are Y4 and Y2. School set work that either takes 10 minutes or that involves a day and a load of resources, so I'm finding that frustrating. I work full time from home too.

Y4 child reads a lot, and writes to her friends, but Y2 child is more reluctant. They both do an hour or two depending on the day of CGP work or online maths and English. This is definitely doing rather than learning though.

School suggested an hour of creative time each day, so lego, baking, writing a story and an hour of outdoor time, so we've been following that too (never been so thankful for the trampoline).

And then we have days spent on screens and squabbling.

Nicpem1982 · 13/06/2020 08:54

@MissSueFlay

Were using both oak and maths factor and dd is getting alot out of it, they've really helped us with her moving forward.

twittawoo3 · 13/06/2020 09:05

I have a child in y3 and everyday they spend an hour or so doing online work ttrockstars, IXL etc and then they will do some of the set work. I purchased some workbooks so if they are finding the set work to much then they just do some of the workbook. We generally only work in the mornings too.

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