AIBU to not want to do my son's homework?

[Themayorofshitterton]

DS is in Year 5. They're doing Victorians. For his half term homework he has chosen two subjects, factories and Queen Victoria. All very well, except teacher has decreed that they can't just hand in something written with pictures. It has to be different. Wtaf?! What is DS meant to do? Build a scale model of a Victorian factory from toothpicks? Mould a bust of Queen Vic from cookie dough? He is only interested in football and gaming, but does well in maths and literacy at school. What do they want from him??? DP and I have zero creative skills but we're going to have to think of - and make - something with him which none of us will enjoy as we'll be crap at it. I just want to tell teach to shove it but suspect that won't do DS any favours.... Help!

It has to be handed in next Friday so there won't be time to wait until after half term to talk to his teacher, we are going to have to get started in the hols. When I'm mostly working. Argh.

I always found the Horrible History books great inspiration for tasks like these!

Dd and a friend made a Facebook profile for queen Victoria in class, teachers suggestion - it was really good (and funny) long piece of paper so you call scroll. Various quotes of hers as posts, 'throwback' pictures of her in her youth, friends including the pms and her ladies in waitings, family portraits #qualityfamilytime etc.
Open afternoon to show their class work and it was really popular.

Oh please do not let this impinge on your time - he has to do his own homework.

Apart from the cheek of setting holiday homework in primary, why hasn't the teacher suggested/brainstormed ideas with the class? Turning kids loose on this kind of work without guidance means that on many cases she'll get parents' ideas instead of the children's, or ideas that can't/don't convey the info/content.

Silly bugger should be OK-ing basic concepts. Can you email her?

I've got this problem too, last week it was planets and guess who did it? Me of course. We had it in year 4 too and I did it then. When I saw the other parents taking in the projects last week, it was obvious that the parents had done it. When my ds did maths and spellings he was no problem, he's just not that creative!

A quick vlogger style video of him at the v &a?

Our child also has a half term project on the Georgians. I am at work. DH is at work. Child is in holiday club

I always thought teachers justified the many holidays by giving one of the reasons that children need to re charge their batteries. How does a project to do help this happen

We've spent all weekend cajoling child into doing said project. They didn't want to do it. I see no benefit in it - it's hardly engaging subject. Child has done project with parental input

I would have preferred to leave child upstairs doing maths or grammar work then wasting time doing a project that will never get marked .....

What about a poster or slide show about football in Victorian era, picture of leather ball, kit, teams etc? Might even find links to factories to tie it all in. I do understand your point of view though, I enjoy challenges like that and so do DC but if you don't it's awful.