Primary school of my 2 kids has just started using the seesaw app. Signed up, think it is a nice tool albeit schools shouldn't assume all families have devices/internet.
However, penny has now dropped this weekend that this is the only way the teachers are setting homework... they're taking a pic of spelling words or maths homework sheet etc & posting it on there with due date so that parents have to monitor, access & somehow make that accessible to their kids. They've also not explicitly told us about this, it's only by poking around & asking my kids who weren't aware they had homework set, & seeing their empty homework jotters where they'd previously have had their homework sheets stuck in.
AIBU to be massively annoyed? How is this teaching kids to be responsible and take charge of their own affairs? I hate homework already for this age group but this seems like punting even more onto parents. And encouraging helicopter parenting. And completely unfair to disadvantaged families.
Will likely be in touch with the head about this but wondered if this is common at other schools & wanted to see what others thought first. Thanks in advance for thoughts :)