To think my child shouldn’t be given homework over the Christmas break....

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and every other single holiday period!!! He has 5 activities to complete and a book review he’s in years 6. He gets homework every week mainly bloody SATS papers to do and every holiday he has homework and notjust a little bit it’s normlally lots!! He often needs help with it too so it’s quite stressful at weekends when it’s your only time off to do chores and spend some family time and your having to goggle their homework. My year 9 hasn’t got any at all!!

The teachers with the parents complain about no homework would better serve the child by pointing out that the parents would do better to take some responsibility for finding enriching learning opportunities for the children outside the merely academic during the holidays.

That’ll go down well. Ffs.

Agreed! Kids need a break! If I'm on AL I'm not expected to take work home with me

Exactly I’m a pre school teacher and sometimes take work home with me as not enough time in work to do it and I resent my job because of it 😞

My DD has been given a detailed daily schedule from her teacher 🤔.
Sats Sats and more bloody Sats

Its so sad isnt it, ive told ds not to stress about it and if he doesnt want to answer any questions during the test thats up to him.

If your child is preparing for SATs it’s irresponsible not to let them do homework.

Cherries If your child is preparing for SATs it’s irresponsible not to let them do homework.

Year 6 SATs should be the culmination of 7 years in primary school. They don't have massive impact on the child going forward (initial setting in some schools, and some formal target setting which also may impact being picked for later intervention).

I think irresponsible is far, far too strong a word. Many people will feel that the children get enough pressure and schooling in school, and at home they should relax and pursue other interests. Especially in the holidays.

As it happens, I have tended to do stuff with my DCs, especially in the summer. But I don't think irresponsible is a fair word to use over those who choose to leave school at school when 11 and under.

If children are needing to do extra work revising for SATS and teachers are devoting additional classroom time to SATS work, there is a problem with the children’s ability and understanding of the work, the teaching standards and/or the SATS system.

SATS are irreverent to the children’s future schooling.

SATs only have any bearing on the primary school itself, not the child. The pressure to do well in SATs that's placed on kids is only that which is displaced from the school onto the individual (and perhaps parents wanting to be able to say their DC 'did well'?).

At a push, not doing so well on SATs might affect a child's setting at the start of yr7 but most secondary schools will do their own baselining anyway, and even if they don't any teacher worth their salt will soon pick up a mis-set child and get them into a more appropriate group.

I also say this as someone with very good SATs grades at yr6 and excellent ones for yr9- nobody has ever ever even remotely shown any interest in them, mores the pity 😂

My son is in Year 6 and has had no homework set over the Xmas holidays. He also had no homework for the 3 weeks preceding the Xmas holidays. All of the year 6 parents are extremely happy.

Do you really think that setting homework once/twice a week is going to pay a part in their future.

Teachers should be aware they are supposed to act in the benefit of the children not the parents.

No but teachers should be strong in enough as professionals to remind parents that they are there to act in the best interests of the children and not the parents.

Teachers can't win - damned if they do, damned if they don't. I don't think it's unreasonable for a yr 6 child to read a bit over the 2 week holiday, appreciate that's less fun and more like hard work for some than others. But full on homework not fair on anyone .that said I had a friend who made her DCs do SATS papers everyday of the Christmas holiday, except Christmas Day. The DD wasn't even allowed to go to a party on Christmas Eve because she'd had over an hour 'off' to help with the food shopping the day before. Such extremes teachers have to deal with.