Is anyone dc doing some extra work over the break to make up for lost time?

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My dc are doing some workbooks & twinkl wordsearches/crosswords etc to keep the brain ticking over, reading loads of library also... Anyone else?

Yes we will do a bit here and there

Not a chance - if they want to read or watch science videos on Youtube (which they do) fine, but we will be swimming (coastal), paddle boarding, camping in the garden, BBQing, star gazing and seeing family.

I strongly believe that there should never be homework over the holidays. Kids benefit from learning about work/life balance and not becoming adults that think the world stops turning if they take a holiday.

Yes. DS is 2-3 years behind in English and the school don't have the resources (I assume, they don't really communicate much either) to give any extra help. Ive planned lots of fun days but on at home days he will be doing some learning. He can't afford to drop further behind by doing nothing for 6 weeks. If I just had youngest who has met all expectations this year, I probably would only do something if he asked.

No.

Yes.

If dd was meeting expectations and was a keen reader, probably not (maybe just times tables).
Dd needs to be kept ticking over so we will continue with her tutors, and I'll try and get her to do little and often as and where with tons and tons of of screens, Minecraft, roblox, playing outside, days out, holiday etc.
It's absolutely vital for us /her to keep her ticking over.

Yy impatient watcher, school can't support to the degree that myself dd needs it

From their reports, the only thing that my boys need to work on is their presentation, so we'll just have fun with a bit of drawing, painting and story writing to work on their fine motor control.

Yes because even though my DC (upper KS2) met expectations it was only just and previously they had been exceeding them. I don't want them to slip further and they have SATS next year / start secondary. Also currently isolating so at home all day! Normally in the hols we'd be meeting friends at the park for the afternoon.

Just reading together, writing postcards etc, lifeskills maths, drawing and craft sets

Even with me encouraging them to do some reading, play outside they still have far too much screen time as it stops them squabbling.

Depends on dc's ages surely. As you mention Twinkl I assume that your kids are infants - in which case reading and some writing (maybe a diary or some puzzles) would have been on the agenda regardless of pandemic.

I'm pleased to see this is still going on this summer

summerreadingchallenge.org.uk

This was a staple for my kids when they were in primary

No. I'm making sure they read every day. Other than that, they're 'catching up' on holidays, days out and time with friends and family.

Yes - two hours three mornings a week. DS has GCSEs next year and needs to improve his grades. DD13 missed a lot of school last year due to illness on top of the school closures so needs to do some catch up work.

There’s no way my dd would consent to doing any of that! I’ll try and get her to to times table rockstars a couple times a week and she’ll read anyway, but she’s where she should be academically, so I feel the holidays should be for fun.

My son is finishing Year 2 and will do the library reading challenge, holiday journal writing/drawing and Shanghai maths books which he enojys doing. It's the writing that is his weakness, so I don't want that getting worse over the Summer.

The Summer holidays are so long, so putting in a few basics to give him something else to do is perfectly reasonable in my opinion.

ds is much older and doing a module (flexible and parttime) that he wanted to do related to a career he wants to follow.

If he was in primary, I'd encourage reading (fiction and non-fiction) for pleasure as normal instead of having his head in tech, but nothing else otherwise.

Christ no. I don't want to work on my holidays. I don't see why they should.
They need as normal a school holiday as possible after this year. I want their home back to being their sanctuary not an extension of school.
Let them be kids.

Nope. As a teacher I'm prioritising socialising and activity.

Nope, mine are older but I never want to see workbooks on every surface of the house again, I actually get shivers down my spine looking at school things, I think I'm more traumatised than them from the last 1+ year.

Nope. Do you work on your holidays? My holidays are for switching off from work, if I need that my kid needs it even more.

She’s mostly missed on the outside world and playing with people, so the summer holidays have been filled with that.

I have to say, makes me feel sad when I think people don’t give their kids a proper break. My mum was a teacher, and she was always very clear kids need the time to relax and decompress from school.

Apart from reading my children won't be doing anything , it's been a shit time for them so il be making sure they have lots of fun.

Workbooks are miserable and depressing, I agree completely. My MIL was a primary teacher & head and is adamant they're nothing but useless torture unless accompanied by an actual lesson.

The only thing my 9yo is doing is still going to her maths tutor for an hour a week.
She has her sats next year so want her to be prepared!!

No. Relaxing, having fun, seeing friends and watching Netflix.

Yes, but not in a full-on homeschooling way. Mostly it is just to keep on top of what they already know and avoid brain drain. Anything extra will be because it's a topic they enjoy and choose. This isn't down to the pandemic though, it's something we've done each school holiday.
DCs will be keeping a diary, reading to us most days, and playing maths games on the computer a few times a week. They both love science-y stuff, so I expect we will be doing more experiments, and DD1 is keen to earn a few more Beavers badges. DD1 has also been starting to learn skills for the 11+ and enjoys doing the 10 minute tests, so she'll likely do some of those. She doesn't see them as work, and we are far enough away from the exam still for it to be a fun game if and when she fancies it.

Yes, I am looking forward to building her confidence in maths particularly (going I to year 2). Lockdown home schooling has shown me that 10 mins of consisted t concentrated effort with me at home on a regular basis pays off and I want her to go back confident and ready to go.

I should also say I know school will give my Yr6 DC old SATS papers in the first few days back so don't want it to be a total shock to the system