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What's your opinion of this school note (pic)

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Itsamnthing · 11/10/2023 16:11

Dd has done her homework already

but its more of the fact that the home work is due Friday . Not tomorro. so how can they push for it it to be done tonight which is Wed. Then keep them after school on Thursday. If its not done tonight.

What's your opinion of this school note (pic)

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Girasoli · 11/10/2023 22:14

Is this a primary school? How can they say DC 'must' attend something after school - what if you get picked up by a childminder or your parent picks you up then rushes off to pick up a sibling from nursery. etc

itsgettingweird · 12/10/2023 04:21

I read it that if its not done by Wednesday

I wasn't responding to you.

I was responding to the poster I quoted (vacinesticker)

LadyOfTheCanyon · 12/10/2023 06:04

YireosDodeAver · 11/10/2023 21:06

I think it's a good idea but badly communicated. Everyone lives with deadlines but if a child is taught right from the start to always aim for 2 days before the "real" deadline then that's really good. As pp say, that means that you will always have a clear day if the night you are working to complete a task is the first time you realise that you don't really understand the task, or don't have everything you need to get yhe task done.

Meanwhile, if the school didn't have this rule you can be 100% certain that at least 5 kids will arrive on Friday morning having not done the homework. If the lesson plan on the Friday is going to build on the homework then those 5 will be falling behind and lose out.

This is also how I see it.

OP, your daughter has done the homework already. Good for her. So this doesn't affect her or you. Going forward it probably will never have to affect her if she's a prompt task finisher, so it's unclear why you're that bothered.

For the people saying that they leave everything till the last minute as that's when they function best - great! Then you can use the dedicated time on the Thursday - at school, admittedly- to get your homework done. Because that's what you would have done at home, right?

Everyone wins, 100% homework completed in time for Friday's lesson, which may well be building on the expectation that homework is completed.

We all know from our own experience that a percentage of children just don't hand their work in on time. Why should everyone suffer as a result of that, rather than a few children 'suffering' having to be supervised while doing their homework to ensure the smooth running of lesson planning?

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SD1978 · 12/10/2023 06:31

If it's due Friday morning, I suppose this gives kids a chance to do it on the Thursday to ensure the Friday hand in. If as the parent you're planning on them doing it Thursday night, then I'd ignore the note, unless it's easier for them to attend the session

Namechanged3200 · 12/10/2023 09:40

But it isn’t really a safeguarding issue for you though is it? You child isn’t going. They have done their homework.

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Itsamnthing · 12/10/2023 10:04

Namechanged3200 · 12/10/2023 09:40

But it isn’t really a safeguarding issue for you though is it? You child isn’t going. They have done their homework.

🤦‍♀️ it would be one week if she did not get it done. This is not a one of thing its for the rest of the children's school years. If it's due Friday its due Friday simple as that

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YireosDodeAver · 12/10/2023 10:23

@Itsamnthing If it's due Friday its due Friday simple as that

It would be lovely if it was as simple as that. I guess I can really see the benefit for your child because I am living through the consequences right now of a child not having been taught that. If a DC is always in the habit of doing homework on the evening before it is due in, it is really difficult to learn new habits when the homework starts being more complicated, and you start encountering numerous occasions when you start tackling a homework and find you can't do it but it's due in tomorrow.

I agree that the school is being a bit ham-fisted with this policy but teaching your child to always try to be a couple of days early for a deadline will pay dividends in future so go along with it.

ObsessedWithZach · 12/10/2023 11:17

Drama over nothing. She just needs to do it at home by Wednesday night instead of Thursday night, it's hardly worth being bothered about.

Schools/teachers are trying to help. My daughters school uses Sparx for English and Maths, and every week she says there are up to 5 kids for each subject that say they couldn't do the homework because their internet went down last night or they looked at it the night before it was due but couldn't do it. They get a detention and if they get a certain amount of detentions in certain time, things escalate.

I think the school is being sensible. Your child can do the homework at home at any time up til Wednesday, or at school on Thursday evening. I'm sure if you have mitigating circumstances and you talk to the school, they'll be sensible. People don't communicate with schools and just go all 'daily mail sad face' and moan instead.

Schools can be really rubbish at times, but giving children a chance to do their homework is not one of those times.

ObsessedWithZach · 12/10/2023 11:26

That's how i have read it . Basically your child will be kept/punished after school on Thursday if Fridays home work is not complete. Dd says it's for 2 hours . (Hope she's got that wrong )

You need to reframe your thinking in this. It's not a punishment, it's assisting the children.

Also realise that the school probably know that many of the children who don't do it by Wednesday at home, won't do it on Thursday at home either. This may not apply to your child, but it will apply to many. For you, your child is the one that matters, but schools have to look at the bigger picture.

You can either get on board, or fight about things like this that don't matter, and be 'that' parent.

There will be probably be actual issues that arise over your child's time at school, pick your battles and all that.

Fireisland · 12/10/2023 11:41

Itsamnthing · 12/10/2023 10:04

🤦‍♀️ it would be one week if she did not get it done. This is not a one of thing its for the rest of the children's school years. If it's due Friday its due Friday simple as that

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I agree with you completely OP.

DD's sparx reader is due by Monday morning and if they've not done it, they have a detention catch up session Monday lunchtime, which is fair.

That said DD learnt the hard way in y7 not to leave it to the last minute - she was struggling with the questions on a Sunday and simply couldn't earn the points in time. She had to go to the catch up and got a behaviour point.

The nature of Sparx with it being points earned answering the questions correctly rather than homework being handed in to be marked does mean it's risky to leave it unfortunately. But you're right, the detention shouldn't be until after it's due!

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 12/10/2023 16:02

You need to reframe your thinking in this. It's not a punishment, it's assisting the children.

It's the school that needs to reframe their thinking, and I say that as a teacher and parent. Assistance should be for people who need assistance. Not having done your homework early does not mean you need a detention assistance.

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