To wonder why teachers are not teaching my child?

[Nickynackienoo]

I am a nurse redeployed to itu. Doing 13 hour days and stressed up to the eyeballs at the moment. My children (12 and 8) go to school on my work days and on my days off i keep them at home with me according to the government guidance. As far as I can tell, the teachers at school are just childminding and not teaching anything. How is it that they can have just 4 kids in the school and not manage to get them to do at least some work? How can I possibly do the job of a teacher on my days off? They have send so many links via email that I can’t make sense of, it’s so overly complicated. Surely as key workers they should be doing the job they are being paid to do? I must be missing something, can someone fill me in?

@LolaSmiles

I can’t possibly read the whole thread but has someone really referred to a teacher (or teachers) as a waste of space?!

Or are you touchy about it?

I have spoke to our school. No real information. It’s just the way it is. They Interestingly (unofficially) said that giving out work to do at home will disadvantage too many children who have tough background or home-life and they don’t want to widen the gap.

They Interestingly (unofficially) said that giving out work to do at home will disadvantage too many children who have tough background or home-life and they don’t want to widen the gap

We log who doesn't access and return the work that we are creating, and are very aware precisely who we will need to 'boost' when we get back into school properly - but see it as better to provide for everyone and then identify who we will need to provide extra support for, rather than not provide anything for anyone.

Omg I’m concerned about my child mixing with nhs workers children. Well fuck you. I’m glad my kids aren’t mixing with your grubby three year old.
And as a nhs nurse I’m happy the teachers are keeping my kids safe and happy right now. Teachers are going to have a tough job come September helping kids catch up. Let’s support them not berate them.

Unchartedsea
I was summarising the sheer number of threads on here where the obvious solution to a question or concern is to speak to the relevant people at school, but posters couldn't possibly do this so instead come online and post the same old goady rubbish. This goading ranges from expressing faux concern for the disadvantaged children to push the 'my privileged child should have the same as the independent school down the road charging tens of thousands a year in fees' through 'what are teachers actually doing/they don't do their jobs', right through to 'teachers think they are gods and should be worshipped, they think they're special cases, they should suck it up and go back without social distancing'.

At the moment for every reasonable parent interested in advice during a difficult time, there's at least another 5 threads that are goady insulting schools threads.

This is really offensive and very mean. I am a teacher and I am in school every day working with the keyworker and vulnerable children whilst my partner teacher is working with the home learners. We both work really hard to give the children in our school a good education. I work all day in school and then evenings and weekends the same as I do during non covid times. We work with no PPE (2 members of staff have caught covid) and have to spend our lunch times and break times on occasions (which have been shortened so we get just enough time to prep for the next lessons - eating whilst we are working if lucky enough to eat) also talking to children who are understandably distressed. The children in school are making great progress as they would during normal times. Unfortunately, some of the children at home are not making as good progress but I wouldn't be so mean and presumptions to make any comment on why that might be because I completely appreciate that parents at home have it really tough. Home is for relaxing and having fun for children not for school work so I respect the difficulty parents have in trying to support home learning.

Note the date - this is from last year.

Ah yes sorry. Apologies. I'm sure people have now come to recognise the hard work teachers do and the incredibly difficult year they have had. Although it has to be said I have always been a massive advocate for the incredibly hard work the NHS so hope you get recognised for your hard work!

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