No school work during lockdown ?

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Is it unreasonable for a 9 year old not to do any school work during lockdown ?
If they simply reuse ?
Doing other things like playing in garden/baking/drawing etc...but won't do school work

Despite mine and DH best intentions we are about a week behind.

After my not so little angels behaviour yesterday I’ve taken today off work and they will start behaving and doing their school work.

Either they do their school work or no bike rides, no arts and crafts, hot tub or tv simples.

So far now I’ve refocused them they seem to be willing the tv controls have been hidden

Dh is tackling one child in the kitchen I’m tackling the other in the study.

I’ve also re-done a going forward timetable...

School have also been phoning us and we have to send in photos and emails of their work.

Not doing any school work will just leave mine behind and I don’t want that

@Natsku that is interesting that a child can be made to repeat a year. That is not the impression we get of Finnish education.

Yeah, though its rare that they do it

Missing 3 months of formal learning will have no impact on their future.
Realising that they can just refuse you, will.

I’m all for being creative, if a pile of textbooks and exam questions means a meltdown, sure - watch Blue Planet.

But if your NT child gets to refuse to do anything you set (including watching educational TV shows) then that’s going to be your future problem.

My 6 year old does a couple of tasks a day, two 15 minute tasks, and I am a teacher.

I just feel that this time is better spend developing their interests and protecting their mental health, rather than forcing them to do monotonous work sheets and lose themselves in apps.

So far, we have mad a bug hotel, painted pictures for the local old person home at their request, made cakes, learned about the most dangerous types of sharks, wrote letters to their grandparents and posted them, painted pebbles and dropped them in the countryside during a daily walk, learned about insects, in particular earwigs which DS requested, made spaghetti bolognese from scratch and learned a new technique to do when we’re angry (we wrote down our angry feelings on paper, tell the other person, then turn that paper into a plan and throw it away) and read dozens of books in the garden tent with popcorn. I’m not worried about my sons falling behind at all.

Into a plane not a plan*

@Natsku have the Finnish government said anything about when they think your schools will start to open again?

They haven't decided yet, current restrictions run out mid May but they said they will make a decision before the end of this month. Teachers Union is against the schools reopening and term ends end of May/beginning of June so I really doubt they will open again before the autumn.

I have 3 children and one point blank refuses to do work, the one who is oldest and can work independently is wriggling out if it and the least confident is trying hard but upset by her siblings constantly arguing as they dont want to do anything. Normally I am pretty on top of this stuff but these are not ordinary times. You cannot force a child to work. Not even in school.
It's really hard for me as I am a teacher. I am having to rethink everything every day and even project based work doesnt draw the refuser in.
There's a lot of judgement on here that's really unkind and incredibly unhelpful. And the idea of doing 2 hrs of maths and english every day is really difficult - they dont usually do that much in school.
Start small. Weirdly I have discovered mine happily does mental maths whilst on a bike ride but at home this provokes a full blown tantrum. Writing is a struggle from all of mine - I'm backing off for a week apart from a few spellings until I find writing fir a purpose they choose.
Lots of bitesize and mumsnet recommended list of YouTube videos for science is going down well. I'm planning cooking activities for measuring and timing activities that primary children often find hard as it's hard to get tha practical experience in the classroom. I am looking at building skills and knowledge that are hard to really understand in school as there are often not enough resources to share round.
Dont get me wrong OP, I am not acing this, but I feel your pain. I'm exhausted by 11.00am but need to do something. I'm hoping that a gentler approach might lead to me being able to then present a range of things sent home from school that they can then pick from rather than feel out of control on this.
My 9 yr old (who for me is easier due to personality) was really struggling but her main worry was that we were hiding g thi gs from her as there seemed to be no answers about when things would change or what the virus was doing. Actually giving more information helped and explaining that we were not trying got hide some other terrible thing.
Do what you can, and try to find joy in the day every day.

Are schools allowed to sanction secondary school kids for not doing work ?

Are schools allowed to sanction secondary school kids for not doing work?

What sanctions could they impose? Detention, isolation and suspension are all kind of moot at this point. And any sanctions that wait until school restarts will be so far removed from the time in which the infraction was committed as to be meaningless.

TRy a different method, look on BBC bite size, www.topmarks.co.uk. is another one. My so has been learning about the tudors today via top marks.
TRy cooking following a recipe. (measuring, reading, comprehension.)
Do some home made experiments for science.
It doesan,t have to be all about the three r,s. Read together a chapter every night even if it means your doing the majority of the reading.