Extra schoolwork over midterm?

[Pastasau]

Hi, just wondering if anyone is doing any extra school work over midterm? Usually the dc unwind, play with friends, play dates etc but obviously this won't be the case this year.. Would I be very mean to give them a bit of work eg English, Maths & geography every day? I feel they have missed so much of school & their education is paramount to me... I'm talking maybe 15 mins maths 15 mins English, 15 mins geography or science... They are both very big readers & will be doing loads of reading over the break.
Anyone else doing extra? My dc are y3 & y1.

No, it's enough that they're sat in front of a laptop every school day, for 6 or so hours.

Like yours, mine will probably do a lot of reading. Dd2 more than dd1 I expect.

We'll bake together, and cook family meals, among other things. So they will be learning useful stuff while we do nice things together. But nothing formal.

I wouldn’t, if they are anything like my DC, we all need a break. However there are some things that we do that are educational without them realising...like a nature trail, some TV programmes (eg horrible histories, Perfect Planet) and playing some board games that need spelling (eg scrabble, or we have one called word on the street)

Please give them a break. It's one week.

We'll do a bit with DD, she's awful over zoom and learns very little, so we'll do a bit of reading and maths every day.

Y3 and Y1? No, I wouldn't be making them work over half term OP. Maybe a bit of reading at the most. Take them outside and let them play or do fun things at home. They're not going to have missed anything they can't catch up with at that age.

Reading is great. And then there’s plenty of ways that a Year 1 and Year 3 can be learning without it being a timed 15 minute “sit down and do this task” type of a thing.
Geography? Have a play around in Google earth, zooming in on different places and talking about them. Go for a walk in your local area and talk about what you see, have a scavenger hunt and have a go at drawing a map of your walk route in the streets around your house.
Science? Try some fun science investigations, rather than concentrating on facts and knowledge, make it more open-ended (this is an element of the science curriculum in primary- more focused on skills of investigating, prediction etc). Like making slime, make a lava lamp with oil and food colouring, investigation how far toy cars will travel on different surfaces.
Maths? Board games such as snakes and ladders, cooking and baking- weighing and measuring ingredients, playing with Lego.
Baking, crafts, painting, Lego, play dough, plenty of down time. Make things a little project- my 6yo is planning an (indoor) Valentine’s Day picnic, she wrote out the shopping list, she’s making decorations and invitations for her dolls and cuddly toys, she will make the sandwiches and put other food out.

No I won't be, dd will be playing games, Roblox, art, walks, films. She needs a break. If she wants to do something I will, but I won't be asking her to as we need to change our dynamic and make it different to me being teacher mum

We're going to finish off a few bits today like we do most Saturdays (DH and I both work Fridays, Reception DS1 too young to log in by himself) but after that no...unless DS1 asks (he likes the maths "video games" school sometimes sends links to.)

We're going to spend half term playing and going to the park and woods.

No - at that age there is lots of stuff that will support their learning in a practical way that I would focus on instesd

Nope not a chance. We will be baking, doing craft, doing some decorating which they can help with. It’s their time to do things they would like to do. As long as there are activities other than sitting in from of a screen they will still be learning.

I think it would be mean to give them actual schoolwork. But there is plenty you can do that is educational & fun - play bingo, get an owl pellet to dissect, search the internet for fun science experiments, play board games, read, turn your house into a different country for the day, go for walks & discover nature. At their ages particularly, children are sponges & will learn from anything.

Thanks for all the replies, we'll ease up on it so & let them relax. So hard to know what to do with them missing so much school.

DD is Y2 and I’m making sure she takes the week to have a break. She’ll read because she loves to but otherwise I want her to just have fun. She’ll ride her bike, we’ll do a nature hunt, play board games and do some baking and crafting. All stuff she enjoys and limit screen time.

This suggestion was quite rightly shot down by the head and deputy head at our school governors meeting this week. The rest of the governors agreed and most of us have young children.

Yes, let them have a break. Rest their eyes!
Homeschooling is hard on children and teens. And the breaks are there in the school term for a reason.

I saw this on FB the other day, children have missed out on more important things than school work. I might be quoting slightly wrong but-

What children need when all this is over is parties, theatre trips, visits to the shops and friends and family, playdates, playground visits, BBQs, and cafe and museums trips.

What they don't need is more maths and English catch up.