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to be annoyed that DCs have homework over half-term?

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mummy2zni · 27/05/2016 20:42

Finished work today looking fwd to a half term when I'm not working and kids aren't in holiday club and we can just blob around the house. Came home to find out DCs (10 & 13) have been set projects/homework to complete over the holidays.

Aibu to be irked? What about people who are going away? I'd be even more annoyed! Why (especially afters SATS) can't the kids just have a proper break? What do u think?

Rant over.
Smile

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ProcrastinatorGeneral · 27/05/2016 21:06

I copied and handed out the homework for the class I volunteer in today. Four sheets per child. If they don't do it over half term they'll do it when they get back. It's only a big deal if you make it into one.

Balletgirlmum · 27/05/2016 21:08

I refused to do homework in primary with them.

However now both are in secondary they are expected to revise over the half term for exams the week they go back.

nokidshere · 27/05/2016 21:08

None here thankfully but if they had I wouldn't be pressing them to do it! We have had weeks of revision and exam stress as I am sure many others have - time to chill out for a week!

RufusTheReindeer · 27/05/2016 21:09

I am with rick on this one Grin

The only exception i make is for exams ...at year 10 and 11 level

Ricksheadtilt · 27/05/2016 21:09

Oh please do Blush

flappingbingowings · 27/05/2016 21:09

It depends. Do you want your children to grow up thinking they can get away with the minimum in life, or do you want them to strive to achieve something?

Wolfiefan · 27/05/2016 21:10

I used to teach secondary and generally tried hard to avoid setting work in holidays. (Got them to do it before the break and spent all holiday marking! Hmm)
It's a holiday. An adult wouldn't leave work for a break to be handed HW to take away with them.
Projects are lazy HW and probably with little educational benefit. I would rather spend my time on PJ days and days out.

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mummy2zni · 27/05/2016 21:10

Thinking I'll have a proper look over the weekend, work out just how much it is and get thexpert DCs to get it out the way early. But I'm not going to let it ruin our hols Smile

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MaddyHatter · 27/05/2016 21:11

I'm in the camp with Rick.

I refuse to let them do holiday homework, i firmly believe the school break is just that, a break.

It gets sent back, undone and i explain quite clearly why!

shiveringhiccup · 27/05/2016 21:13

On annual leave an adult doesn't work. It's a break. So why do we make children work in their breaks?

Ricksheadtilt · 27/05/2016 21:13

I suppose I should be fair though. DD3 is reception... Homework? My fat hairy ARSE they give her homework..
Dd2 is yr 5 so not desperate
Dd1 has just finished her (totally insignificant government induced pile of shite) SATs so she is exempt from the stress Grin
Once actual gsce and a levels are there I shall monitor the need for either more work or more chill....

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mummy2zni · 27/05/2016 21:16

Smile Rick u had me fooled as an experienced HW rebel!

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Ricksheadtilt · 27/05/2016 21:16

Flappingbingowings.... I tell them to strive for precisely what they like.... At 9 or 10 that is generally an ice cream and an easy life!!!! Fuck me - let them have that while they can!!!

Ricksheadtilt · 27/05/2016 21:17

Oh I'm a rebel!!!! (Until it could natter)

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mummy2zni · 27/05/2016 21:18

Exactly shivering -

I, on the other hand, will do some well deserved reading and sewing stints...

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Ricksheadtilt · 27/05/2016 21:19

Matter not natter!!! Frickin iphone

ollieplimsoles · 27/05/2016 21:19

Flapping

Id rather teach them that some things in life are designed to keep them down and stop them from achieving. Bullshit home work on holiday time is one of them. It will benefit them more to have a decent holiday and go back to school fresh.

iLikeBoringThings · 27/05/2016 21:22

Honestly, i can kind of understand where you are coming from, but i still think YABVU.

Taking a bit of time during the holidays to do homework isn't going to damage them and won't interfere too much with your plans to 'blob around the house'.

If you feel that strongly about it, have a word with the school and tell them that you don't want the children to have homework during school holidays - but don't undermine the teachers' authority by telling your children that they don't have to do work that has already been set.

NewLife4Me · 27/05/2016 21:24

Yes, mine has revision but has y7 exams and they choose options next year.
We too refused homework during primary.
Do make sure they don't punish your child if you don't do it.
Not this particular one, I mean in general.
They need a break, to play. That's when the learning can really take place.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 27/05/2016 21:24

yanbu. I like dds school approach. They get loads during the school term, far more than any other local school, but holidays are holidays til year 11.

scaryteacher · 27/05/2016 21:26

I used half terms to catch up with marking, and so never set any homework, apart from year 11, whom I expected to revise, and Year 10, if they had mocks coming up.

If I was forced to set any, it was normally instructions on chilling out or sleeping.

greathat · 27/05/2016 21:28

The teacher's have probably been told they HAVE to set it. They will be glad for less marking. Send in a note saying you didn't have time

ProcrastinatorGeneral · 27/05/2016 21:29

Being asked to complete work isn't punishment. The children have the choice to do the work at home or to do it in school. If the work is not completed at all, there isn't a punishment but there is also no reward. The children who do their work get marks on the chart in class, and at the end of half term those who put a bit of effort in get a prize.

Catmuffin · 27/05/2016 21:32

Love it Ricksheadtilt

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mummy2zni · 27/05/2016 21:33

10yo will probably do it herself as she is very good at just getting on with it. Will have to get DS to do it as he was slacking off a bit the last week or so. Don't want him getting complacent...

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