If you are working ft, how much "school work" are you doing over the summer?

[BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz]

I know there's a loss of knowledge over the summer and the dc are in primary. If anyone works ft over Summer, what and how much practice stuff do you fit in over these six weeks?

They are going into y6 and y3 when they go back. Anything I should aim for apart from getting them reading lots (dc1 a bookworm so that's easy).

Op with DC 1 we did a few times tables, but DC 2 already knows hers.

Some fun magazines type books travel books....

As pp said just little bits here and there. It also depends on the child.
If a child is struggling a little then of course helping them will benefit them..

My other dd is having some tutor over summer...just a couple of hours here and there to keep her up to speed because she has been struggling

which is why i then said "Age shouldn't dictate reading as long as the child is able to cope/comprehend and deal with the material."

None? It's the summer holidays?

I think it depends what your child may need help on. My DS is comfortable with most things except handwriting and there's no way to get better at that without focusing on practice. I will try and make it fun though, a PPs suggestion of a holiday diary is great. Normally out of school he hardly writes anything ever so after 6 weeks he'll be pretty rusty

I asked DS's teacher at parents evening what would be good to do over the summer. He'll be year 6 next year and will have the same teacher just for context. She just said reading is so helpful and suggested wordle and nerdle which she knows DS likes anyway. He also enjoys sudoku so we'll do a few of those I think and there are some free coding classes at the library so he is going to do them. Mostly I think we'll just have a nice break and try and make sure his brain doesn't get too scrambled from screens!

Why is everyone coming on here to tell OP they aren't doing any? That's great, do what you want but for those of us actually looking for ideas it's pretty dull wading through all the sanctimonious comments
I work from home full time and my son is at home with me for most of the summer. He's hard to keep entertained so for some of the 8 hours I'm sat at my desk I want to give him something loosely educational to do occasionally, feel free to contact social services.

It depends on the child. With my about to be Y6 child, physical skills tend to be harder to maintain than academic, so I try to fit in more walks including weekly parkrun, some yoga/animal flows/child-friendly callisthenic videos, lots of physical practical things in the garden and around the house & make sure they're going out with the neighbour kids as much as possible. We also have a family TTRPG which is mainly fun, but we can add things we might want to discuss or review social skills which is another awkward point for him. I sometimes put on an audiobook for everyone and we go to the library weekly, but nothing school specific.

My secondary school kids have some school specific work, but other than the school's annual reading challenge, we aren't starting it until mid-August. I've an about to be Y11, so there is a big learning pack this year and we've set time for clearing up and making new revision tools and plans and watching the plays, but my older kids get as much out of the rest and the above physical activities and play as their younger brother and I think will get more out of the volunteering they planned than more revision.

I suppose I'm just curious if anyone is. I didn't know if I should or not.

I am doing 10 mins a day with both Dcs. DS2 is aged 10 and does not need the support. DS1 is 13 and has learning difficulties but is in a mainstream school. Just enough of the national curriculum so that he is not horrified, scared and overwhelmed as he was last year. DS2 is mainly to keep us company.

Other than that we read every day- currently reading a wonderful story about a jewel heist in Paris which I tell DH is my 'aspirational text'.

www.amazon.co.uk/Parisian-Puzzle-Travelling-School-Mysteries/dp/191310270X

It's at the level of DS1 and DS2 and we are enjoying it immensely.

I think most of us have listed the educational activities we will be doing, including reading, puzzles, going for walks, trips to museums, cooking/baking, locally provided activities such as coding and sport.

We are just pointing out that the summer holidays are predominantly time for our children to have educational experiences that can't be fitted into term time.

And that having a rest and having time to be bored are also important parts of the mix

the summer holidays are predominantly time for our children to have educational experiences that can't be fitted into term time.
Whereas my DS has lots of time with animals and doing "fun things" at school but no actual academic work!
DD has asked to have play dates, and DS is having 1:1 swimming lessons as we haven't managed regular lessons for him in term time.

