I work full time in a pretty full on job, as does my husband. We both work long hours. My child is just turned 6 and goes to an offsted outstanding school which has quite the emphasis on academic results.
Child has 5 different types of homework per week including spellings, reading, maths etc. Each one has a different platform or portal, including submitting homework sheets via teams, and then weekly she has a spelling “test” (they say it’s an assessment, not a test, but it’s a test). Plus 3 x reading books per week.
we do as much homework with her as we can but it’s difficult as she does after school clubs and then we have about 90 mins at home which is dinner, bath, bed. So to cram in homework is often short time. She tends to do it over weekends.
we got an email today saying she had been chosen for some free school tutoring as she has been “identified as someone who could benefit from catch up”. we had parents evening about 3 weeks ago and her teacher told us to keep reading with her but she’s exactly where she expects her to be
i feel a bit blind sighted by it tbh. I am quite overwhelmed by the sheer volume of school admin including all the various homework requirements, and also quite sad that she’s falling behind. There doesn’t feel like much more we can do given work hours etc.
husband does his fair share, we are very even
has anyone been through this?