How much work is your secondary school child expected to do? (y7 particularly)

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dd is 11. if she was 2 months younger she would still be in y6
her high school are setting their weekly tasks. they are expected to stick to their regular timetable, doing 4 to 5 hours of work a day. dd is really struggling with this, with organising and motivating herself.

she has easy access to teachers and they are very responsive to emails and help a lot but these are crazy times, my younger children are expected to practice times tables, spellings, keep reading and just do 'some' work. in comparison this just seems an enormous ask of dd11

so id like to know if its just because she is now in secondary and this is the norm?

thanks

I have one I’m y7 one in y8
They are doing 1-2 hours a day
Concentrating on maths science English
Struggling with motivation

Dd year 7 gets what she would have done in class that week but she gets it all first thing Monday and she gets a week to do it all so she can plan it all herself how much she does

Works out about 3 hrs a day

@Daisymay133
I think I like that approach better!

We’re on Google Classroom so DC working from 8:45-4:00 with the usual timetable being followed. All work is set out on classroom and is submitted on there too at the end of each lesson. Work that isn't turned in is followed up.

Teachers are available in the Google Classroom at the same times that they would have lessons and will chat and answer queries. Some lessons use Google Meet so that there is a 'live' element. Everything is online and the expectation is that work is submitted every lesson so no printing of handouts etc. They've started new topics so it's definitely not just recapping previous learning. They are also using things like Kaboodle for live quizzes.

I'm pretty much letting DC get on with it - whenever I pop in to see what they are up to it seems engaging and relatively interactive considering the circumstances.

My daughter is year 7. She’s expected to do 30 minutes for each lesson in her timetable (5 lessons a day) which equates to 2 and a half hours of study. Lessons are set on google classroom, some of which she has to submit, but none are marked.

Full timetable with emails to parents when work not handed in.

Year 8. They are following their usual timetable of 6 x 55min lessons but only being set 30mins work per lesson and no evening homework, so maximum of 3 hours per day, less if it’s a day with PE or games. I think they’ve got it about right. Some subjects she whizzes through the work, others might take longer or she chooses to spend more time on (art, dt). Some lessons are online but not all.

Oh and all work is marked.

I feel really worried. My DS is in Y7 and isn’t being set much work at all. He got NOTHING today.
My DH is setting him maths, science and English tasks himself. He is also doing Bitesize.

The school is ‘Inadequate’ so we don’t really trust what they’re doing anyway

Chillies the DfE have an online school with structured lessons every day if you want something in addition to Bitesize www.thenational.academy/

My ds is year 7 and he is working to his normal school timetable every day. There is no live/virtual teaching but lots of teacher contact via email or chat. It takes him the full school day to complete his lessons but some of his friends seem to be finished by lunchtime, they must work very fast. Work has to be submitted for most subjects and is checked or marked. I have been getting emails from his teachers as late as 2am setting the lesson for the following day or giving feedback. They must be working extremely hard and it's really appreciated.
I am furloughed/about to be made redundant, so I am at home and could help, but I tend to need to help his younger siblings and he just gets on with it by himself.

DD is yr 7, they are getting most lessons work set online, some to be completed online, most offline. Around 22 lessons a week, 30-40 minutes per lesson.

She can work independently but has no motivation. Most days she'll manage 2-3 lessons. She's yet to do a geography lesson, so has 6 to catch up on. I work full time, so can pop my head in now and again to ask if she's doing xyz, but i can't sit next to her insisting she does it.

She's realised there's no accountability, no teacher asking where her work is, no behaviour points or detention.

I'm tempted to ask her form tutor for help. I've tried bribery and rewards, I've tried sanctions. But my opinion doesn't matter if the school aren't interested in whether she does it or not.

My year 5 has about 2 hours a day. My year 6 has about 4 hours a day - too much imo.
I think 3 hours a day is enough for 9-13 year olds.

Daisymay i think seeing everything for the week on a Monday would help us more too as DD can plan how she'll spend each day and balance favourite vs not so much lessons. I wonder whether for her it's not just the volume of work (and she takes at least double the suggested time) it's the drip feed that is hard - just when it feels the inbox is almost clear, BAM! A load more But I guess that's a life lesson in itself.

She'd love to do some of the fun, non essential stuff that's being emailed but by the time she's finished what has to be done then some PE she's too knackered.

I accept our difficulties are not due to the school or teachers on the whole as this must be the mother of all headaches for them. I think its because DD is a pupil who really tries but is easily distracted and needs lots of nudging . I wish she was flying academically then we could indulge in the fun enriching stuff.

Ahh well, I can hit the gin in about 5 hours!