The point is that you don't need ideas and nether does the OP. The point of school holidays is to give kids a break from formal learning. To pursue other interests or hobbies, to sleep in, to escape from the confines of timetables and structure.

Leave them alone

Because the OP asked how much we were doing. Not for ideas. Maybe brush up on your comprehension?

Exactly. If the op was ‘does anyone have ideas for school work my kids can do in the holidays’ then obviously those answers would be boring/inappropriate to the question. But op was actually asking whether others are doing school work.

Because the title of the thread is "If you are working ft, how much "school work" are you doing over the summer?"

For many people, the answer is "none".

I don't get my 7 year old to do anything official but we read every night and he's helping me work on a huge jigsaw. I print off wordsearches, crosswords and things like mazes linked to his interests from time to time - Minecraft, harry potter etc because if grabs his attention.

Absolutely nothing formal. I have no time and they need a break.

I don’t know that anyone is working full time can fit in holiday homework. DC’s are out all day at holiday clubs or on holiday with us.

DS is going into Y1. He’s behind in a few areas so focussing on those:

writing 5 words a day
reading a book- bought a big bundle of beginner phonics books in the charity shop

His maths is good but he likes watching numberblocks and playing with numicon.

When I was in high school we were given out text books at the end of term in July. My parents expected me to have read them before September. I cannot begin to explain how much I resented that.

DD (going into y9) will be hanging with her mates. She works hard all year and needs a break. She will journal, craft and read.
DS (going into y6) doesn't know his times tables and will be expected to practice daily until he knows them. He will also swim regularly, climb, read and listen to audiobooks, and help build a hen house.

Summer holidays for us:
Math every day - just 20 mins or a page from a workbook.
Read lots of books - encouraged to read sth new and / or challenging.
Option to take courses in fun / useful things e.g. coding / science club / drama / art etc
Option to have private tutoring in anything they're struggling with (usually math and languages)

Apart from that it's all camping / beach / days out with friends. I realise that some people think I'm awful for asking my kids to do school work in the summer but it's not much and it sets them up for success when they get back to school. When they're younger they moan a bit but by the time they're in yr 11 they agree that it's a good thing and engage without being asked. The summer holiday is just too long to go without keeping on top of academic skills.

My kids are happy, well adjusted, confident and do well at school.

I haven't read the whole thread yet but one cool thing to do with young kids, is get them to write to the Queen at Buckingham Palace. They will get a reply.

I'm not working ft in the hols but do get DCs to do a bit of work throughout the holidays. They'll do all the usual swimming/camping/parks/playdates/family board and card games/baking etc as well as being expected to help out around the house with their usual chores and getting a lot of free time to be bored and invent games and stories with their toys. But there is still plenty of time to maintain standards of reading, writing, and maths so they can return in Sept where they left off without it feeling onerous. I find it is easiest if you can either build it into an existing interest so it isn't seen as work or incentivise it, but to always keep it in small doses.
My DCs have to do a minimum 10 mins of reading if they want to watch TV that day. They usually read in bed before getting up, and will often choose to read beyond the 10 mins.
For maths, they are rewarded for doing chores with time on the computer to use Sumdog or TT Rockstars (they see it as a fun treat).
Both DCs are keen to earn a few more Beavers/Cubs badges over the summer, and this often involves writing as well as learning plenty of other new skills. They try to keep up a diary too, but we don't always do this daily if we've had a lot on or they've done other writing, so an entry may cover several days. 6yo DD's entry would be 3 or 4 sentences, whereas 8yo DD's would be half a page in an A5 lined book, so hardly reams and reams. Illustrations are also encouraged.
In addition, my 8yo will do the odd 11+ 10 min verbal/non-verbal reasoning test or Corbett maths 5-a-day challenge because she quite enjoys them, but that will be perhaps once or twice a week.
In previous breaks I have focussed on improving a particular weakness, but this summer there isn't anything glaring so we will just try to maintain their levels. DD1 in particular has had to work really hard to build her writing stamina over the last year, and I don't want her to lose all that progress by doing nothing for 6 weeks.