What is your yr1 doing?

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Just curious how much work your yr1 is being set and what kind of stuff, I'm wondering if we should be doing more extra work altho how I don't know as he's so resistant

My son has 3 subjects per day - Maths, English and another subject (Geography, PE, Science, Design & Tech, Art) plus daily reading and spellings. We also have an app with Maths and English activities if we want more to do.

DD gets phonics set on seesaw app, maths (30 min live lesson then work set on seesaw), english (30 min live lesson then work set on seesaw), and something else set on seesaw like history/pshe/pe/art etc. She's also expected to do reading daily.

We don't do it all! She reads most days, we read to her every day and we do phonics, english and maths usually but sometimes just maths or english. We only watch one live lesson a day. The seesaw work can vary from 5-6 slides to just 1, depends on what the work involves. We usually do 9:30-11:30am, I sit at the table with both her and her brother and do as much as possible but she had a melt down last week and refused to do anymore. It's hard. Then we do something fun in the afternoon - puzzles, drawing, game, baking.. the rest of the time is spent pottering around really! I'm aware we don't do enough and have too much screen time but I don't want our life to be a battle all the time especially at the moment.

Mine gets the following video lessons each day: recorded welcome message and a question about how they're feeling, which they have to reply to by 10am; guided reading, either questions to discuss/answer or we record them reading and discussing an allocated book; maths (normal curriculum using their normal text book) recorded lesson and worksheet; English, generally a video lesson and short writing exercise (2-3 sentences); phonics - a video lesson with songs, links to YouTube fun phonics things, tricky words to read and some words and a sentence to write; and some kind of topic, eg music, art, science, RE, project-type craft/ research. There are weekly recorded PE lessons and also weekly calls and a weekly zoom session with some of their class

Mine is in an inner city but well-regarded state primary. They seem to be trying to replicate a normal school day as much as possible, but doing it all pre-recorded so parents can fit it around their commitments/availability of devices rather than being held to live lesson times.

A little maths and a little spelling/writing work. 10-15 mins tops.
Today we switched things up and did some work on nouns. Just a little video activity school had set.
Other than that, lots of Lego! Lots of free play where he’s not looking at a screen. Then later in the day where we all are tired he can go on his iPad for a bit.

Agree with someone else who said it’s not ideal but better than everything being a battle right now.

Mine gets a live registration session but the rest is pre-recorded - watch a video and do the activity/worksheet. He has maths, English and another subject (PSHE/Topic/IT, etc), plus is expected to do reading three times a week. There are extra activities for those who want to do them but they’re optional.

Mine is incredibly resistant at the moment. It’s so difficult.

We have 5 30 min sessions a day. Same each day - phonics, English, maths, topic and then a read along. They give assignments to do after which can be wrote a sentence, counting, drawing. No pressure as yet to complete but they do give out these prizes for those that do well.

This is my Dd's for today and tomorrow. Finding it a bit much. No recorded lessons, lots of worksheets, with links to some videos and some games from twinkl.

Mine is doing -
10am check in with teacher on Teams for 15 mins (chance to show work, questions etc)
Maths, a video lesson from an app thing, with a worksheet after.
Phonics - a YouTube video
Literacy - worksheet, video, story all activities based on Great Fire of London, project based on it like we made a Tudor house then made flames for it.
Another subject like geography (so today we watched a video about London), RE, etc...
PE - like a Joe Wicks thing or similar
2.40 check in on Teams with a story

School have said we can only do what we can do but suggest if we only have short time do maths and phonics, and then expand out what we do with how much time we have. We are getting through it all in a day except PE. We have lots of breaks and a good long lunch. On my working days I plan school time around my own meetings.

Phonics, English, reading and maths daily and then one or two other subjects (geography, PSHE etc). Most of it is a video or live lesson plus a worksheet/exercise. Probably only about an hour or two a day if I add it all up. Seems about right for us though, it can be a struggle some days just to do these!

We get a phonics video recorded by the teacher, which he does, and he gets a link to Oak Academy for his maths, English and topic. The oak academy is causing us problems tbh, the pitch is always a bit off and he just isn't engaged by them at all, I see his eyes just glaze over as soon as they come on! Curious if anyone else is having trouble.

In the last lockdown he did Khan Academy early maths course and got really into it, I'm thinking of moving him back to that, and maybe doing a bit more of our own thing in English. I used to teach KS1 so I suppose that helps my confidence with it!

Mine has 4x 40 min live zoom classes a day on English, maths, topic and phonics/reading and one additional task (often a phonics or number game, sometimes word processing e.g. fact file on a minibeast). Lessons start at 9:40 and finish at 3:30 with gaps in between. It is too much! The gaps are too short to do anything in (especially as we are often finishing the task from the live lesson). We struggle to go for a walk, do a fun activity like baking, and it is so much screen time. The lessons are pitched low and don't challenge (DD is oldest in year and very capable). It's also a real challenge to juggle with work. School send us reminders regularly that attendance is expected on all lessons

I think we do about 2 hours - maths English and spelling set by the school, 20 min class video call, 20 mins reading, 10 mins maths app. There’s normally some extra bits set by the school but we rarely get to them - I’m working full time so fitting the schooling in between meetings, and dd is happy playing the rest of the time. I think one or 2 hours of quality work is better than forcing them to do more.

@FirstPost99. Sounds like you do plenty, no live lessons here.

@WutheringTights wow that's tons, I'm so impressed how much you're getting through

@MyCatShopsAtAldi I totally feel you. He doesn't like mom school or primary school.

@JuniLoolaPalooza is that live?

