Oh dear, just realised that DS needs to bring his work in tomorrow!!

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I have no idea where most of it is. He is 10 and has had to work independently as both DH and I have to work full time. I hate clutter and have definitely thrown many old work sheets away.

Have you got much to hand in?

I doubt it will be a problem, there is little to no chance of a teacher back marking 2 months of worksheets!

I'm just focusing on us all waking up, breakfasting and dressing in time for the school run!

@Timeforabiscuit

I doubt it will be a problem, there is little to no chance of a teacher back marking 2 months of worksheets!

I'm just focusing on us all waking up, breakfasting and dressing in time for the school run!

In our school this is exactly what we're expected to do. Then stick it all into their exercise books

I think personally that staff's time would be better spent with the children but there you go.

That said, if you haven't got it then there's not a lot you can do.... the class teacher will be secretly relieved no doubt 🤷‍♂️

It depends. If he has submitted some work on line then it's ok. If all the work he has done is on paper, the teacher won't be able to see how he is doing and will make assessment a bit tricky. I have parent's evenings coming up in 2 weeks and for the children who I have not seen any work from, it''s going to be hard for me to give any useful feedback to their parents. In the grand scheme of things, it's on the end of the world but it might be time to help him to become more organised in preparation for him going to second school in 2 years.

Have you been uploading the work to Google classroom or whatever your school use?

If not, then what else where you expecting? Most schools have been clear that work needs to be uploaded or if they're not doing that, then its to be handed in upon return.

His school work idnt clutter btw. Hope you can find it, or at least take the blame so the school dont come down on him.

@PiratePenguin

It depends. If he has submitted some work on line then it's ok. If all the work he has done is on paper, the teacher won't be able to see how he is doing and will make assessment a bit tricky. I have parent's evenings coming up in 2 weeks and for the children who I have not seen any work from, it''s going to be hard for me to give any useful feedback to their parents. In the grand scheme of things, it's on the end of the world but it might be time to help him to become more organised in preparation for him going to second school in 2 years.

If you wanted to assess how he’s doing you should have been doing it on a daily basis from January, not waiting until March to see any work.

OP don’t worry about it. Some will have everything they’ve done, others will have nothing, and if they wanted you to keep everything then they should have said at the start of term.

We assess constantly. Our school has all worked submitted online but if the OP's child has been doing work on paper then how the heck could they assess with out the work? In the current climate I doubt they asked children to give the work in weekly so asking for it back when the children return is entirely acceptable. There will no doubt be key pieces they will look at to assess / check understanding etc.

Just don't expect much from the teacher as without work, it will make it tough for them in the short term.

When did the school tell you this?

Has your DC not had to submit any work?

I decluttered all of ours, but only because every piece had been photographed. There was mountains of paper!

Have you been checking his work and are you able to give a summary to the teacher?

School work isn't clutter, you could put it in a file on the off chance another lockdown happens again. Definitely write a note to the teacher so your son doesn't get it in the neck tomorrow.

Not expected to hand in anything

Ours don’t want anything except the maths workbooks back in. Any work done was uploaded and marked day by day

No paper mountain here thankfully !

We have been asked to send the exercise books and the workbooks sent home back in but that’s it. We have sent in photos of every bit of work anyway so they know what was done and have fed back as they go

@Fridainexile

I decluttered all of ours, but only because every piece had been photographed. There was mountains of paper!

Our school has been very specific that they want the hard copy despite all being photographed. DD has a folder of it all to take tomorrow.

They are never going to look at a load of worksheets. If they haven't been asking to see stuff online regularly, it is too late now, because they will be busy with current work.

@toomuchfaster gosh well, I really hope our school don’t ask for ours!

School work isn't clutter, you could put it in a file on the off chance another lockdown happens again.

How much use would a huge pile of filled in White Rose maths worksheets and comprehension answers actually be in another lockdown?

Thankfully ours don’t seem to be doing this. Like PPs everything is photographed and on Classroom. And then recycled.

Am I reading this right, people are actually being asked to bring in 2 months worth of work?
This begs the question how has the work been marked/feedback given since December?
I'm shocked. Surely the work should have been uploaded on a daily basis?
I think in OP's case I'd send an email saying that it's been thrown away, and it's of no benefit to the children to marking work that's weeks old anyway. As far as assessment is concerned, I think all schools will be doing assessments in the next few weeks anyway - you can't properly assess work done at home as you don't know how much was done independently.

Make sure there is some work at least.

hhmm that's annoying, they could have warned you! ours wants some for a display, I have scanned and chucked mainly, the thought of keeping reems of papaer contradicts the huge reliance on virtual over the last 2 months, but will see what I can do.
don't worry - if your school is average like ours, there will be a range of kids, some with neat files full and others who not only have nothing, but have done nothing unfortunately.
agree with pp about admitting it so your dc doesn't cop any blame

He has handed a load of work in (or at least photos of). Over the term. But it's all a bit disorganised but we keep finding more and more, so fingers crossed it's not too bad. He is generally a good student and he has had a tutor twice a week during lockdown (usually once a week), so he hasn't missed out. But both DH and I have very demanding full time jobs.

Think about it from the school’s point of view. Ofsted want to know how schools provided for their pupils during lockdown, and they want that evidenced.

And binning your child’s work shows him how much you value it...

I'm a single parent with 2 children, both too young to work independently, and a demanding full time job. I still didnt throw their work in the bin or let it get all over the place. Everything goes into the relevant folder.

Sorry, but the 2 working parents to 1 child excuse isnt really an excuse.

@AWhisperWillDoIfThatsAllYouCan it's not a competition my love. I'm glad you have coped and are more organised than I am.

After the first lockdown we didn't have to hand anything in, but I suppose it was the end of the school year.

@HopeClearwater

Think about it from the school’s point of view. Ofsted want to know how schools provided for their pupils during lockdown, and they want that evidenced.

And binning your child’s work shows him how much you value it...

bit harsh, especially if you've been handing it in. most office work is virtual now, you wouldn't keep a paper copy of an email would you. my dc's work consisted of random numbers (maths) and scrappy sentences. i guess you now want to critique my parenting skills.

the last few months have been really tough for many.