@DuchenneParent We had Oak Academy lessons set during periods of isolation last term and we found them variable. The English lessons were usually brilliant and DD found them really engaging, the maths depended on the teacher, and the other subjects weren't brilliant. Though even the English got a bit tedious when you studied the same text every day for 10 days...

DS had 3 face to face lessons per day (maths, English/phonics, plus social meet) plus 4 tasks to do (Eng, maths, phonics and 1 or 2 other subjects) plus reading. It's a lot and we don't always get through it.

@DanceToTheMusicInMyHead that's pretty full on if you WFH or even sahp with more than one child in education

I'm quite jealous of all the face to face stuff.

We have a blog we can post on with questions but the teachers are also teaching so it's hit and miss when they can really.

We have phonics every day, so today was ea words, maybe 15-20 to spell
Maths - varies from 4-20 questions - today was dividing so there were 4
One question of the day from yesterday's Maths
Literacy - so could be answering questions about the text or writing a few sentences about the characters
Sometimes and additional one so science, topic, re etc but even then it's either a quiz or draw a picture of X.

I just worry that with so many schools doing so much, plus some kids being in, that they'll be so when/ DS will be so behind.

But I find out hard enough to cajole that our of him. I don't even have the excuse of work as I'm a SAHM with him and twin 1 year old

Teacher's introduction to the day's work, Maths, Phonics, English, Reading, Arithmetic everyday and either Science/ Geography/ Music/ Art/ CPSHE. One of these is a daily live lesson with the rest prerecorded.
Daily reading and weekly spelling test. Class video call catch up everyday. Teacher feedback twice a week. Weekly assembly and challenge. A live PE lesson weekly.
This is an inner city state school. We normally do 9am to 11.30am and work has to be uploaded daily.

@SleepingStandingUp yes it's all live. The academy Trust gave everyone an ipad so it's all linked up via teams. I think thr kids quite like seeing their friends etc and when I say "it's time for maths" she just gets on with it.
As a pp said, it's hard to fit in going outside etc, especially as the days are so short etc. Plus dd often wants to relax with her own screen I'm getting a bit wound up about the amount of screen time. We'll finish after the 3rd lesson tomo and go for a walk or something tho. I also have a 2 year old and if they are playing nicely I don't interrupt for school. Family harmony is more important!

@SleepingStandingUp We are really struggling. Dh is a teacher so live streaming lessons all morning, and I have a full on job (though sadly not a keyworker so no school place). And a 3 year old. We're using nursery and our childcare bubble, but grandparents are struggling with how full on it is and DD is just tired, shunted from pillar to post and very overemotional.

The teacher is simultaneously teaching over zoom and to the keyworker kids in class- I am in awe of her, but I just don't think the format works for such young kids.

My yr1 has maths, English, phonics and a topic each day. We have a weekly timetable uploaded on Monday morning. No live lessons, the odd recorded lesson or story via link. Worksheets and a workbook to write in. Just about getting ds to do some maths or the English or phonics daily with some reading. That takes about 4 hours depending on the English work. It’s painful. It’s a battle and he struggled prior and was behind. Genuinely concerned for him and his education as half of his class is in and are having their lessons as normal. It’s a small rural school. I send his work for marking via email and will take his completed book in when full. I have his sister to homeschool too and younger siblings. DH working and I am meant to be studying too. If they shut nursery we have no hope.

Mine has 2 x 30 min live lessons every morning - maths and phonics. I'm grateful for these as it's the only time he engages with people who arent me!

There are additional tasks in maths and phonics to do with me to cement learning.

2 times table practice, one letter a day handwriting practice, spellings to learn.

Usually 2 additional subjects, no lesson for those just tasks to do at home - from either history, English, science or re. These have been a bit crap tbh, usually involve me reading an overly complex PowerPoint from twinkl, then ending up dictating answers cos its quicker.

A book to read per week.

I'm not doing it all cos I have a job. I try to do the maths and phonics as a minimum. The reading is a new addition and I intend to try with that too.

Bloody hard. He often cries about it and drags out the tasks with melodramatics.

No live lessons here. There’s a class zoom call at 9 with her teacher, then she has four pieces of work each day - maths, English, phonics, and something else. Some lessons are recorded videos explaining the work, others are a presentation for us to go through with her, followed by some questions to do (maths questions, write a sentence, etc). All on google classrooms.

At the moment she’s doing about two pieces of work each day, with much reluctance and bribery (do this and you can play on the iPad). She can usually answer the questions verbally, but refuses to write anything down in her exercise books.

DH is in charge of homeschooling as he’s been made redundant, while I’m WFH. It wouldn’t be possible otherwise.

We can see other parents posting photos of completed work, lovely craft activities, and it makes us feel like useless parents

I forgot to add, I started off by bribing. I got some Lego sets half price in December and allowed them to build one numbered bag if they finished their work that day. After a week however they soon realised that the quicker they do the work, the quicker they are free to play/ watch telly.
There are some educational apps and websites that your DC could try independently which will feel more like playing a game? The ones we found useful were:

The Maths Factor
www.themathsfactor.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiA6aSABhApEiwA6Cbm_0-8xF-yX7mv1q9JzAkXYK58vp1UbfetIQHfk3LlSac4MWaYqaxX3xoC78UQAvD_BwE
Phonics Play
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
Reading Eggs
readingeggs.co.uk
Teach your Monster how to Read
www.teachyourmonstertoread.com
TopMarks
www.topmarks.co.uk

Best of luck!

I teach year one on a state primary. My class have a video maths lesson with worksheet task, reading task - usually a text to read with discussion questions, phonics - video lesson, writing -powerpoints and tasks provided, then one or two lessons after lunch dependent on the timetable. We are providing work to match what we are teaching in school.